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That's right. Seat heaters.
Since my Jeep is no longer my DD, it is very rare for it to have the top on. I have always preferred it doorless with just a safari top, so that is pretty much how it stays now year round. As such, it sometimes gets a little chilly so I ordered some universal seat heaters off eBay a while back, and finally got around to installing them this weekend.
Not the same seller, but the same kit:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Ca...a0ad11&vxp=mtr
Here's what came in the box:
2 seat kits and a very generic set of instructions.
Inside each kit:
2 carbon fiber heat pads, wiring harness with relay and inline fuse, and round 3 position switch
Close up of the switch:
Now to install the pads into the seat. I have EMPI RaceTrim suspension seats, so the install would be slightly different depending on your seats. First step is to remove the seat cover. On my seats this means untying the lacing on the bottom of the seat,
Then pulling the cover off. My seats had 3 hog rings where the seat back and bottom meet. I cut these using some dykes:
My naked seat:
One thing that I liked about these particular heaters is that they can be cut to any length to fit your seats. The next step was to fit the pads to my seats.
Pads installed. Luckily for me they fit the seats perfectly, ending just below the shoulder belt slot, and right at the front of the bottom. No trimming necessary:
Now to put the cover back on. Since most people (myself included) don't own hog ring pliers, the kit includes some small zip ties to use instead:
I trimmed them after taking the pic.
Cover back on, with the wires poking out the back corner:
I didn't take any pictures of the wiring. I tucked it all under my center console with the wiring poking out a hole I drilled in the side:
Mopar makes a factory seat heater kit that is MUCH more expensive. It splices into the cigar lighter power, so I did the same with mine. I mounted the switches into my center console in front of the shifter. Easy to reach from either seat, and almost looks factory
That's it! Tried it out last night and it was awesome. Will definitely make those chilly days a little more bearable.
Since my Jeep is no longer my DD, it is very rare for it to have the top on. I have always preferred it doorless with just a safari top, so that is pretty much how it stays now year round. As such, it sometimes gets a little chilly so I ordered some universal seat heaters off eBay a while back, and finally got around to installing them this weekend.
Not the same seller, but the same kit:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Ca...a0ad11&vxp=mtr
Here's what came in the box:
2 seat kits and a very generic set of instructions.
Inside each kit:
2 carbon fiber heat pads, wiring harness with relay and inline fuse, and round 3 position switch
Close up of the switch:
Now to install the pads into the seat. I have EMPI RaceTrim suspension seats, so the install would be slightly different depending on your seats. First step is to remove the seat cover. On my seats this means untying the lacing on the bottom of the seat,
Then pulling the cover off. My seats had 3 hog rings where the seat back and bottom meet. I cut these using some dykes:
My naked seat:
One thing that I liked about these particular heaters is that they can be cut to any length to fit your seats. The next step was to fit the pads to my seats.
Pads installed. Luckily for me they fit the seats perfectly, ending just below the shoulder belt slot, and right at the front of the bottom. No trimming necessary:
Now to put the cover back on. Since most people (myself included) don't own hog ring pliers, the kit includes some small zip ties to use instead:
I trimmed them after taking the pic.
Cover back on, with the wires poking out the back corner:
I didn't take any pictures of the wiring. I tucked it all under my center console with the wiring poking out a hole I drilled in the side:
Mopar makes a factory seat heater kit that is MUCH more expensive. It splices into the cigar lighter power, so I did the same with mine. I mounted the switches into my center console in front of the shifter. Easy to reach from either seat, and almost looks factory
That's it! Tried it out last night and it was awesome. Will definitely make those chilly days a little more bearable.
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