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Title: heated seats installing
Post by: carbore on December 04, 2007, 09:05:02

i have bought some old mondeo seats for my land rover but not collected them yet. They are heated and im not sure if ill be able to use this. Anyone done similar?  Will it work need a simpl fused 12v supply or is there more to it such as more complicated controls?

Title: heated seats installing
Post by: DaveS on December 04, 2007, 10:00:01

Best to fit a relay as the amount of current drawn would be quite high. You could possibly pinch the switches, relay etc out of the donor car. Don't forget to fuse the supply as well.

Title: heated seats installing
Post by: Evilgoat on December 04, 2007, 10:05:51

Take a look at the wiring from the donor car, book of lies in your local halfords should give you all you need to know :)

Title: heated seats installing
Post by: muck_truck on December 04, 2007, 17:43:54

Ive fitted some in my 90 out of a volvo.  I removed any volo relays and what not so i was left with just the heater element.

I then bought 2 heated rear screen timers and wired them in with a momentary switch, when you switch them on they come on for 10 mins then go off.  

Ive got another fuse/relay box behind the passenger seat so i wired them up from there.

Title: heated seats installing
Post by: madmatt on December 04, 2007, 20:44:12

I just bought the kit for a land rover installed the elements in existing seats alll wire fuses and switches supplied dead easy!

Title: heated seats installing
Post by: carbore on December 05, 2007, 11:44:06

Thanks for the tips.

The window timer sounds very sensible.  I suppose it depends how much gubbins is in the seat and how much is/was in the dash.  Im unlikely to see the doner car as they have been in some blokes shed for a while. However I only paid £30 for 2 front leather seats (and the rears, so workshop sofa project!) in good (I beleive) nick, so as long as they are ok its no big deal, better than the duck tape currently masquerading as a seat cushion!

Thanks.

Title: heated seats installing
Post by: dreadnought110 on December 06, 2007, 19:10:02

I now have Four nice heated seats all trackers in the land rover 2 in front and 2 in the back  8)  8)  Hmm do you think my dog is spoilt she's about the only one that sits in  the back... :shock: