heated leather

[corkie]

im driving my cab again this comming winter and the thoughts of gettin in it at 6 in the morning " last winter still haunt's me",so im looking for the zone's experience on what (or not )
to buy,i have the verticle stitch type sports leather,if that makes a difference? TIA

[Topblag]

Buy a cheap FWD runabout for the winter, cabbys are daft when it's cold. I recall scraping ice from the rear window of mine in November last year (I was between daily cars) and it was just daft.

[Rav335uk]

There are some aftermarket kits available, i'm looking at the following for the same reason.

http://www.autowarm.com/products.php

[shedrool83]

Get a hardtop for it as well as heated seats.

[Rav335uk]

Already got one, and it does make a hell of a difference in the winter too.

[Morat]

Here's you ultimate winter driving accessory for your cab ;)
Linky

[corkie]

There are some aftermarket kits available, i'm looking at the following for the same reason.

http://www.autowarm.com/products.php

^that looks good,i was thinking of a hardtop but it would get nicked +the weight/storage ,cost of it,as for buying another car thats out of the question at the mo i can only afford to run my cab
were there ever oem ones available?

[Rav335uk]

There are some aftermarket kits available, i'm looking at the following for the same reason.

http://www.autowarm.com/products.php

^that looks good,i was thinking of a hardtop but it would get nicked +the weight/storage ,cost of it,as for buying another car thats out of the question at the mo i can only afford to run my cab
were there ever oem ones available?

I'm not sure if you can still buy the OEM ones from BMW, but part numbers are:-

64 11 1 376 034
64 11 1 376 035

[corkie]

cheers

[sam325is]

OEM ones from bmw come in many variatios.

Heated seats vary for the following:-

M3/Cabby-cloth
M3/cabby-leather
Sport Seats-cloth
Sport Seats-Leather
Comfort (Standard Seats)-Cloth
Comfort (Standard Seats)-Leather.

Last time i checked BMW still sold the kits and for a reasonabke price IMO

[corkie]

^hope youre right

[sam325is]

Im right on the variations for sure. the price for the kit was About £400 IIRC all in all about 2 years back now.

[corkie]

£400,id buy a runaround for that,i was thinking about £200 at the most,think ill stick with rav's link

[toby]

Thermal underwear?

[toby]

borrowed from another thread