At that price, I should buy one, tear it apart and see if the element could be put under my factory cover. OEM elements are like $50+ for each base/back. plus the switch etc.
Heated Seat Cushion
Just thought I'd post this in case anyone else out there has a medical condition known as "frozen @ss". There's going to be a lot of it going around in the next few months, I hear.
I was just at Canadian Tire and I happened to notice they have some heated seat cushions on sale. I remember how cozy heated seats in other people's fancier trucks could be at -40, so on a whim, I picked upht this one for $22.49 (regular price $34.99). It's on sale to the end of Thursday.
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link to Canadian Tire product page
I put it on top of my seat in the parking lot and tried it out. It gets warm pretty fast. I'd say like in about 2-3 minutes or so. It has a control on the cord that plugs into your 12V lighter socket with a switch and 2 LEDS for the 2 different heat settings.
Overall, it seems to be pretty well-made, and for the price, you can't go wrong. It's good that it has the two different heat settings, because after about 10-15 minutes I found the "high" setting getting a little too warm. Once you get the initial chill out of your butt and back, the low setting is just right. Oh, and it warms your back, too, which is really good.
I think I'm going to put it on underneath my seatcover to help keep it from sliding around, and it will look better. Maybe I'll eventually wire it in permanently with a switch on the console, or something. A relay wired to the ignition would be good, too, since this thing doesn't have a timer on it and I think it would run down your battery pretty quick if you forgot to switch it off or unplug it.
This would also make a decent Christmas present for someone. Did I mention I could use another one for the passenger seat?:icon_biggrin:
I was just at Canadian Tire and I happened to notice they have some heated seat cushions on sale. I remember how cozy heated seats in other people's fancier trucks could be at -40, so on a whim, I picked upht this one for $22.49 (regular price $34.99). It's on sale to the end of Thursday.
link to Canadian Tire product page
I put it on top of my seat in the parking lot and tried it out. It gets warm pretty fast. I'd say like in about 2-3 minutes or so. It has a control on the cord that plugs into your 12V lighter socket with a switch and 2 LEDS for the 2 different heat settings.
Overall, it seems to be pretty well-made, and for the price, you can't go wrong. It's good that it has the two different heat settings, because after about 10-15 minutes I found the "high" setting getting a little too warm. Once you get the initial chill out of your butt and back, the low setting is just right. Oh, and it warms your back, too, which is really good.
I think I'm going to put it on underneath my seatcover to help keep it from sliding around, and it will look better. Maybe I'll eventually wire it in permanently with a switch on the console, or something. A relay wired to the ignition would be good, too, since this thing doesn't have a timer on it and I think it would run down your battery pretty quick if you forgot to switch it off or unplug it.
This would also make a decent Christmas present for someone. Did I mention I could use another one for the passenger seat?:icon_biggrin:
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I used one of the cheapest ct heated seat pads in my old truck for years and it worked great. I'm hoping to install element in the stock seats in my new truck. I'll avoid the sale for now to motivate myself to get going on an install 
That's a great idea.
As it happens, I had to cut a slit in the middle to pass the flap from my seat cover through the back. I felt around for any wires before I cut.
This gave me a chance to see what's inside. It looks like there are two square-ish pads, maybe 10"x10", for the seat and the back. There is a wire running from the seat pad to the back pad. The heating elements themselves seem like they are nice and flat, and rather flexible. The pads are also fairly thin.
I suspect the entire pad material is the actual heater, rather than a network of heater wires. So this would be ideal for installing directly into the seat cushions.
For now, I'll just leave it under my seat cover becuause I've got 897 other projects to finish first. It doesn't look too lumpy, and the straps do a good job of keeping it from shifting around.
I never thought having a heated seat would be so awesome!
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Sounds like a little rewiring is in order. I tend to have to do a lot of that...
key dinger, seatbelt minder, factory audio, guages at actually read something, etc etc.
And it's getting worse, I was driving a new Taurus this week, The freakin radio actually muted until I did up my seat belt! WTF?? I'd fix that in a hurry if it was mine!
Now a heated seat that needs you in it??
It's getting out of control, if we keep "safe guarding" people like this, the gene pool is going to get pretty messed up
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