Has anyone ever fitted X308 or X350 seats to their X300? My drivers seat is badly worn and I have had zero luck finding a replacement. Many thanks...

 

Yes it can be done but not necessarily a straight swap. Here's a few gotchas that you need to be aware of.

Rear seats - there are two different configurations for X300 rear seats/seat belts. Early cars have a centre rear lap belt. Later cars have a centre 3 point belt.

If you have the centre 3 point belt then the X308 seats should be a straight swap. If you have the centre Lap belt then don't even try it.


Front Seats - the physical mounting points for the seats is the same for X300 and X308. There is a significant difference between the early X300 and X308 in terms of the electrical connectors for the motors. It may be on later X300s the connectors are the same - I don't know.

I overcame the problem of wiring by removing the complete leather cover and foam from the X308 seats and fitting to my existing frame. Not straight forward but very doable. There are side Air Bags in the X308 seats that I needed to remove and replace with extra foam.


Another difference I found was the seat belt warning works differently between X300 (early) and X308 - a normally open switch v a normally closed switch (can't remember which way around). I just disabled the seat belt warning for this but if required it would be straight forward to rig up a relay or two to sort that out.

Also, I can't be sure as memory is fading but you may need to do some work around the seat belts themselves ( I think there was an issue with compatibility between belt and stalk).


I've got no experience of X350 seats but I'd be astounded if you could make them fit an X300.

 

Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure I have a late X300 (1997) so maybe not as difficult.

 

This is a good site for seat swap info.
Jaguar XJ6; Front Seats; Swapping seats

 

As long as you have a standard X300 and not a Vanden Plas,aftermarket seat leather is available. Check out this site......https://www.lseat.com/products/1995-...FQ9EfgodcToM1g

 

Thanks for the link...I actually got the samples from lseat. I was surprised to find that none of the available colors was a good match for my oatmeal interior. Not even close...

 

Just curious,but what is your trim code? I've been checking into getting my drivers seat repaired on my VDP. I'm also thinking about using seat sections from other areas of the car (salvage yard car) to possibly put together a clean drivers seat as these are getting hard to find.

 

Sorry but I'm not with the car today. A friend is removing all the door dings and prepping for paint. I'm pretty sure the code is ADM or ADX. It's called oatmeal, if that helps.

 

I've wondered if we can swap the driver and passenger seatbacks. (use a passenger seatback with a undamaged bolster to swap out a damaged drivers seatback).

 

An interesting point. I can't imagine why the seatbacks would be different...

 

A few months back,while at one of the salvage yards,I tried to disassemble one of the seats. It was fairly easy to remove the material from the seat but I couldn't figure out how to actually remove the upper portion of the seat assembly from the lower portion. Do they not come apart? Is it one whole assembly?