Marlon said:I now have heated seats :dance2:
Apparently the looms went in fairly straightforwardly, apart from the usual faff of having to dismantle half of the interior.
Huge thanks and respect to Fishy Dave, without whom this would not have been possible (details earlier in thread).
It took a long time and a lot of effort but was worth it.
I drove back from the garage with roof down and seat on full - I'd forgotten just how toasty hot they get
Before & after pics
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Good result and hopefully this will be useful to other post facelift owners over the coming years!
:crazydude:
My heated seats saga . . . Update
- Thread starter Marlon
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seatsRickRob said:Congratulations and a great Forum team effort to ensure Marlon and Lady Marlon have toasty bums. Let's hope you get a cold but sunny spell soon! Roof off, seats on, heater up, sunglasses on - motoring bliss!
Yes great teamwork as you say, and as DLH pointed out we can use them on Sunday morning, its an early start and the forecast is clear skies - so perfect
Mack - the issue post facelift owners will have if trying to copy this retro-fit in the future is that BMW may discontinue the X3 retro-fit looms, just as they did with the Z4 retro-fit. They are already extremely difficult to source (Fishy Dave has the details of the U.S. supplier if other members are interested).
Marlon said:skelters said:
Heated seats and Xenons are really the only options required.
Heated seats or no to heated seats poll required!
Xenons - stop it
Oooh Xenons! I do love my Xenons, I'd be suicidal without my Xenons, you really need Xenons!
Next project Marlon?!
Just a thought,but it might be worth someone of a technical persuasion making a few notes/tech drawing of the wiring loom used for this mod.Then if the X3 wiring loom becomes un-available it would be possible for an auto-electrician to replicate......I'm assuming that it's just wiring with connections and not electronic components in the loom that was used,obviously becomes trickier when components have to ge sourced.Marlon said:
Great work there guys with seeing this through to a warm/hot/nuclear conclusion!!
Marlon said:I now have heated seats :dance2:
Apparently the looms went in fairly straightforwardly, apart from the usual faff of having to dismantle half of the interior.
Huge thanks and respect to Fishy Dave, without whom this would not have been possible (details earlier in thread).
It took a long time and a lot of effort but was worth it.
I drove back from the garage with roof down and seat on full - I'd forgotten just how toasty hot they get
Before & after pics
Before:
After:
:crazydude:
Hey mate it all works hey
Glad you got it all sorted
Nicely done mate.
Hi Colin,
Sorry for the silence, I've been away working at Snetterton. Superb, pleased it all worked Colin, a good joint forum effort 8)
I'll be trying to finish mine off this weekend.
Sorry for the silence, I've been away working at Snetterton. Superb, pleased it all worked Colin, a good joint forum effort 8)
I'll be trying to finish mine off this weekend.
Fishy Dave said:Hi Colin,
Sorry for the silence, I've been away working at Snetterton. Superb, pleased it all worked Colin, a good joint forum effort 8)
I'll be trying to finish mine off this weekend.
No worries Dave, let me know how you get on. Make sure you test the heated seat buttons separately, sounds obvious I know but my indy just tested both heaters at the same time and the pins in the switch console were the wrong way around so the buttons activated the opposite seat
Anyway took it straight back and he swapped them in a jiffy, so all good Ah, did I get the labels the wrong way around? 
As for Xenons, dump a HID kit in