Heated Seats Installation
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- DIY Video on how to install heated seats in your car. The video also goes through the procedure for replacing the leather or cloth seat coverings.
Adding heated seats to your car will give you extra comfort on cold winter days, especially if the seats are leather trimmed.
A seat heater kit was bought from eBay that includes a two pads for each seat (total of four pads), one for the chair back and one for the seat cushion. A wiring harness with a relay, fuse and switch are included.
This video takes you through the process of removing the seat from your car, disassembling the seat cushions, removing the upholstery (leather or cloth), installing the heat pad, and then reinstalling the coverings. The chairs are then reinstalled into the car, where the consoles are taken apart and wiring to the fuse-box is demonstrated.
The use of hog rings are recommended to hold the upholstery and seat coverings together, however zip ties can be used in place.
The kit is universal and easy to use and requires little electronics knowledge, with the help of a fuse tap and eye-lit.
The pads are carbon fiber weaved within a cloth backing, and comes with double sided tape to be applied to the sponge. It can be cut in the middle (where the weaving is, but not the outside edges) and is roughly the size of an 11"x17" sheet of paper.
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Now that's the way to make a how to video!!!!!!!!!!!! Complete, to the point, no fluff, just Fabulous!
Man that sure looks like a lot of work.
+MrMarco6900 Thanks! Short and to the point is my style.
Yes it is alot of work initially but once you get a hang of how the seats come apart and how hog rings work you can finish one seat in less than an hour.
Seen other vids for installing heaters,this was best so far, people would be fightened to tackle leather seats.cheers from UK.
One of the best how-to videos I've ever seen! You are very detailed and to the point, I also love how you don't ramble on about useless info. the video was precise and easy to follow yet not too long either. Perfect!
Thanks Jesse. Short and to the point is how videos need to be. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I am retired and it is nice to see the younger mechanics be so eloquent in their work and explanation...fairplay to ya my friend
Never use wire nuts in a car but the video was still pretty good I like soldered connections with heat shrink tubing and factory style conduit.
Good point. Next time solder
Thanks for posting - Great straight forward video and I appreciated how you didn't talk to the camera in a self-interview for 10 minutes for no reason like most CZcamsrs. Very helpful and your craftsmanship is great - Looks like pride in your work - Thanks again.
+GoogleModerator :) Thanks
At first glance one would not notice the amount of takes and editing required for a video like this. Good job.
It sure was a lot of takes and clips to put together
This guy did a GREAT job in narrating this video. He also did a great job on the project I just like to critique one detail. You never want to use a household wire nut in automotive wiring never. Other than that great job.
Thanks for the feedback and tip. Short and to the point is my style.
Academy awards are tonight. I expect this video to sweep the How-To video category, especially in the editing category.
+Michael M I hope it wins!
AWESOME EDITING. JUST THE FACTS! If all instructional videos could this clear, concise, and quick. ..
+flbchbm Thanks
***** It takes about an hour to remove the leather covers, install the heating pads and close up one seat. The wiring is straight forward and should only take another hour maximum, depending on how many panels need to be removed.
+speedkar99 2 hours?! looks more like 2 days of work.
speedkar99
I'd say easily 4 hours if you're new to this kind of work. It's really easy to break things so you have to take your time to figure out the proper way to take things apart.
I'm going to be doing this today for both the driver and passenger side of my car (2011 Milan). I'm guessing it's going to take me about 2.5 to 3 hours for the first side and maybe 1.5 hours on the second. I'm guessing only 30-45 minutes for the electrical. I will be soldering any wiring and using shrink tubing instead of wire nuts. I've had the center council apart on my Milan before to run the wiring for the dash cam so I can have that apart in 5 minutes or less and I only need to remove one tiny panel to access the whole fuse box. I did buy the kit with the 100 hog rings and pliers. I contemplated buying the spray adhesive for the pads to make sure they are extra secure but it looks like I'm going to be sliding them in place and that would just muck it up. In total I'm guessing 5.5 hours. I will literally time how long it takes of actual working time to do both seats from start to finish the whole job (including clean up) and report back!
1984sFinest well?
Thanks man for taking the time to make the video. It's people like you who keep us all moving forward!.. thanks again....
This is the best how-to video I’ve seen on CZcams(or anywhere for that matter). All DIY you tubers should take notes from this guy!
Thanks! I'm glad you appreciate my effort here
speedkar99 bcs of you I succeeded at installing some in my Jeep. Thank you sir.
One of the best how to videos I've seen in a long time thank you so much you're a great teacher
+Don miller Thank you
Bro, the amount of videos you put out and the quality of the types is awesome. Your vids are awesome man! Keep them coming and good work bro!
Thank you very much for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Good vid, just a little tip, avoid using wire nuts for vehicular electric. They are fine in your house where they are never subject to vibration but can be a load of trouble in vehicles and machinery!
+Brian Lawyer Thanks for the tip.
Nice video!! I love how you got straight down to business. It drives me crazy when a person wants to turn their how-to video into a discussion video.
+Larry Gragg thanks, short and to the point is my style! Your right, why blabber on for no reason :)
Fantastic video! Really to the point, and you showed all the good parts! Thanks!
+mike seegers Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you, Jason from The Good Place, for this tutorial.
You are welcome
Man thank you so much for all the videos you post. Thanks to you I've got a lot of work done on my 2001 camry as well. Keep them coming since you're one of the few with well described and detailed videos out there!
Glad I could help! Thinking about putting heated seats in your Camry?
Thank you for finally making a concise and actually helpful how to video!!
+Robert Herman Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank fuck, no "Hey it's your boy!" or fluff/facetime.
Thanks dude.
Best how to I have found. Thank you
You are welcome
You made it look easy to install...
+Rick T it is easy....once you know how upholstery and hog rings work
One of the best DIY videos I've watched yet, very informative and to the point. "Quite a mess I've got here..." made me laugh @ 7:36!
+JA Summers Thanks
This video give me the spirit to put heated seat in my car which comes heated already 😂❤️good job
Fantastic video, very well done! Thank you for sharing this with us.
You are welcome
Super down to earth video. Awesome job on the install and such a well shot & edited video.
Thanks for the compliments let me know how your heat seat install goes
@@speedkar99 just finished adding heated seats and new leather to my 1996 LX450. My wife is happy as can be!
Awesome job, but glad mine came with heated seats. They are great on cold mornings!
nice work. It's a bigger job then I expected.
What, because he's asiaN? FUCK YOU AMERICAN RACIST, I HATE LIVING in san fran
+Twon Li Wu go fuck yourself
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You do the best how to videos on CZcams
+337 Thanks thanks
I love how your voice goes up on every few words LOL. Good vid.
+ZedX Thanks. Does it? I haven't noticed that...
You are my freaking hero! Well done. VERY well done.
Thank you very much
Such a great video! I just wish you didn't use a wire nut!
Yeah that's out of place in automotive application
Thank you! I will do it this winter!
Let me know how it goes
Great video, just gets right to the point.
Nice job kid, you make it look so easy
Its not as easy as it looks...that leather can put up a fight to work with sometimes
This is a great video, and a good study for a 'how to' video should be done, no extended intro, just the process and how to do it. Personally I'd have used a soldering iron and heatshrink sleeve on the joints, but if it's working, then it's all good. This is something I'm considering for a van I'm about to buy shortly for long distance touring.
Thanks, short and to the point is how i keep my videos.
absolutely awesome video thats a lot of work but you made it look easy
+brian moeller it is easy
This was an excellently-made video. Thumbs up!
+Matthew Travis thanks. Now you try 😊
Buen video! Saludos desde Valencia 🇪🇸
Nice and easy installation video. Should be provided with the kit. Props with the editing. Must've been a ton of clips.
+Dylan Stassen (Bassman415) Thanks. Yes it is a lot of clips.
+speedkar99 hey man great video. Nice commentary and great editing. Awesome job!
I'm going to be testing my kit today before I install them. Do yours reach full temp (120°) at about 5 minutes? Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback. My kit is a bit weird (or maybe its just my body temperature). Some mornings, the thing gets nice and toasty in 2-3 mins, other days you have to drive a good 10min before you can feel anything. Regardless, don't try it indoors, try it outside (pads under the the chair covering at least) when its chilly outside. You won't feel much at room temperature.
+speedkar99 thanks man! I got mine installed yesterday and they get crazy toasty. I was skeptical at first but the output changes drastically when it's sandwiched inside the seat. It really distributes the well and stays hot. In fact, even in the low setting it's pretty hot.
It's great having a hard toggle switch so I can leave it on when I get out and it's ready to go when I remote start the car. Luxury 8)
What a great little kit. Only "problem" I had was there was no divisible section to put hog rings through so I can to mark and cut across the grid. Seemingly had NO effect to output or distribution. This must be the new style of design. I would imagine it's MUCH easier to manufacture in a long uninterrupted sheet.
Nonetheless, perfect. Was nice to see a fully potted Bosch style relay for the low temp setting, too. Not bad for $28 bucks.
Good to hear you got your kit working. Where did you get it from? What car did you install it to?
My kit from ebay, for two seats was something like $60-70. I wouldn't say its hot on the low setting, but is decently warm on the high setting, just enough to comfort your back and take the coldness away from the leather seats.
As for the hog rings, technically they say you can cut through the heater mesh without any repercussions. I didn't want to risk it though, and conveniently positioned the pad so the breaks in the element align with my hog rings. I don't think skipping the middle hog rings does harm either.
I found an aftermarket seat heater kit just like mine in a car in the junkyard. I ripped it out and am hoping to install it in the rear seat of my ES or Solara. Another winter project...
This dude should do ... ALL HOW TO VIDEOS FOR ALL HOW TO VIDEOS!
Thanks for the compliment, that would be great
thanks tjat was very helpful i just installed it in my 8 th gen honda civic because it gets pretty cold here in abbottabad .
+mian fazle razik Cool
a big tip is test the heated pads outside of the seat first before you do any of this, sometimes they don't work right out of the box
+eksine good tip, and yes I did it
Great instructions
Very nice instructional video! Thanks!
+Rich Story Thank you
Great video man, complete video and all informative, I have subscribed. Thank you
+Storm rider awesome thanks
Great job on the video and the work
Thank you!
Dang I didn't know you could even do that. Your videos are pretty good. I subscribed.
+Hugh Jafro thanks
Cheers from Canada and US🤓🤓🤓
Cheers from Canada
Great video, very nicely explained, thanks.
+Dave Piercy thanks
Your going to try this now?
Wow, really well done and explained. Thanks for making this video
This was absolutely helpful and to the point. I'm definitely going to do this now 🙏🏽♥️
Wow what clean well explained clear video THANK YOU!
You are welcome
Awesome video, even tho i might not ever do this
Thanks for the video. Bill
Your welcome.
Nice video dude! Very helpful!
+ecod33 glad you liked it
Excellent video
God bless
Thanks
Wow. That was superb 👏
+Peter T Myszkowski thanks
Excellent! Thank you!
Excellent video, you're making me want heated seats ova heah!
great video!
Thanks
Very Nice video thankyou
+Wayne Marx glad you enjoyed it
great video
Yeah I'll be doing this soon
Wow good job. Im going to mount my switch to the side of the seat, save a whole lot of time messing with dash trim and center council. Other option would be to use the 12 v lighter power from council. Increase the Peace thanks for this.
+seewall11 thanks. The 12v socket only has a 10-15 A fuse on it, so it won't be enough for both seat heaters, plus what ever accessories you run (GPS, dash cam, tail gater deterrent system, etc)
awesome video
+Plamen Petkov thanks
...anti-sieze .. brilliant attention to detail..
+T Lingo Those bolts stick right out the bottom of the floor pan, just asking to be rusted.
thanks helped my fix my seats
+Mackenzie Brown cool
you make it look so easy
+progolfer69 it is easy, just time consuming
Fantástico video, muy explicativo, muchas gracias.
great vid man
+Moukazaru Gen2010 thanks
Now time to enjoy your heated seats!
I only have the pad and the switch button, what should i install between them to control low and high heat? Please help
+ali khalifa If I recall, the low setting was wiring the two in series and the high setting wired it in parallel.
Didn't see the video about the lip install on your car. Is there one? Great videos btw... Keep em coming.
Thanks for the feedback. Here's the video for lip spoiler installation:
czcams.com/video/RIle2uxeVZA/video.html
Nice informative video but, wire nuts? Really?
Hey. Great vid Man. Thanks
+Mr Mez Thanks
Very well done and informative video... thanks for the help I am going to take this on now!!!
+CafassoFam Thanks. Are you using the kit from ebay?
+speedkar99 No, I saw some nice looking kits on Amazon so i am going in that direction... all seem to be in the same price range.
Cool, let me know how it goes.
+speedkar99 czcams.com/video/U36hNoB2_Dk/video.htmlm46s at the 7:46 mark you are using a wire soldered onto a fuse.... I found that in my fuse box i do have a 20 Amp fuse already designated for seat heaters so i will use that but is there a better/ proper way to get power instead of the whole fuse/wire solder that you did? Thanks -
Its called a fuse tap. I couldn't find any at my local hardware stores but I'm sure you can source them online.
Very well done. I’m scared.
Scared of the installation?
This is a perfect step by step video. Are they 3 step switches? High low off?
Yep
I'm definitely getting me this
Good video. Very instructional. I am going to install a pair of heated seats in my truck this weekend. I have a couple questions. If I'm wiring these in with a fuse tap can I put them both on one or do I have to run 2 separate fuse taps? Also I have remote start on my truck so I wanna be able to have the seats heat too while it's warming up. Can I run a fuse tap to something like the sunroof?
Yes but if it blows then you'll change circuit
Hog rings are smaller than I expected. Seeing if I can retrofit the massaging seat function out of a Ford Explorer to my car but I'm worried about messing with hog rings.
I love your videos!! Great camera position. Great detail. Very in depth. Keep them coming.
Doesn't seem like your getting rid of your Solar anytime soon huh? I need to replace the struts on my 2001 Camry but its gonna be like a $400ish job with me and a neighbor to complete. I don't want to spend that kind of money on a relatively old car, but it only has 107,400ish miles on it. And I don't think I want to upgrade to a car with stability control, traction control, blind spot monitoring, etc. I like to drive so I don't like so many tech nannys.
Thanks for the feedback on the video. I try to keep them clear and easy to understand. I like my Solara and will be keeping it for now.
Struts are pretty easy to replace, even if doing it yourself. Check out my quick strut installation video:
czcams.com/video/bWsWy-qBwf4/video.html
speedkar99 yeah I saw your strut video and I realized they are pretty easy to change. Found some KYB complete shocks online for about $450 total. Now it just seems like a lot to me for a 14 year old car next year. But it only has 108k milies so... But the paint on the top is chipping pretty bad especially on the rear, it's the clear coat and I see some coming down the c pillar. Plus the head linear is a bit saggy in the middle, I fixed the end but the middle is hard since I stretched it out in the end.
To be honest if I had a V6 in my Camry I would keep it HANDS DOWN. I have the electronic nanny's in cars. With a V6 I would keep the Camry until it blew up.
I don't think you should give up on a car just because it needs struts. $450 is outrageous, have you checked on RockAuto, that's where I got mine from.
speedkar99 Its $450 for all 4. I've been on Rockauto's site. They charge an arm and a leg for shipping. KYB's are the best I hear from everyone
Great video, thanks for taking the time to put it together.
How durable were the seat pads, did they last?
Yes
So when the button is not pushed in either direction that means that it's turned off right?
Yes
To the point! Thanks dude!!
Great video.
great video! very thorough! just one thing...I noticed you doubled up the floor mats in your toyota...noooooo!!!! don't do that!!!!! the accelerator will get stuck and you will crash!!!!! 😜😜😜
My Toyota is drive by cable throttle and doesn't have the electronic throttle issues the newer Toyota's had. The floor mat thing was a cover up for a glitch in the DBW system. Besides, I keep my mat away from the gas pedal, and rarely floor it.
It was a joke. But I'm glad you're safe😊
Very complete and detailed presentation! One question. When you cut the heat pad for tge hog rings do you have to watch out for the heater wires. In other words is there a special way to cut the pad to prevent a short?
Thanks!
Yes
HELP! I am trying to install this exact same one on my gf's 2012 Honda Civic and it is not working. I soldered the inline fuse to the power line and crimped the fuse tap on to that. I looked up the fuse diagram and hooked it to the existing slot 14 for the seat heater. Hooked up the ground to a screw on the chassis under the seat that other wires were grounding to so I know its a good grounding point. I checked the wire continuity with a DMM so the solder joints are good. I alligator clipped an external battery pack to verify that the switch works (red and green) and it does. It just does not work when hooked into the car (Yes I turned on the car). I even used a couple other random fuse slots that were rated for 10 amp to no avail...
Am I missing something??
Nice! 👍👍👍
How long do these seat pads usually last? I may be buying a used Impreza without any heated seats. Winter conditions are harsh where I live.
I'm replacing the OEM drivers side seat heater in my car ('08 Civic Hybrid). It died after 9 years. However, my parents '99 Toyota Landcruiser's seats heated up hot and fast still, when they sold it last year. It had 350,000 miles and still worked beautifully. Seems that they are really simple devices, and like any electronic, they can die for no reason. If not, the work forever.
Excellent video. I do wish you had shown the fuse tap a little bit better. I see that you soldered it on but it was so quickly shown and kind of blurry. Trying to figure out how to solder my wire to the fuse. Quite clever. My kit says it a fuse tap is included but I don’t see anything like that. Thanks!
I recommend against that. Looking back that was quite a hack and you should look for a live wire to properly tap into
Understood, after looking around online for a little bit last night I came to the same conclusion that it was a little sketchy. I bought some of the add-a-circuit fuse to wire connectors last night on Amazon. Looks like a pretty good little trick. It has a spot for the original fuse and another spot for the second fuse.
Awesome!
+emh00lah Thanks
It's that time of the year again when these are needed.
Hi how are these heated seat kits still coping?
Very, very nice! You make it look so easy. Is this what you do for a living? I'm looking at a Dodge RAM 1500 pickup and it has everything you could want... except heated seats.
+Dick Day Glad you enjoyed it. I'm an engineer.
very thourough, great job!
Thanks
Does it matter which pad goes onto the back rest or the bottom? And I’ve seen a few videos for heated seats but they all do this step differently, do the wires need to go into the back where they meet or by where your legs would be facing?
The wires should go to the back so it doesn't bother you, and you can flip pads.
My 1997 Lexus es300 heated seats are not working. Neither the driver or passenger. Both ON/OFF switches light up orange when clicked.
Any idea ?
+Martin Evan Check relays fuses and power going to the heater wires under the seat with a multimeter.
Next! You need to take yo ass to Walmart and get you a 29.99 seat cover!
+michael eddings Why seat cover? I like my original leather, no need to cover them.