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Originally Posted by skialex
Thanks! I will try to talk to a local dealer, they have been relatively nice to me when I was looking for hard-to-find parts.
I was wondering if you know anything about whether those base model cars are prewired for heated seats? Some people claim that you just have to replace a panel in the dash and connect the wires, and some people claim that you basically have to get all new interior. Thanks!
Alex
P.S. I know I can just put some sheepskin covers for the cold weekends and solve the problem, but doing that kind of sucks in a BMW...
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Hah you just hit on exactly what I'd come up with in a couple months of poking around, that the forum software ate earlier...
I've seen people say they're prewired and such, but I'm not sure if that was just the V8's, or just the V8's with leather, or if there's even a grain of truth to it at all. Hopefully if you can get the actual tech lit's, the info will be in there. From what I've gathered, the heated seat elements are sewn into the seat covers and they're just a bladder full of heat-conductive fluid. When I press on my seats with a finger or two, it does feel like I have something between the leather and the foam padding, but I don't have an example seat that I know is heated to check against.
And yea, the woolly covers over top of the nice BMW interior is major suckage, I would almost rather go with the stock look without any kind of heating and deal with the cold than put a cover over my sport package seats...