After Market Seat Heaters

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Blackmamba

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Has anyone installed aftermarket seat heaters. if so where did you place the rocker switch. I recently have purchased a kit off of amazon and looking for ideas or tips for install. 2010 Tahoe LT
 
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Alright, a few people have looked at this. I just decided to dive in. I now have fully functional heated seats and they rock. I will be posting instructions and pics soon. In total this project cost me less than 75 bucks and under 4 hours of labor. If you don't have random connectors it may cost you more.
 

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Im curious as to how this went please post pics ASAP . =)
 

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Me too! I have the heaters pads installed but have not wired it up. Any help would be great!
 

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3 of my passengers have heated and I, the driver, don't. I'll be following this.
 

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I'm interested on how you did this as well. Would like to use my stock switch got a 03' Tahoe
 
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Alright I will take some pics shortly of where I located the actual switch.

Here is the link for the actual seat heaters I bought.
http://www.amazon.com/Seats-Carbon-...8&qid=1395165372&sr=8-2&keywords=seat+heaters

Here is the link to the harness I bought.
http://www.amazon.com/Relay-Harness...8&qid=1395165733&sr=8-1&keywords=30+amp+relay

Alright now in to the dirty stuff!!!

11mm (deep socket)
15mm (deep socket)
7mm
Wire crimpers/strippers
14/16 gauge wire connectors
14/16 T-Tap connector
Extra black and red wire
Flat head screw driver

Take off plastic covering for the seats, all can be gently pulled off. The front two bolts are 15mm. the two back bolts are 11mm. you need to disconnect the seat belt bolt which is 15mm. the seat has to come out of the car to complete this.

Once the seat is out, all you have to do is take off the controls. There is a 7mm screw in the front that somewhat hold on the panel. Then a small metal clip inside of the handle that reclines the seat (I used a flat head to pop it off, then it slide right off. And when you put it back on, put the clip on the handle then pop it in.) Disconnect the switch that lowers and raises the bottom of the seat and the lumbar support pops out (this take some force).

So now just take off the bottom cover releasing the j clips (I used the flat once again to assist). There are tiny plastic clips that attach from the cushion to the cover (I believe ten clips) to release the clips push down on the side and gently pull from the seat cushion plastic DO NOT PULL FROM THE FABRIC!! THEY WILL RIP OUT!! Once the pad is off lay down the seat heater and cut out where the two center clips are (don’t cut too much mine were about ½ inch by 1 inch). Then put back the seat covers snapping the clips back in. it does take some adjusting when you put back on the cover. Repeat for the top half. I only rolled dup the top half due to the side airbag, I was able to make it work.

Electrical
So all that stuff up there can be found through various YouTube clips, this part was the hardest!!

I could not find a safe wire that would turn on with the ignition especially pulling 20 amps.

I bought a second relay used it to plug into the original heated cooled seats on the driver side fuse panel. Tapped into the top pink wire near the drivers feet (yes, there is a panel there.) Take a test light and you will find the one that turns on with the ignition. I grounded it to the body and BAM!!! No more worries about burning out my system. The relay uses that wire as a remote and pulls all the power when needed from my fuse box. If you have any questions feel free to ask!!!

P.S. Sorry for the grammatical errors!!
 

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So can I purchase these heater pads and replace my oem burnt out one on my driver seat. Thanks
 

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