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Correct, he contradicted himself. It may be a language, barrier, however, and was unintentional.
Can’t answer your question about the steering wheel but I’d be willing to bet $1000 that all you would need is a factory heated sterring wheel plus the heated steering wheel on/off switch (which sounds like you already have.) 🙂
In retrospect, I wish I had just gotten the heated steering wheel control switch as well. My steering wheel is kind of scuffed up, and I’ve been thinking about replacing it, anyhow. Oh well. It doesn’t get THAT cold in Texas. 😆
For anyone with just heated seats, I can confirm that the new switch panel (heated + vented) works with the OEM plug. It lights up and the features work.
Note: If you try using your old switch panel (heated button only), it will not work with the F Sport seats. The button will light up, but the seat will not get warm.
For anyone with just heated seats, I can confirm that the new switch panel (heated + vented) works with the OEM plug. It lights up and the features work.
Note: If you try using your old switch panel (heated button only), it will not work with the F Sport seats. The button will light up, but the seat will not get warm.
Thanks again malignancy
On my 2017 IS200T base model:
Yea!! Looks great. I was a little disappointed with the ventilated performance. My sisters RX worked amazing in comparison. Oh well. The seat warmers work amazing.
Yea!! Looks great. I was a little disappointed with the ventilated performance. My sisters RX worked amazing in comparison. Oh well. The seat warmers work amazing.
It's -10C here, ain't turning the vents anytime soon haha!
Look at the plus side, you got nicer seats and the black interior is nice too!
well, the “nicer seats” part is debatable. I think the person that owned the seats prior to me either put a ton of mileage on them, or was a freaking whale! The lateral foam on both seats are flattened. I’m not gonna worry about the passenger seat but it’s gonna cost over $1000 to have new OEM foam/fake leather installed. Also, the motor that raises/lowers the posterior bottom seat doesn’t work. If I can figure out which motor that is, I may cannibalize the seats I removed to replace the motor when I replace the leather and foam. I prefer to sell my seats whole as they’re in pretty much new condition. But yeah, all in all I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. it just makes my butt sore if I have to sit for too long. Not sure this is a common problem with the F sport seats. 🤷🏼♂️
Just a tip, the OEM motors are expensive, you can get aftermarket one for cheap.
The F Sport seat uses the same motors for all 3 settings as the base seats. Unless you have memory seats, then the motor to go frontward and backward is different.
Just take that one out from your old seat and use it, very simple swap.
I'd take everything off your base driver seat and sell the seat for cheap (that's what I did).
Just a tip, the OEM motors are expensive, you can get aftermarket one for cheap.
The F Sport seat uses the same motors for all 3 settings as the base seats. Unless you have memory seats, then the motor to go frontward and backward is different.
Just take that one out from your old seat and use it, very simple swap.
I'd take everything off your base driver seat and sell the seat for cheap (that's what I did).
awesome, thanks for the tip! It’s going to be effing cold this weekend but maybe next weekend I can pull the seat out and make the swap. Can you post a picture of which motor it would be? Maybe I’ll just swap out all three while I’ve got the seat out just to be safe.
In the first picture, the motor at the top controls the forward and backward mechanism (this motor is different if you have memory seats, but it's the same between F Sport (no memory seat) and Base (no memory seat)).
Bottom motor in the first picture, I did not confirm which function it controls.
And in the last photo it's the third motor, I did not confirm which function it controls.
Best way to figure it out is by unbolting the seat from the car, tilting the seat, so that you can see underneath and press the seat buttons to feel/listen which motor tries to come on when you want to raise your seat.
To remove the plastic piece around the bottom of the seat, watch this video and he's right, if you're not careful, you will end up breaking that cover...
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