Interchangeable seat

[Anthonyvee90]

 

Can I put 2015+ Escalade front seats in my ‘16 Sierra RCSB with a power driver seat. And how difficult would it be to wire up the passenger side for power. Don’t care about heated cooled option

[BPella]

The answer is yes but ease will be based on the mounting of the seats. 2014-2019 have 2 -T50 bolts at the back of the seat rails and then have 2 "hooks" at the front of each seat rail. If the Escalade seats have a similar configuration, then the swap is really easy (4 T50 bolts) to get them mounted. Next power can be an issue. Almost all GM power seats use an orange wire for the main power to the seat. Connect orange and a ground then you will have manual control of your power seats. With the complexity of the BCM in the newer trucks, I like the manual control method for all my add-in electrical. I ran #6 battery cable directly from the battery with an inline 100 Amp fuse to the cab for all my power add-in's. My battery is on the passenger side back of engine compartment. I ran the wire thru the top of the fender to an existing rubber grommet into the dash area. The wire also goes behind the 2 glove compartments then to the radio area and where the console may be. I use a 40 Amp relay from the cigarette lighter feed to trigger the relay and switch my power off and on automatically for my amplifiers but for your seat power you want it to be always powered so you can move the seat before starting the truck. My 2019 LD has a "goofy" 3 way fuse to constant power or switch on when the truck is started. I use that signal for my relay. You only need #12 wire for the seats but I oversized so I could put my stereo subwoofer and amps in my console. If you have additional questions, shoot me an email at [email protected]

 

[Rolando Okuneva]

On 10/1/2023 at 9:33 AM, BPella said:

The answer is yes but ease will be based on the mounting of the seats. 2014-2019 have 2 -T50 bolts at the back of the seat rails and then have 2 "hooks" at the front smash karts of each seat rail. If the Escalade seats have a similar configuration, then the swap is really easy (4 T50 bolts) to get them mounted. Next power can be an issue. Almost all GM power seats use an orange wire for the main power to the seat. Connect orange and a ground then you will have manual control of your power seats. With the complexity of the BCM in the newer trucks, I like the manual control method for all my add-in electrical. I ran #6  battery cable directly from the battery with an inline 100 Amp fuse to the cab for all my power add-in's. My battery is on the passenger side back of engine compartment. I ran the wire thru the top of the fender to an existing rubber grommet into the dash area. The wire also goes behind the 2 glove compartments then to the radio area and where the console may be. I use a 40 Amp relay from the cigarette lighter feed to trigger the relay and switch my power off and on automatically for my amplifiers but for your seat power you want it to be always powered so you can move the seat before starting the truck. My 2019 LD has a "goofy" 3 way fuse to constant power or switch on when the truck is started. I use that signal for my relay. You only need #12 wire for the seats but I oversized so I could put my stereo subwoofer and amps in my console. If you have additional questions, shoot me an email at [email protected]

 

Could you clarify how to properly connect the power for the seats, especially regarding the orange wire and ground? Thank you.

[Buckwild27]

22 minutes ago, Rolando Okuneva said:

Could you clarify how to properly connect the power for the seats, especially regarding the orange wire and ground? Thank you.

If you are working on the same thing as OP it will plug right in and work power wise as long as you had a power driver seat to begin with.  

[Anthonyvee90]

1 hour ago, Rolando Okuneva said:

Could you clarify how to properly connect the power for the seats, especially regarding the orange wire and ground? Thank you.

The only thing I bought was a wiring harness to by pass the seat memory module on the driver side, But other than that it’s plug and play