i have some 90 spec recaros and im having them retrimmed, do u think it would be possible to fit the adjustable back support section and the heating element from some tatty scorpio seats i have. Im very big on improving the features of my car. my main worry is that the foam might get set fire to by the seating element and also how the adjutable back fits together.

advice appreciated.

 

bttt

 

are your seats retrimmed with leather mate?

then you don't need to worry cause a mate of me fitted the scorpio heating element into his MK5 Escort cabrio original seats, but he retrimmed them with leather.

 

no im having them retrimmed with cloth

 

then why should you need heated seats for mate?

normaly it's only used for leather seats, not for cloth seats

 

to keep me warm and toasty, volvos use heated cloth seats.

 

So do granadas.

Get down the scrappy and pick up a set of heated cloth seats out of a mk3 granny. And rip em apart and have a look. Wouldnt cost u much.

 

i am a lazy coont though, i think il risk it with the scorpio ones ive already got, if you see a post in a week or 2 saying my car set on fire then you know why

 

best to invest in a fire extinguisher too by the sounds of your bodge it style DIY!!

 

pmsl, i have one already.

 

 

mine's got heated seats



i ASSUMED they came as an option on late saphs, but its quite likely that they were retro-fitted from a granada

theyre not actually all theyre cracked up to be... the seat gets nice n hot granted, but the rest of you is still cold also if you leave em on too long it feels like you bums is burning... lol

i normnally turn mine on for 10mins or so when i get in the car on a cold day, but then they get turned off once they get warm... can't leave em on long for too long or bum gets toasted... lol

 

I doubt u'd set em on fire, Im guesing the heated elements are contained within some kind of flame proof material, so long as you transfer that along with it.

Btw, its only the base that heats up not the back bits.

 

EBR, mine have elements in the back bits, so the whole thing heats up

 

really?

Granada / Scorpio ones are defo the bum bit only, mines a later MK3 with leather and is only the bum bit and my m8 had an early MK3 with cloth and that was bum bit only too.

 

Wimps!!!! lol

 

yes really

thats not to say someone hasnt used 2 bum bits in mine and simply stuck one up the backrest

 

argghhh ya bunch of

"i want heated cloth seats'

my cossie got leather seats and their NOT heated

 

its cold in england! I have found that when they get nicely warm it feels like youve had a little accident. cheers guys, oh what about the inflatable (or however it adjusts) bit in the back rest.

 

it's even colder in Belgium mate

do you mean a butt plug ?

 

i hate heated seats - dont like the feeling, makes me a little sick

 

Can't say specifically about the Granada seats but most heated seats have elements in base and backrest.

The heaters should be relatively easy but the adjustable backrest could be a different story as the construction of Recaros (hard shell) and ordinary seats (wire frame) are very different

 

cold day goto work heated seats make u want to poo
honest if your a wagon driver not many poo STATIONS around
so they save there stools in the back of the wagons
ask any long distance wagon drivers
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