Add Heated Seats To ANY Toyota 4Runner! đ„
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 22. 07. 2024
- My 5th Gen Toyota 4Runner didn't come with heated seats... so I added them myself! Find out how to install your own seat heaters on any 4Runner (SR5, TRD Off Road) including installing heating elements into the seat, wiring and switches. Toasty đ for everyone!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Project Overview
0:55 Parts and Tools
1:52 Removing Front Seats
2:51 Taking Seat Apart
6:27 Heating Element Install - Seat Back
9:52 Heating Element Install - Seat Base
15:25 Finishing Up Seats
16:27 Heated Seats Wiring and Switches
20:12 Final Results!
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I called this out in the video, but want to do it here too. Check out The Car Care Nut channel for other really helpful Toyota videos. I've watched is videos for over a year, but recently binged several. His Toyota car/truck technical knowledge is second to none. He makes guys like me less afraid to try this stuff too. www.youtube.com/@TheCarCareNut
Jason, this is awesome. You're an inspiration to husbands everywhere. Happy wife, happy life!
Yes sir. đ
wow that is some serious work but that's what it takes to make things factory level finished. great job Jason! and i learned about hog rings for the first time!
Yeah, it was my first time messing with that as well. Not easy but doable. I see why upholstery work isn't cheap. This was one of those jobs I was nervous to try (had the parts for over a year)... but in the end it went very well and I couldn't be happier with the results.
I enjoyed the more in depth install instructions, plus you and Chris make it entertaining!
Thanks! Glad to hear it.
That was pretty awesome! First time seeing someone do this mod themselves!
I like watching you because your entertaining to watch. Like your not perfect while you work. But work non the less.
Thank you! This will be the next mod that I do!
Even though I already have heated seats in my 4Runner, I appreciate the detail you put in your videos! Looks great!
Many thanks!
Great instructions! Unfortunately, after studying your vid in preparation for the install I discovered Rostra updated their design and though my product has the same model number as yours it is very different. Differently colored wires, smaller inline fuse, but regardless you've earned my sub and a like.
I love the sunroof I use it all the time with the back window down
If you folks are just watching this for fun... I'm curious if you enjoyed or tuned out for the middle section. I usually like to move through things quickly, but felt that if anyone was watching this as they did the same thing that it needed to be slower and show more detail. Luckily Chris and I told dumb jokes throughout. Either way I hope you enjoyed it!
I admit I used the faster playback speed as I don't have a 4Runner but wanted to see the overall process.
@BowTied69 No offense at all! Hopefully you caught the veterinarian joke. đŽ
Picked this kit up for my 2010 SR5 this morning, Iâm very intimidated to install it myself đ I havenât gotten into anything like this before
Iâd say watch my video and the car care nut one as well and you should be fine.
Jason great vid, love the attention to details and clarifying where one might get confused or stuck. Now if you could do memory seats that would be awesome. Any chance of that?
Many thanks! I likely won't be doing any more modifications to the 4Runner seats. But lots of other 4Runner projects are in the works.
Cant wait you install Sarge heated seat:)
Yeah weâll see. The Tacoma doesnât have the same switch blanks for heated seats so it wouldnât be so easy. The seat/upholstery portion would be the same.
can you do a similar video for your Tacoma!? if it doesn't already have heated seats..the videos that exists on youtube aren't as high quality as yours.
It doesn't have heated seats. Same kit could work. Issue is the buttons. The stock heated seat buttons are part of the climate control panel... and that panel is hard to come by (and it's expensive) and wiring would be a challenge. I could add little circular toggle buttons. The 4Runner is just easier to make look perfect. :-)
In theory could you put these between seat covers and the original cloth seat?
No. But if you want to do something like that there are companies that make seat covers with warmers built in.
Do you have a new link or part number for this? The one that is on there isnât working :(
Hey there, thanks for letting me know! I updated the link to another I believe is the same! Using links helps me out so I appreciate it.
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What size hog clip? 3/8"?
Itâs in the description. đ
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It has three different sizes in the description..... Sorry bug you again.
Hello. Do you have interest in testing our Toyota 4 Runner product? If so, please reply to me.đ
Patient and paranoid. Yup. đ
YUP! Thanks for your help on this one man. Trying to get shots of all that while doing it alone would've made this take 1,000 years.
Wish u didnât fast forward on the electrical wiring part. Thatâs the hardest part for someone doing this new.
I skipped showing me connect them for 20 minutes, but how theyâre connected is all in the video.
Extra points for using the word "malarkey" not once but twice in this video.
Is there a reason you didn't seek out OEM switches?
Interesting idea. I didnât even think to search for OEM switches. đŹ
Because of your comment I just did. Looks like itâs $80-$100 per switch. and Iâd likely need to modify the wiring harness that plugs into each one. Good idea but I donât think it matters that much. They look almost identical.