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Side mount seat controls from another seat?

Anyone have any idea how I could mount controls from another seat onto my TC seats?  Idea meaning; what seat to get side controls from that has the right ones (up down, back forward, rear up, etc...) and could easily be made to fit/work on the TC seat?

I was just thinking, 1. I like seats with the controls on the side and 2. if I could move the controls from the console, I should have enough room to custom mold a cup-holder where theses controls were.  Maybe even a sweet mercedes cup-holder that is a "cup-holder in a cup-holder" and when you push a button, the inside cup-holder pops up and over to reveal a second cup-holder  :D  Thoughts?




ps:  cup-holder :hick:
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
'89 5.0 w/ ported intakes, Mallory Adjustable FPR, BBK shorties and H with 2.5" Flows, 130 amp 3G, 89 Mustang comp/wiring, Aluminum radiator w/ elec fan, T5 trans, King Cobra clutch, 3.55 gears, 13" Cobra brakes (front), Wilwood prop valve, Mustang A-arms, Front Coil-overs, MM CC plates, Silver 17x9 R's, 03 Cobra IRS, Aluminum DS, 2002 Mustang dash/console etc..., custom leather seats

Side mount seat controls from another seat?

Reply #1 –
i'm sure it could be done just have to fab things and extend some wires. maybe modding a seat control panel form a mn-12 bird cougar could work never know time to just jump in a start modding. let us know how it works and show us some pics.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
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Side mount seat controls from another seat?

Reply #2 –
yeah, I have no problem jumping in...  just wanted to see if anyone had ideas on what seats to look for in the junkyard, because I somewhat know what the yards do and don't have around here...
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
'89 5.0 w/ ported intakes, Mallory Adjustable FPR, BBK shorties and H with 2.5" Flows, 130 amp 3G, 89 Mustang comp/wiring, Aluminum radiator w/ elec fan, T5 trans, King Cobra clutch, 3.55 gears, 13" Cobra brakes (front), Wilwood prop valve, Mustang A-arms, Front Coil-overs, MM CC plates, Silver 17x9 R's, 03 Cobra IRS, Aluminum DS, 2002 Mustang dash/console etc..., custom leather seats

Side mount seat controls from another seat?

Reply #3 –
You could try an older Taurus/Sable. My brothers old '89 had power everything, including power lumbar, and it didn't seem to be that different of a package compared to the side plastic cover with power recline on my seats. I'm not sure what wiring would be like, but I would imagine both being Ford and from the same era it wouldn't be too bad.
2000 Jaguar XK8 Convertible - 4.0L DOHC V8 (AJ27)
2018 Ford Explorer - 3.5L DOHC V6 (Duratec 35)
1999 Mercury Grand Marquis - 4.6L SOHC V8 (Modular)
1987 Mercury Cougar LS - 5.0L V8 (Windsor) [SOLD in 2009]

Side mount seat controls from another seat?

Reply #4 –
yeah, wiring should all be the same...  just polarity reversing circuits...  should be a simple cut and splice job (after a bit of testing).  thanks, I check taurus'
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe
'89 5.0 w/ ported intakes, Mallory Adjustable FPR, BBK shorties and H with 2.5" Flows, 130 amp 3G, 89 Mustang comp/wiring, Aluminum radiator w/ elec fan, T5 trans, King Cobra clutch, 3.55 gears, 13" Cobra brakes (front), Wilwood prop valve, Mustang A-arms, Front Coil-overs, MM CC plates, Silver 17x9 R's, 03 Cobra IRS, Aluminum DS, 2002 Mustang dash/console etc..., custom leather seats