Paramanic Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Has Anyone retrofitted heated seats? Was wondering the vast spaces of eBay to find this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seats-Heating-004-5steps-for-Ford-Fiesta-/271719558765?pt=UK_Car_Interior_Accessories&hash=item3f43bf6e6d has anyone fitted these?and are they hard to fit?they look great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatarmamo Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 This looks interesting. But I can see the on and off switch Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 You could quite easily retro fit them yes, but there non genuine parts so would require your own wiring and switch etc, but easy enough to pick a 12v ignition feed up. The more difficult part is stripping your seat assemblies to fit the heated pads and making sure they're secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Comes with its own switch a don't think the wiring would be too hard to be honest a think hardest part is getting them on the seats therselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan54771 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Yeh as I said getting a 12v feed will be easy, fitting them inside the seat won't be as easy. IMHO it'll look tacky with a random non genuine switch to control them. You'll have to cut the fabric of the seat to fit it in somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryNLD Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I've retrofitted the OEM seat heating in my old Fiesta MK7. I'ts not that hard to disassemble the seats, remove the seat from your car en take your time to figure out all the steps. In the next link you can find a mini how-to, with google translate you should be fine. http://forum.fiestaclub.nl/index.php?s=&showtopic=15824&view=findpost&p=249486 Hopes it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 looks mental lol was a nice idea tho might in the future when ive done my other stuff first lol list of mods geting longer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Cooper Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Yep I've done it, and the best thing ever according to my wife. I used the pad kits with a two level heat and off round switch, which I fitted in aproximately the same place on the seat side as the original OEM versions (Mk 7). Pulling back the seat covers is straight forward, but the little circle clips are sods to undo and redo - but you dont have to take the covers all the way off to get the pads in - you will have to cut the seat base pad though to the right length. As far as the 12v goes, the existing plugs/sockets underneath the seats have a feed to them already, which I think is standard across the whole range - I wanted to make mine as OEM as possible, which meant adapting some spare seat connectors (I won a complete set of seats on eBay for a fiver, and then got the bloke to cut the plugs off and send me them) which I then carved out to fit in the multiway plug and wired with the new wires from the kit - that way I can take the seats in and out, and the correct fuses etc are all the right ones as listed in the manual. You can of course just wire directly to the other side of the socket, but make sure you leave enough wire for seat movement. Doing it one of these ways also means that the supply only comes on with the ignition. It sounds complicated, but the first one takes about an hour and a half while you get the measure of it, and then the second only takes half that. For 31 quid (plus the seats off ebay) in my case, an unbeleivable upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Sounds amazing! Right a get what you mean a think basically it had sockets underneith but no plug so you aquired them and put it into the multi socket at bottom? And they become live or do you add a fuse to fusebox too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Cooper Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 There are about 5 plugs and sockets that link the seat to the car - airbag, pretensioner, heated seat and a 12v and a 0v. All of the plugs are pushed into an plastic surround so that they combine into one big plug. They're all there on the car side, but you have to provide them on the seat side if you want an OEM type fit. Each plug though is different for the 5 wires, so I had to butcher some spare plugs to make them fit into the big holders on the seat. To be honest, although it means that the underneath of the seats is tidy, without any loose wiring to get pulled by stuff rammed under the seats, its a bit of a pain to get the extra plugs etc. as far as fuses go, you can leave the ones from the seat pad out, since the car already has them - or it did in mine - have a look at the manual - and that means the same safety logic will be used in the car as if the heaters were factory fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Could you take a pic when you get a chance a know what you mean but can't vision it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Cooper Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I could, but to be honest, all you need to do is move the seat back, and have a look at the plug/socket - disconnect it (ignition off for airbag reasons) - and what I've said will all slot into place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wee update Finally got a wee day off so took some pictures Here is the Fuse Box with the manual to show fuses Here is harneses under seats Driver Side Passenger side So what you all think doable? and where would the plug go in for the heated seats as mines different from harry'sand why has passenger got green plug and driver side hasn't ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatarmamo Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I thought this was simple but looks kind of on the hard side of life. Harry's was extra neat in my opinion and will definitely do it like his. Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 I thought this was simple but looks kind of on the hard side of life. Harry's was extra neat in my opinion and will definitely do it like his. Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC see a think it is pretty simple if a knew what plugs went were lol :P harry's is good guide but he has 6sockets i ave 8 in mines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatarmamo Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Oh didn't see that. Tbh I don't know if I have that under my seats. I just bought the car and still didn't have a proper look at it Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 bump.... anyone know what plug i put the heated seats in and why ma passenger side has 3 plugs in and other side has only 2? got more detailed images of heated seats im looking at got good reviews http://www.ebay.de/itm/Sitzheizung-nachruesten-Carbon-5Stufen-004-/281256946838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Cooper Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The third connector will be the passenger in the seat sensor for the seat belt reminder - but remember, you're looking for the wires on the body side, not the seat side - there will be a connector that comes live with the heated seat fuse/ignition on both sides of the car, that doesnt have a corresponding plug on the seat side - without wiring diagrams (sorry, but i didnt realise your car was a 7.5), you're going to need a meter to test which wire comes live when you push the heated seat fuse in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatarmamo Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 So you're saying that there are plugs under the seat ? Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sorry what do you mean by body side? I thought if I already had fuses in the fuse box for heated seats and find the plug socket that's under the seat that would be it or is that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramanic Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Or you meaning live wires that go in behind the multi sockets under the seat n test them and find live one and that's the plug I need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Cooper Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi - sorry, I'm not making it very clear am I - and forgive me if the next bit also insults your intelligence!! In my Mk7 car, and presumably your 7.5, you can take the seat out as a seperate unit, and because of that the wiring that provides all of the possible power and signal returns to the car is permanently fitted as part of the main car body loom and comes out of the carpet under the seat - the seat loom, which only has the wires that are needed for the level of options that your seat has (Heating, electric movement etc) then connects to that loom at the socket/plug combo that you've photographed. If you move the seat all the way back, you should be able to disconnect the two sides of the photographed connector, 1 going to the seat, the other under the carpet to the car body. When you've disconnected that big connector block, you'll see that each side is actually made up of 6 or 7 smaller plugs/sockets held into the big one. Also, when you've disconnected, you'll discover that on the drivers side, theres going to be a small plug on the body side that doesn't have a corresponding socket on the seat side - and the wire in that plug hopefully will have 12V on it if the ignition is on, and the fuse for the heated seats (find the correct one in the manual) is fitted. Thats what you need to test, and if it goes down to 0v when you take the right fuse out, then you've found the correct supply for the heated seat function. The same small plug, even if not the same colour wire, should do the same on the other side of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatarmamo Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 And what if the seat heating fuse is not installed or even worse not wired into the fuse box? Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatarmamo Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 And one more thing please, Has anyone found the original switch? Sent from my iPhone using Ford OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 On the mk7 the heated seat switch is on the seat, so you would have a live feed going to the plug when the ignition is on. In a mk7.5 the switches are on the centre console, so you would only have a live feed to the heaters when the ignition is on and the seat heater switch is on. Have you got any spare connectors/wiring coming out from the carpet that aren't plugged into anything coming from the seat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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