New Seats Question

Welcome to the forum.

The seats will bolt in directly as a replacement. As for the electrical you'll probably need to do a little of your own. What's nice is the heat module for each seat is with the seat and not elsewhere. The switch is on the seat itself. You'd be wise to get the connector in the wrecked 'Bu by cutting it out of the car. You can use the following link to my DropBox account to see the schematics for the entire car. Power seats are there as well.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4191695/08_chevy_malibu_complete.pdf

You're about 6 or 7 hours from here. If you need some help we can make arrangements for me to show up. Gas, meals, parts. As cheap as we can make it for you, and I solder all of my connections and use heat shrink. Take a look at one or more of my How-To links to see.

The rear seat bottom should just drop into snap-type connectors. The seat back is bolted at the bottom.

As for wire, since the "owner" of the wrecked car isn't waiting on it, take as much time as you can and trace as many wires as far back as you can. The more wire you get the easier it'll be when you wire them into your car. Pay attention to the schematic and junction locations as that may help you by making it possible to cut fewer wires. If you can manage to get the large connector at the BCM and as much wire with it as possible you might be able to get the feed wire for the seats and the all-important connector(s). Pay attention to how it comes apart so you can learn on the donor car and save yours from damage.

Once you're all done and they work you're gonna love your 'Bu all the more! Post up some pics when you're done. And as always, ask all the questions you want. Someone should be able to help!