No gaptech! Sort it out John they are greatMarlon wrote:nope, Bob
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No gaptech! Sort it out John they are greatMarlon wrote:nope, Bob
It gives you a one-touch roof down experience I believe - I can live without that excitement DonSmartbear wrote:No gaptech! Sort it out John they are greatMarlon wrote:nope, Bob
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It's got to be experienced Mike, great for those awkward traffic light fumblesMarlon wrote:It gives you a one-touch roof down experience I believe - I can live without that excitement DonSmartbear wrote:No gaptech! Sort it out John they are greatMarlon wrote:nope, Bob
Rob
You're welcome Colin, I just hope it works I'm going to give mine a try later today by running the cables to the heat pads, but not installing them in situ just yet, will let you know how I get on.Marlon wrote:Update:
Fishy Dave ordered me a set of these X3 wiring looms from the states, and very kindly labelled them up for me and then posted them on.
I now have the looms (and the switch centre) and have talked to my Indy this afternoon regarding fitting. He is happy to try it out and so I've booked in for the 6 April.
Fingers crossed the retro fit loom from the X3 will fit the Z4, and I can finally make use of the heated seats.
Great - I will be interested to hear how that goesFishy Dave wrote:You're welcome Colin, I just hope it works I'm going to give mine a try later today by running the cables to the heat pads, but not installing them in situ just yet, will let you know how I get on.Marlon wrote:Update:
Fishy Dave ordered me a set of these X3 wiring looms from the states, and very kindly labelled them up for me and then posted them on.
I now have the looms (and the switch centre) and have talked to my Indy this afternoon regarding fitting. He is happy to try it out and so I've booked in for the 6 April.
Fingers crossed the retro fit loom from the X3 will fit the Z4, and I can finally make use of the heated seats.
Very impressive work Dave!Fishy Dave wrote:I do too . Finished it all a couple of weeks ago but had no time to post.
The pre-facelift switch console has different connectors compared to the ones on the M, so a bit of extra wiring which I hadn't expected. Fitting a variable resistor each side has worked a treat, set them to 6 ohms initially and with a bit of fiddling all 3 heat settings work well with the heat mats own thermostat controlling the maximum temperature. On level 3 the seats really heat up quickly and the leather is at least as tight looking as before (phew!).
Total cost:
£70ish X3 retrofit loom from the states inc. customs charge
£40 used switch console with heated seat buttons
£29 Carbon fibre heating mats from ebay, excellent quality for the money
Cable ties in place of hog rings + contact adhesive
Total cost in time:
Plenty in time taken to research, thanks once again to you guys who have helped on the forum
Probably 4 days to strip interior, fit loom, strip M seats, fit heated elements and rebuild it all.
It would have been so much cheaper to just fit the aftermarket heating kit complete with their switches and relays to my existing seats, but I wanted the oem look and function. Alternatively for considerably more money I could have looked for M seats with elements already built in but that would have been a very expensive option. So, I'm happy with the result.
I have bought a spare X3 loom that I've labelled up ready for fitment to make life easier for the next person, happy to sell it.