Heated seats option
 

Hey guys, I’m looking to do a few interior upgrades on my interior, and i was just wondering if the oem seats can be used as heated seats? Or do you have to have the leather/alcantara option?


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Don't see any reason you couldn't put the elements in any seat.

Just wondering because of the material. Would it burn or have any affect on the material of the seats, i found some pads on eBay for like 40 bucks that would work, but just not sure if it’s possible with OEM unless they’re the limited seats.


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I appreciate the help tho! Thanks bud!


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They are plenty durable and they tend to not make car seats out of materials that will burst into flame when hot. They can take the heat of a closed up car in California so the 100 or so degrees the pads get will be fine.

Awesome bro! Thank you so much for that! Looking forward to getting some good heated seating lol.


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well, toyota & subaru generally don't... GM and Ford will as long as they determine the cost savings are greater than the lawsuit expenses

Not so much anymore. It is fun that the government had to step in and make a law that car materials don't burst into flame under normal conditions. Would think that would be a no brainer.

Well Tcoat, here in america we believe in freedom. Freedom means you can make car seats out of whatever material you want. Not the governments place to say if it should or shouldn't randomly burst into flames.

Well it actually has been for about 20 years now. There is almost nothing in the industry that isn't regulated anymore.
The is probably a team in an FMVSS lab measuring how sharp the edges on radio knobs should be at this very second. Of course the study will cost $120,000,000 which will have to be paid for by the auto industry.

This is coming from a guy who lives in a state where you automatically get fined $1,000 if your exhaust is too loud. :bellyroll:

And the city where little old ladies drive brand new shiny super stocked Dodges.

Forewarning, i was told by a toyota dealer when i was shopping for my '14 that installing aftermarket heaters in the passenger seat can cause issues with the passenger airbag sensor. Though they could have been pushing me to get the 10 series on their lot.

I haven't heard anything more from anyone that's either tried it or has data to refute it, but it's definitely something to keep in mind.

Hello Twitchy313.

First off, since you live in California, why on earth would you want heated seats?

Second off, you live in California, and since everything causes cancer down there, you are just asking for a dose of testicular or rectal/colon cancer - :eyebulge:

Third off, studies have shown that excess heat on a man's testicles, can cause infertility.

Fourth off, and less severe, is that a heated butt and gonads, can cause hemorrhoid irritation and sexual impedance.- :confused0068:

Fifth off, if you put seat heaters in non-heatable seats, anything to do with your warranty when it comes to electrical will not be honored.

Sixth off, if you do that, your insurance rates may go up or your policy be cancelled.

Seventh off, now just where are you going to get the power from without blowing a fuse or overloading a circuit ?? Maybe blowing the circuit that powers your electric power steering or power brakes - :iono:

Hey, but don't let me discourage you - just mod away - :happyanim:


humfrz

Way too much unnecessary information thrown my way but thanks for trying any way.

Yes i live in california, and just like any where else, in the winter time it gets a bit cold. Unlike other places it may not reach to temperatures that you might say is freezing, but just like normal human beings, it gets a bit uncomfortable getting into and driving a very cold car.

Second, i don’t really care about my warranty because i bought the car used, and i have an extended warranty, so I’m not really paying attention to that.

Third, i don’t need information on hemorrhoids because I’m not intending to use such heat that will make my asshole explode into pieces. So no need to go there.

I would appreciate any helpful information on the topic, because that’s why these forums are for right? So thanks any way, move it along!


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Oh, sorry if I wasted your time - :(


humfrz

Just sit in my lap.

I know that some dealers installed aftermarket seat heaters into base FRS/BRZ as an add-on option. It's not OEM but I bet you could find out which brand the dealerships most commonly use.

I want to say I read somewhere that the wiring and hookup for heated seats is there even if you don't have it.


It might be worth pulling the seat and looking for it. Like I said "I WANT TO SAY I READ IT SOMEWHERE" although I can't find it now.


If the wiring is there, it would be almost as simple as pulling the OEM heated seat pads out of a car, or even swapping in limited seats. The limited seat swap would be plug and play....IF THE WIRING IS THERE. Swap the console / switches and you'd have an OEM setup.


Otherwise, @funwheeldrive is correct in seeing aftermarket heated seats. I've seen a couple FRS with that as a dealer installed option, may be worth looking in to.

Hilarious :D

Unfortunately, the OP didn't think it was so funny - :iono:


humfrz

Meh. They are just so used to such bizarre warnings that they don't mean anything any more.

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he's still a little new in these parts ;)

Good point. I reckon he didn't get that ol humfrz was "jest ah messen wich him".

My bad - :sigh:


humfrz

If this is true, my apologies. I don’t mean to be that guy who takes offense very easily, so maybe i over reacted. I’m just really interested in making my car the way i want it, and that’s just an accessory I’d like to have as an option. Again, my apologies.


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I sit in the car at temperatures reaching -20 for about a month a year and never felt that the cloth seats were cold. Would looove the heated steering wheel the wife's Impreza has though.

Oh, that's OK, sometimes I get a bit carried away - :slap: me.

I will agree that heated seats are a nice feature, even up here in the PNW, where it doesn't get really that cold. mrs humfrz has a car with heated seats that I use twice a day to transport granddaughters to and from school. When my back was hurting me, I would turn them on to make my back feel better. After my back surgery, I'm not in pain anymore, but, I still turn them on, just because it makes my 76 year old butt/back feel good - :D

You may check around at your local wrecking yards to see if they have any heated seats that are in good condition?

Or, maybe inquire in the advertising section of this forum, for anyone who has swapped out their heated seats for racing seats and would be interested in selling them?


Have a great weekend!


humfrz

i have a heated seat cover in the truck. i'm still using it, and it's starting to be 30-40F in the mornings. it's nice to have that little bit of quick heat while the motor warms up (i don't warm my cars up for 20 minutes before leaving).

Just because someone lives in CA , doesn't mean that they shouldn't have / get heated seats.

If you're coastal , sure it's more temperate , and temps year round are about 40-85 F , you might not want/ need heated seats.

The more inland you go , and mountainous , heated seats could be a nice option.

I think you will find that those saying about heated seats in California were joking as much as anything. I would enjoy cooling seats in the summer since I have the reverse issue where 75 F seems like the surface of the sun to me.

There ya go - for me of those at least - :)


humfrz

Sorry again bud lol now i feel bad lol.


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Don't. Humfrz works the opposite of the internet rules. Where anything you read, you normally first take as serious first and joking second, just always assume he's joking first, serious second.

Oh, don't be "sorry", that sounds waaaay too Canadian - :D

Yep, like ol @soundman98 points out, I do a lot of joking around. - :)

So, what have you come up with as far as a heated seats mod?


humfrz

Canadian hahaha, well i haven’t had time to look around much, i did see a few limited Brz seats for sale on eBay, but for that price i might as well go for some new premium seats.


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