'01 Golf Seat Question

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ryth

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hey guys,
looking to buy some seats, but I became aware of the connector change in the seat air bags, so want to make sure i buy the right ones.
Based on the pictures below, can anyone tell me if it's the same connector? Top is my seat connector, bottom is the sellers.
my seats:

seller seats:
 
Wingnut

Wingnut

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Different plugs and different pins, so you can't even pull out the pins and swap housings. The only way to make it work is to cut & splice the wires.
 
imo000

imo000

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Cut and splice. I did this to mine years ago. Easy to do, just make sure you do a proper connection (solder and heat shrink tubing) and make sure the seller leaves the connectors with the seats and cuts the wiring far enough.
 
PHAT-DUB

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If you can get your hands on a scrap car all you need to do is find the plugs you need cut them out and make a adapter via splicing the two different plugs together. this prevents yo ufrom doing any cutting and splicing of any wires on the car.

I have done this before with my 02 golf where i used 01 GTI seats.

am in the process of doing it again with my 03 wagon.
 
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ryth

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PHAT-DUB said:
If you can get your hands on a scrap car all you need to do is find the plugs you need cut them out and make a adapter via splicing the two different plugs together. this prevents yo ufrom doing any cutting and splicing of any wires on the car.

I have done this before with my 02 golf where i used 01 GTI seats.

am in the process of doing it again with my 03 wagon.
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Thats a good idea, but i'd need two sets of scrap seats which might be hard to come by.
 
PHAT-DUB

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ok so your car/seats are for 99-01.

the seats you got are from 02+

are you planning to keep your existing seats?

if not than cut the airbag harness from them than splice it to the car side harness from a wrecked 02+ car.

I'm doing the reverse possibly putting 01 gti seat in my 03 wagon.
 
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ryth

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2001 Golf
PHAT-DUB said:
ok so your car/seats are for 99-01.

the seats you got are from 02+

are you planning to keep your existing seats?

if not than cut the airbag harness from them than splice it to the car side harness from a wrecked 02+ car.

I'm doing the reverse possibly putting 01 gti seat in my 03 wagon.
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Yeah was just pondering that. Going to check out a yard this weekend to see what I can find. Appreciate your help. Ordered a new soldering kit and everything :)
 
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