installed heated seats Options

[azian_advanced]

nothing too special... i just installed some seat heater elements today. i bought the kit off ebay for $75. took a little while to disasseble the seats to put the heat pads in.. but the install was very easy otherwise. the wire harness comes complete and all that's needed is to wire the + wire to your Accessory wire, and the - wire to the ground.
although it takes a few minutes to heat up, and it only activates when there's pressure being applied on the bottom pad (ie. with your bum)... but it has two settings for low heat (green light) and high heat (red light).
and it's pretty kewl as the button fits perfectly where the jdm rear foglight switch normally goes.. just had to drill a hole right through it

so, now i won't have to sit on a frozen leather chair this winter...
but sadly.. my passengers will.










UPDATE:
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I would not suggest having the wires come out of here, like i did in this pic:

since you're restricted in how far you can slide your seat back. i didn't think i'd have to slide back all the way so i just left them the way they were. then one day, i slid the seat back and i ran over the connectors.. so i relocated the wires to come out from under the carpet and out from below the chair...

This post has been edited by azian_advanced: Mar 31, 2007 - 8:48 AM

[azian_advanced]

aww.. .how considerate. but yah, the passenger side should be the same thing.. but where would be a good spot to mount the switch??

[BloodyStupidDave...]

but where would be a good spot to mount the switch??

The switch does look pretty good - a good match for the toyota switches and buttons from your 'photo. But if i were doing it for both seats, I think I would probably look at acquiring the heated seat buttons from a 6th gen vert. They are rectangular and fit next to the cigarette lighter and alarm led.

Alternatively, you could move your dashboard dimmer rotatry to the square blanking panel 4-5 inches below, move the hazard switch to the old location of the dashboard dimmer and then put the passenger control next to the clock (the old location for the hazard).


This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Jun 16, 2007 - 12:03 PM