Chevy Silverado Power Driver Seat Conversion Instructions, 2019 - 2025

 Work Truck trim seats got your back aching but you can't seem to find a matching upgrade? You're on a wild goose chase. Work Trucks had their own exclusive vinyl and cloth, and neither was ever offered with power functionality. The only way to have a truly matching power driver seat in a Work Truck Silverado or Sierra is to either convert your driver seat to power or convert YOUR WHOLE INTERIOR to a higher trim level. 

Can I Use Seats from Other Trim Levels?

Yes and no. The LT and higher trim seats will be a direct bolt in but they do not use the same materials. If you're not super picky you can use the LT style cloth seats. The cloth insert pattern for the LT style is known as "Fortress", and it will not match the rest of your interior. Generally speaking, you can either convert your driver seat to LT Spec or replace the full interior to LT Spec. 

If you've got the Vinyl interior, there's no close match. The leather has white contrast stitching and sticks out like a sore thumb. A power seat conversion is almost always the most cost efficient option to upgrading the Work Trucks. 

GM Fortress ClothGeneral Motors "Fortress" Cloth, Standard on LT and Higher
GM Pipe ClothGeneral Motors "Pipe" Cloth, Exclusive to Work Truck Trim

Installation Instructions 

Removing The Original Upholstery & Foam

Seat Bottom Removal 

  1. Unclip the rear clips holding the seat leanback cover to the seat springs.
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Rear Clips

  2. Remove the plastic covering the recline handle and remove the 8mm bolt holding the redline handle on.
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Recline Handle Cover
  3. Remove 3 8mm bolts holding the trim onto the seat. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Trim Screw 1

    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Trim Screw 2
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Trim Screw 3

  4. Undo the very annoying large retention clip on the back side of the trim. If you break it, it's no big deal! You're not reusing the manual trim piece anyway. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Trim Retention Clip

  5. Undo the side upholstery clips. There are two clips on each side, plus one push pin near the back.
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Cushion Upholstery Clips

    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Cushion Upholstery Clips Cont'd

    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Lower Push Pin

  6. Undo the front and rear upholstery clips. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Cushion Front Upholstery Clips

    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Cushion Rear Upholstery Clips

  7. Pull the lower cushion and cover assembly off of the seat and set aside. 

Seat Leanback Removal 

  1. Undo the two zippers on either side. We recommend using a pick tool to push the zipper up while holding the cloth and pulling the opposite direction. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Rear Zippers

  2. Undo the lower and inner upholstery clips 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Leanback Rear Lower Clip

    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Leanback Rear Inner Clip

  3. Undo the white airbag pouch clip by pulling it together snugly. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Airbag Clip

  4. Remove the nut cover and undo the two 8mm bolts holding the airbag on. Leave it loose inside and tuck the white fabric from the airbag clip towards the outside of the seat. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Airbag Removed

  5. Raise the headrest to the uppermost position by pressing the button and lifting. 
  6. Twist the headrest retainers off, and then remove the C clip holding the headrest in place. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Headrest Trim Removal

    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Headrest C Clip

  7. Pull the headrest off in a vertical motion once the C clips are removed. 
  8. Lift and jiggle the seat foam to remove from the frame. The airbag will stay in place.

Removing Original Wiring 

  1. Disconnect the locking airbag connector by pushing both orange tabs at the same time and remove the airbag. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Airbag Wire
  2. Disconnect the push pins holding the wiring harness in place going to the airbag.
     T1 Silverado Disassembly - Airbag Wire Removed
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Leanback Wiring
  3. Disconnect the push pins holding the harness in place that go to the seatbelt. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Cushion Wiring
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Seatbelt Wiring

  4. Undo the Torx bolt holding the female seatbelt in place and remove the harness from the old seat frame. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Complete Seat Harness

Final Reassembly 

  1. Move the complete harness with female seatbelt to the power seat. Reuse the original push pins to hold the harness in place. 
    T1 Silverado Disassembly - Move Harness To Power Seat
  2. Bolt the original airbag to the new power seat frame and connect the locking connector. It will make a click noise.
  3. Replace C Clips in for your headrests. Do not forget! 
  4. Wiggle the original seat foam and upholstery onto the power seat frame. 
  5. Reconnect the airbag pouch clips. 
  6. Reconnect the upholstery clips in the leanback. 
  7. Zip the leanback closed and tuck the zippers into the seat. Reconnect the bottom upholstery clip. Leave the two clips that go to the springs loose for now. 
  8. Push the seat cushion into place. This may require a little bit of wiggling, but once it's in place simply replace the eight upholstery clips and two push pins. 
  9. Fasten the included trim in place with two 8mm bolts 

Installation 

  1. The original seat harness will plug directly into the vehicle, as nothing as technically changed the vehicle will be code free. 
  2. Connect the main power and ground wires to a fused circuit.