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12-30-2007, 04:58 PM
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210- possible/practical to retrofit heated seats?
I was just curious... Is it pre-wired like some cars I've seen? How much work or expense would be involved?
Tanks! 
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12-30-2007, 05:30 PM
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Mark Cummins has done it......send him a PM.
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12-30-2007, 08:12 PM
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I have built heated motorcycle hand grips and know others who have built heated vests, so I don't see why you couldn't DIY a heated seat. A lot of it would depend on how pretty you want the result to be...
 Jeremy
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12-31-2007, 10:01 AM
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Well, in my pea brain, I envisioned swapping the factory controls and seats/covers from a donor vehicle or just getting the used parts or whatever so it maintains a factory appearance and function.
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12-31-2007, 10:15 AM
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Howdy. I'm interested in heated seat installation too. I noticed the aftermarket ones discussed on this forum have gotten pretty lukewarm (so to speak) endorsements. How are your's woking, Thorsen? And if they work well, could pass along the name?
Thanks george
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12-31-2007, 12:43 PM
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Shouldn't be to hard, you just need to find a junked E320/430 with them and steal all the parts. MB probably ran the wires in all the W210's to save costs, so you would need the seats, and the buttons.
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12-31-2007, 02:28 PM
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I couldn't imagine what a pain it would be to do a swap. You would have to switch the cover, as I believe the pad is sewn directly into the cover. That may be a good route if you have ugly covers now.
I forgot the brand of covers I used last year. Initially heat output was poor, but part of the reason was a bad connector. Once I corrected that issue, the performance was acceptable. In my opinion, the major problem is that there is about 1/8" of padding attached to the bottom of the skin, and that takes a while to heat up. If that was removed, the heaters would be much quicker. I think I paid about $160 for both front heaters.
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12-31-2007, 03:15 PM
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I totally re-did the interior of my Corvette and I can't imagine a bigger pain in the butt than having to re-cover those super-contoured leather seats. The foam padding has a very complex shape and I spent hours stuffing and pounding them with my fists and palms until they were back in shape. It took me weeks of off and on fiddling but they look and feel great now.
I think that even if the wires aren't there, it can't be a huge deal to run the power. One big question is whether I can get the wood panel for the dash that only has the seat warmers and not the optional headlight squirters and such... I have seen the switch pods on ebay for a reasonable $34. I think they snap into the module with the others.
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