Aftermarket heated seats

[Bryanf]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Search ebay to give you an idea of what's on the market. Keyword Seat heater. They are all the same thing really and install the same. Even got the dual temp (I recommend!)



sweet seat retrofit!!!

Only $58, does that sound right?

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Bryanf

Only $58, does that sound right?

yea, not high tech whatsoever... nichrome wire, voltage regulator of some sort, few switches. You could make your own... just sandwich nichrome wires between two pads of Nomex material (i.e. genuine, from Dupon lol), few simple electronics and off you go... $25

Surely it would be better than stock... mine can take over 10~15min to 'start' heat up my arse (loll the things that one can complain about sometimes...)

[Qmulus]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

yea, not high tech whatsoever... nichrome wire, voltage regulator of some sort, few switches. You could make your own... just sandwich nichrome wires between two pads of Nomex material (i.e. genuine, from Dupon lol), few simple electronics and off you go... $25

Surely it would be better than stock... mine can take over 10~15min to 'start' heat up my arse (loll the things that one can complain about sometimes...)

The old heated seats from the '80s were made that way. Those also had a nasty habit of breaking and burning holes in seats as they only failed with power, not to mention your ***, on the elements. BTDT. I am not sure what the actual material is made of now, but it is much more durable than the old ones. The way they are configured you can also cut them.

Personally, I would not even think of making my own seat heating elements, especially considering how cheap the good new ones are. I am even taking old (and working) elements out of my Audi quattro seats as I don't want to have to worry about them again when they go back together.

YMMV.

Steve