e46 Sport Seats

[JPL]

Just got some power seats for free. Does anyone know if the wires under the stock seat (i assume they were for heated seats) will be able to power these behemoth seats?

[Apps]

I doubt they can stand that load...I have e46 m sports in my e30 and ran larger gauge back directly to the battery. Power is there all the time but I never have a problem with the battery draining.

[KennyT]

Running a 14ish gauge lead would be the best idea, possibly tapping into the fuse box. If run directly to the battery splice in a fuse.

[JPL]

I doubt they can stand that load...I have e46 m sports in my e30 and ran larger gauge back directly to the battery. Power is there all the time but I never have a problem with the battery draining.

btw did you get a custom bracket for your seat or did you straight drill the seats into the floor?

[Apps]

I used the e46 rails...I was able to use 2 of the existing e30 seat mount holes in the floor and the other two were drilled.