Leather Recaro Heated seat fix?!?

[markymarkg]

Apparently, the difference is that the element is stitched in to the actual leather and padding and not glued onto the seat base foam.

I'm going to try and strip it this week to have a look and see if this is the case.I may try and jump the burned out section with a piece of wire first if it can't be removed from the actual seat.

I know its not a golf seat, but you get the gist!

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1165042-Heated-seat-repair-done!-DIY

That seems abit risky to me. Literally your arse on fire!!

It may not be that bad?!?   All you are doing is "joining" the burnt section with a thicker piece of wire by soldering a thicker wire in. Its still the same amps running thru the element.

[sharki786]

 So its just a normal copper wire?

[markymarkg]

Well, I've given up trying to repair them!

I took the seat base apart and yes - the element is stitched to the leather fabric and not glued to the fabric(apart from the bolster sides). Decided not to have a go at the soldering process as the element is really thin.

Anyways, i bought a mega cheap second hand set and just swapped over the drivers seat and hooray....a hot toasty bum again. Got the same money when i sold the set of seats on, so the fix didn't cost me anything in the end.

I had to replace the seat base as the bolster had gone(foam only,not leather)but i got one from the scrappy(£5) from a passenger side fabric seat, had the same part no's on the seat base.

I carefully peeled the side elements off my base and removed the excess foam from the under side and simply stuck back on to the new base and refitted the leather cover - built the seat back up and its as good as new.