Heater has now died... Good job I fitted heated seats!

[Minimayhem81]

My heater started squealing a month ago, it was really annoying! But not as annoying as now it doesn't always work when you want it to.... Has a mind of its own.

So... This has reminded me what a good idea it was for me to fit heated seats in to my sports leather when we had snow a while ago. It also reminded me that I had never put the pics up!

So here you go....



A £60 odd set of universal heated seat kit.... It was a gamble but it was worth a try!

































When working in the dark it's useful to have a map light mirror



Fitting the buttons, I'm thinking of a way to fit them to the proper e30 buttons but 1, they are really expensive and 2) I don't know how the the switches work... I'll have to get some to find out :/





Switches on,



Switches on with headlights on


They have 3 heat settings and they do get pretty damn hot

Anyway some might say that I've ruined some good seats but in my eyes I don't see how I ever lived without them!

Now all I need is.................. Rear heated seats!!

[sunnyr83]

Good job. What heating kit have you used?

[Minimayhem81]

I will try and find the kit I bought its the cheapest compete set on eBay lol

[sunnyr83]

Interested to know if it would wire up to the OE switches. Cheers.

[kangman]

How much to do mine??

[Minimayhem81]

Yeah it would be cool but I need some to test like are they latching or momentary etc the all I'd possible it a but of simple work. But still I need some to work with. If any come up cheap I will buy them and update!

This is what I bought:



Don't know what deals are about now as I bought these when there was snow forecast... Guessing the price would have gone up in those circumstances haha

[Minimayhem81]

How much to do mine??

Well £60 for the kit, I started in the day light then it went dark.... I think it took me about 5 hours to do, then plus me driving to Heathrow? Or come and spend the day in Leamington Spa

[kangman]

Ahh man, i would have dumped my car at yours for the day and gone ultimate dubs tomorrow with my brother, if i had known sooner.

How much if i come down to leamington spa? it won't be any time soon, but if im ever heading that way like going to see a man u game then i will defo see if your available to do the job.

[Minimayhem81]

Arr well I wasn't there today anyway I'll PM you a quote ;) You won't need them for a while anyway as its summer soon you'll be needing.... ? cooling seats...

Give me shout if you are ever heading my way

[Cloggy Saint]

Horrible job, I've done it a few times and never again. I didn't re-use the staples last time I did it, too much of a pain, I glued velcro to the foam and the material which worked very nicely.

[Minimayhem81]

No I put all the metal clips back easy to do with pliers the only thing I didn't do is the three stitches in the seat base the ones which go right the way through... If it really annoys me I don't see why I can't get some strong black thick thread and re introduce them but if I'm honest you can't tell.

[Cloggy Saint]

The "Stitches" aren't stitches, it's just glued and the contours of the padded layer underneath give it it's shape.

[Minimayhem81]

stitches which go through to the frame..... These ones:

[Cloggy Saint]

Ah, those. The plastic loops that attach them are usually broken anyway.

[Minimayhem81]

I had to chop mine! Haha and that's a good idea did you stitch them to the leather then cable tied them to the frame...

[Minimayhem81]

Yeah I didn't touch the ones in the back, there was no need