If your fine with your tushy sliding all over the place every time you turn go for it

 

This. And when I take turns I take turn HARD so I want my ass planted in my bucket seats. this maybe for guys who dont push their car and just enjoy smooth sailing

 

That could be a great mod! Make sure to write up a DIY if you do it!

 

That's the kind of seat that makes you wanna sit back and tell people they're fired.

Anyways I have similar looking seats in my expedition. Super comfortable on long trips..:drool:

 

Damn do you drive that car? The seats you have in there right now look brand new.. I don't even see any stretching..

 

Those headrests look uke:

 

I've always liked X5 seats. But the shoulder area looks like it would make for a tight fit.

 

Del,

OMG, better than your battery expose...can hardly control myself. This thread has it all for me...the beige, the leather, the seat, the sports, the heated, the power!

Please stop...

But, if you don't...and your non-sports, beige leather heated seats disappear from your car, would you maybe consider helping my stay warm in the winter (settle guys!)...and let me know. As much as I covet beige leather heated sports seats, right now, having just the 'heated' would be nice...and your seats are mint! You should try sitting in your car occasionally and actually driving it!:lmao:

 

Lol.

Hey Doug.
If I pull this off (manage to get the comfort seats for a good price) then my current seats are yours.

I do sit in my car. I don't know why my seats look like that.

 

Why not some Sport X5 seats? If they have them.

 

No way. Why not try putting a set of Z3/M Sports Seats.

Stop trying to turn your car into a couch.

 

Thanks but I don't think I would put these Z3 manual seats in place of my power seats. They look sporty. I like the little crouch cushion there...



Yeah

X5 Comfort seats do look somewhat like modern Swedish living room furniture

No way.

Stop trying to turn your car into a couch.


Why not try putting a set of Z3/M Sports Seats.

 

i say go for it delmarco! You are the pioneering in E46 diys! Make your car like you want. Cant wait to see these things go in, those seats look sooooooooooooooo comfy! Sport seats and m3 seats ftl (uncomfy ).

 

I've seen e46 sport seats retrofitted into the X5, so the other way around should work. If you want something more size appropriate for the e46, maybe comfort seats from an x3 would work? Definitely going to keep an eye on this one... Though I don't think comfort seats ever existed in cinnamon

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-for...s/x5-e53-forum/9031-installed-e46-sport-seats-into-x-last-night-pics-added.html




After sitting in all 3 types of seats (non-sport, sport, and M3) I've got to say the sport and m3 seats are 100x more comfortable than the non-sport. Sport seats are a little more comfortable than the m3 seats, but it's not a huge difference.

 

Go for it! Comfort seats should be amazing. I don't know if they're anything like the newer multi-contour seats in the E7x's (which literally hug you when you turn on the car), it'll nevertheless be a great upgrade.

 

This is kinda irrelevant but your license plate Nom Nom is sick haha

 

i want a desk chair from that.

 

do it sir

 

My seats are heated and powered. No need for the other BS adjustments.

 

Are you sure they don't sit up higher than E46 seats? It looks like they might. If you could switch seat rails it might work.

EDIT: I went and looked at my seats, and it may be a direct fit. It just looks like the seat adjustment cover in the X5 is larger and one piece. Rather than the small cover and the small black seat rail cover for E46.

I'd go "test drive" a used X5 and get some hand measurements.

 

Yeah that was my concern but I just read the thread that Terraphantm linked about the guy that put in E46 sport seats into his E53 X5.

Everything, even down to the rails, is a direct fit between the two vehicles. All the SRS and Seat Power Plugs are also plug and play. So swapping the rails would be unecessary.

I think the seat adjustment cover edge trim on the E53 seats are bigger because the seat cushion sits deeper into the edge trim whereas the E46 seat adjustment cover edge trim is thinner and the seat cushion floats above the edge trim. It was discussed in that thread. The result is when you put an e46 seat in an X5 the e46 seat looks thinner around the base but the height, width and overall depth are the same between the various E46 and E53-X5 seats.

In fact there seem to be a lot of folks over at X5post that have threads about them retrofitting E46 sport seats into their X5s. I don't think the reverse, putting E53 seats into the E46 has ever been discussed until now.

 

Here is a better idea, retrofit these:

:drool:

 

yeah...would love to...but those seats literally cost more than my car.