Heated seat retrofit?

[BS87]

So while removing my driver side seat to make it easier to work on the pedals for my 5 speed swap, i noticed i have a set of wires coming from the floor board, that plug into wires on the bottom of my seat. I'm assuming this is for heated seats (if not, what then?). However i don't have any switches of the sort in my car. Is there a way to retrofit it?

[RCWells]

Airbag sensor, I think.

[BS87]

Really? Thats pretty neat then :D

[permit]

I thought it was the seat belt light thingy, probably wrong.

[NC325iC]

ding ding ding
if you follow the wires some go to the seatbelt, sounds the gong when undone i believe.
i guess some might be for some kind of airbag sensor, dont know why itd be in the seat though.

[KenC]

I thought it was the seat belt light thingy, probably wrong.

As did I. I have it in my 84 (read: no airbag).

[Schniddy]

Im positive it is. Disconnect it and find out.

[RCWells]

you know, it could be the seat belt thingy? ;)

[BS87]

Word. Dunno what i was thinking, pretty dumb to assume its for heated seats when only one side had it, and the console had no cutouts for the switches.

[f u z z]

its the seatbelt thingy. Its unplugged in mine, and my SRS ligh blinks in my overhead checkpanel. srs = Saftey Restaint System (seatbelt)

[demlotcrew]

Retro is a carpet up job, and alot of work on the seats.

Here is a pic of the loom that goes inside the seat.



Andrew

[Schniddy]

how much did that cost you?

[demlotcrew]

they are £50 each.

but i swaped a M3 leather interior for a set of leathers with these ellements in them.

So it cost me nothing.

Andrew