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

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Update:

I Have ordered the seat heater switches from Toyotaworld via phone. They are back-ordered, so it will be 7-12 days before I get them. Once Toyotaworld gets them, they will take a look at the back of the switch and see if they can track down the plug for it before they ship them to me. I will post when I get any more info -- and pictures once I receive them.

Just an fyi: The part number shows they also came in a 1998 Rav4 – this is the only reason imo that they are still available for us, and not "discontinued" as many other small "odd" Celica parts are. Btw, they are $26.xx each.