installed heated seats Options

[azian_advanced]

nothing too special... i just installed some seat heater elements today. i bought the kit off ebay for $75. took a little while to disasseble the seats to put the heat pads in.. but the install was very easy otherwise. the wire harness comes complete and all that's needed is to wire the + wire to your Accessory wire, and the - wire to the ground.
although it takes a few minutes to heat up, and it only activates when there's pressure being applied on the bottom pad (ie. with your bum)... but it has two settings for low heat (green light) and high heat (red light).
and it's pretty kewl as the button fits perfectly where the jdm rear foglight switch normally goes.. just had to drill a hole right through it

so, now i won't have to sit on a frozen leather chair this winter...
but sadly.. my passengers will.










UPDATE:
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I would not suggest having the wires come out of here, like i did in this pic:

since you're restricted in how far you can slide your seat back. i didn't think i'd have to slide back all the way so i just left them the way they were. then one day, i slid the seat back and i ran over the connectors.. so i relocated the wires to come out from under the carpet and out from below the chair...

This post has been edited by azian_advanced: Mar 31, 2007 - 8:48 AM

[azian_advanced]

ok, so i reinstalled the heat pads in the seats.

backrest


bottom- through the front


bottom- out the rear


anyway, i first tested them off using a 12V 10A battery charger. it only had minimal heat (as before) so i was pretty disappointed.. i was sitting on it for about a good 15 mins and still barely any heat!

then i figured out why the switch wasn't going on, it was because the power wire wasn't secure in properly, but that's fixed now.

so after putting everything back together and went to work, the seats started to heat up nicely. it felt like there was 3-4 times more heat then before (enough to keep me satisfied, yet not too warm so you can still focus on the road ) and that's with me wearing winter clothing. but i think it took a good 10 mins to reach maximum heat.

so in conclusion, it was $75 well spent.