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I installed a set of BMW 328i leather heated seats into a customers 1988 FJ62 this week. I have a few comments about them, but I'm now going to only do BMW seats for my clients conversions.
I have done volvo seats and they're great, but end up too tall and the airbag thing scares me a bit. I did Mercedes leather heated into a 1989 FJ62 once, and they were great except the divorced switch.
My client wanted leather seats, but didn't like the way he fit into the volvo seats. He thought the seat backs were too short for his size, and the headrest was too funky. I searched high and low for a good set of leather seats, trying different styles and reading about different installs.
My client calls me and says "I remember once I had a bmw 325 in the 90's, and that car was the only one I was really comfortable in" - well, now that we have a target, I went to wrecking yards in search of clean, grey leather heated seats.
I'll say the install was minimal on the fab side, I made 2 crossmembers, one from angle, and one from 1x3" square tube. The crossmembers mount to the seat rails, and then bolt to stock locations.
The wiring was really straight forward. 3 wires for power (positive, negative, constant positive memory), and 3 for heat (one ground and positive for bottom and back).
I have done volvo seats and they're great, but end up too tall and the airbag thing scares me a bit. I did Mercedes leather heated into a 1989 FJ62 once, and they were great except the divorced switch.
My client wanted leather seats, but didn't like the way he fit into the volvo seats. He thought the seat backs were too short for his size, and the headrest was too funky. I searched high and low for a good set of leather seats, trying different styles and reading about different installs.
My client calls me and says "I remember once I had a bmw 325 in the 90's, and that car was the only one I was really comfortable in" - well, now that we have a target, I went to wrecking yards in search of clean, grey leather heated seats.
I'll say the install was minimal on the fab side, I made 2 crossmembers, one from angle, and one from 1x3" square tube. The crossmembers mount to the seat rails, and then bolt to stock locations.
The wiring was really straight forward. 3 wires for power (positive, negative, constant positive memory), and 3 for heat (one ground and positive for bottom and back).