January 14, 200719 yr Hello, We might be upgrading from our '98 OBW 2.5L to a 2000 or newer body style. My question is, if it doesn't already come with heated seats, how difficult is it to add? I'm used to Toyotas, and with these, they basically make one wire harness and any options that are missing can be added relatively easily. Our '98 LBW has CLOTH heated seats which seem like the best of both worlds when it's -20F outside. No instant butt-freeze to leather, and heated to boot. I'm hoping that I can just buy the switches and find the plugin's under the center console, and buy the heating elements (or different seats) and plug them into existing harness plugs under the seats. While I'd prefer just to get a 2000-2001 OBW with heated seats already, but the cars in my price range typically don't have them. Any ideas? I don't want to buy aftermarket seat heater kits at this point, unless I find out it's not do-able or is cost-prohibitive.
January 14, 200719 yr I think you idea is workable but you may find that purchasing the extra seats and especially new heater coils is cost prohibitive. Have you looked into the cost of these items yet? I would think you would be better off finding a car with these options included with the car. If you are going to finance the car, the extra amount for a car with better options shouldn't increase the monthly payment by too much but I don't know what your situation is and can only offer a suggestion. Hope you can something in your price range.
January 15, 200719 yr What others have said its not just a plug-in. Not to mention you have to take the uphoilstry apart. Scoobymods has a writeup on how to do it. It's easier to buy a car with them then adding them. nipper
January 16, 200719 yr Author I haven't checked into the price of parts yet because part of the point of this post was to determine what parts I'd need. If it's not going to be as simple has buying heating elements or different seats, plus the switches, then I may very well try to hold out for something that already comes with it (or just keep our '98). There's nothing wrong with our '98, I just like the styling of the 2000+ better and the non-black interiors.
January 16, 200719 yr http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?p=26063#post26063 how too nipper
January 16, 200719 yr Author Thanks for the link! It would otherwise take a while to find things on dialup....
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