Heated seat install

[flybobbie]

Thought i would put a link to Tim Spink tutorial on how to fit some aftermarket heat pads.
Followed his guidance, had the seats stripped and pads fitted in hour and half.
Pads i ordered came within 2 days.
Just waiting on hog tie pliers to finish.


It's best to man handle on say a carpeted floor as it's quit heavy and needs turning several times.

 

[flybobbie]

So hog tied all back together and reassembled.
Try and get round hog ties. The type i bought start out like a staple and fold to be triangular, with sharp corners at wire ends.
Some places i placed some plastic sheet from bottle of bleach to stop hogs shorting to the mat power strips.

Then decided to clean the kansas beige seat with bleach of all things and a small nail brush.
Just didn't realise how dirty seat was.

Then finish off with Autoglym leather protector.
Seat now looks as new as passenger seat that never get's used

Wiring was easiest to run to the forward cig. socket. I removed it and used it's power lines, also fitted volt meter in skts. place.

So all works great. Quite a challenge to test as car sat in minus temperatures.
But 10 minute drive seat was toasty, even with heavy coat on, back warmed up, i had to switch to the lower power setting.
I like to thank Tim, wouldn't have bothered without seeing his tutorial first.
How mean of BMW not to fit as standard.

 

[colb]

Fitted the same kit to my E85, mounted the kit switches to the gearstick surrond and wired to the fuse box to get the 12v power connected. Warms up quickly.

 

[flybobbie]

Yes, one of the best mods done to car, well worth the effort.
Looks more daunting than actually is.