`91 Front Seats in my 88 560 SEL - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Gigtime · #1 02-07-2006, 12:43 AM

I picked up a pair of clean seats for my 126 on eBay a few weeks ago and put them in over the weekend. I was outbid on the door panels and rear seat or I'd have bought the whole package.

I like the lines of the seats on the 91 and plan to have my back seat recovered to match later on. The leather on my old seats was in rough shape and the springs were worn out on both seats. Sheepskins covered up the ugly leather...

But seats springs were really bad. For what I would have paid for new springs, I got these seats and the springs in both are very firm.

I went for a drive this afternoon. On curves that would normally have me leaning way to the left or right, suddenly everything was as it should be. And they look great...

I haven't gotten the trim installed on the passenger side yet...

I also picked up a new 3rd brake light and a couple of other trim pieces from this same car and installed them.

As I was swapping the seats out, I noticed that the back panels from the 91 will fit on the older seats. If your seats are in good shape but you prefer the leather pouch on the back of the seat to the older cargo-net style, this would be an easy upgrade if you can find a pair in the boneyard.

It's been a busy year for the Benz. I put a new stereo in and euro headlights last month. Tomorrow, I'm replacing the old rims with 15-hole replicas. Next, she's getting new front shocks, motor mounts and some climate control work.

420 SE · #2 02-07-2006, 01:02 AM

Looks good!

James L · #3 02-07-2006, 10:11 AM

i would love to do this on my 1984 W126! how do the electric pugs match up?

Gigtime · #4 02-07-2006, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by James L

i would love to do this on my 1984 W126! how do the electric pugs match up?

On my car, the plugs were an exact match. Depending on the seat, there
are 5 or 6 plugs. Two coming from the seat backs which will already be plugged in if you get a seat in 1 piece. Mine had the backs removed and shipped separately.

The driver's side wiring looks like this:

Here's the passenger side:

If you have heated seats, there are two more black plugs shown here:

I did lose having heated seats because the new seats came from a 420SEL that didn't have them. I'm in Texas, though, so I wasn't worried about it.

As I understand it, seats from any 126 are interchangeable except you can't put power seats in a car that has manual and vice-versa.

Bill

James L · #5 02-07-2006, 01:20 PM

seats look real good gigtime! thanks for the pics.

you can use SEM flexible color coat spray (NAPA stores) to change color or match any interior item if you need to.

Gigtime · #6 02-07-2006, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by James L

seats look real good gigtime! thanks for the pics.

you can use SEM flexible color coat spray (NAPA stores) to change color or match any interior item if you need to.

Thanks for the tip on SEM spray. I don't need it for this project but it might come in handy in the future.

Bill

Berserkerfilms · #7 11-21-2009, 06:55 PM

i found a cool set that would be great to replace my failing mbtex horsehair ones from my 84 w123, this year i got into the engine, drivetrain and front end, now i just have to replace the dash, rewire and new interior and im super happy. so i found these w124 seats that look like they would fit, the rear im not so sure of but i want to try it. any thoughts? i have not found any info on this out there anywhere..

pawoSD · #8 11-22-2009, 01:21 AM

I don't think W124 seats will fit properly in a W123......

I have installed 1991 350SDL seats in my '82 300SD though, I even had to fully convert the seats from memory to non-memory, it took a while but was not all that difficult for a master solder-er like me.