Heated/Power seats in a non optioned car

[zoner]

Someone local has a set of Vaders that are power and heated. My Vaders are neither. What am I looking at to make something like that work w/o chopping up the wiring harness?

As an alternative- does any of the So. Cal. crew know of a place in So. Cal. that fixes seats? The back of my driver's side seat is bent such that one sits kind of crooked in the seat. No likey.

[Marv17]

hmm... its gonna be a pain to wire that up. you would have to get the kit for the heating part with relay. Too bad they weren't manual or else i'd trade you because i already have the wiring for the heated seats from factory. my vaders don't have the heating ability. :/
i'm not sure how extensive the wiring is for the electric part.
have you tried to take the seats down to a shop to see if they can fix the bending? it might run you an arm.


Maybe we can trade the cusion parts that have the heated ability?

[zoner]

Yeah, I figured it might be a PITA to try and make them work. For me, the heater is less critical- I mean, it was 83* here yesterday in the middle of January- but the seat adjustability would have to work.

Other than the drivers' side bolster, they appear to be in pretty good shape and as long as the electronics are functional and the seat backs aren't bent like mine, it seems like a decent price. Unfortunately for you, they are Dove Gray and not black, but if anyone else in So. Cal. is looking for Vaders...

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1588007

[eurohb]

It's Pretty easy to wire up guys, Zoner if you need help wiring lemme know. I did a set of heated vaders in my buddy's e34 and it was really easy.

[wrightcn]

hi,

could you tell me what you went through installing power seats.
i am trying to decide if i want to p/u this cheap set of e36 sport seats which i like better than stock ti seats and they are way more common ie, "less expensive than some decent m-tech sport seats.
thanks,
tom

[spykejones]

Yeah this would be very good information to have. I want to do the same thing but don't know if it would be difficult or not.

[SilverStreak]

Originally Posted by eurohb

It's Pretty easy to wire up guys, Zoner if you need help wiring lemme know. I did a set of heated vaders in my buddy's e34 and it was really easy.

I really would like to know how to install power seats, too. I looked under the ones I have now and there are no power leads on the floor, and no #5 fuse.

[e28forever]

im in the same pickle as well, i have mech vaders with heated seats, but i have no clue where to start wiring them in, nor do i have any idea if i have the harnesses already in my car (my car had an interior replacement before i bought it) and the wiring diagrams in my bently for the e36 cars is basicly useless because that manual is about 85% reg car (non ti cars) and 15% ti cars...if that, so no luck with anything there

[SilverStreak]

Originally Posted by wrightcn

hi,

could you tell me what you went through installing power seats.
i am trying to decide if i want to p/u this cheap set of e36 sport seats which i like better than stock ti seats and they are way more common ie, "less expensive than some decent m-tech sport seats.
thanks,
tom

Did you ever succeed in installing the power seats?