AUII XLS Falcon Ute...wiring loom questions.

[biased99]

Hi all,
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I guess one of the issues in having a forum as comprehensive as this one is that finding information can be a bit like taking a drink from a fire hydrant...

Anyway, I've recently purchased a 2000-model XLS Utility, with 5lt/5-speed combo. The car has had a bit done to it, including fitment of an AU Fairlane front end, and most of the Fairlane interior (working Climate control/trip computer etc).

However, the seats "look" to be standard AU issue, as while they are leather, they are also completely manual in adjustment. I've come across some AU Fairlane seats which are electric, and in the right colour, so am wonderinf about the following:

1) I'm assuming that in most sedans, the wiring loom would be relatively "complete", up to the area under the seats...and this would include the necessary plugs for power seats, as these would be available in higher-series sedans (Ghia/T-series etc???). However, the loom is likely to not be as complete in a ute, as power seats were likely not an option in any of these? But would Ford do completely different looms for sedan and ute, or are they similar enough that most - if not all - of the requisite plugs etc are already there? If not, what would I need to get to "splice" the latter part of the Fairlane loom into the XLS loom?

2) Are the seats aacross the range the same in terms of dimension? In other words, will electric Fairlane seats bolt into the stock locations/rails in a ute?

Anything else I've missed, which will either make the swap infeasible (or indeed make it easier)?

Thanks in advance for your help.


Michael