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453 Heated Seat Retrofit¶

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Mod Details Premium Yes Difficulty Mod ID 1515 Credit evilution For Link https://evilution.co.uk/mod/453-heated-seat-retrofit.htm Copy to Clipboard Important Due to Robert V having major issues getting the retrofit to work, I learned something new that I thought I’d better share. Seats for the petrol models will NOT work in an electric drive model. (but can be bodged). Seats for the electric drive models will NOT work in a petrol model. Why? I hear you ask. It confused me at first until I looked at the wiring diagrams side by side. The petrol model seats had 3 different connection types: Switched Live Earth Illumination Switched Live Nice, simple and self contained, however, on the ED/EQ (electric drive) models, you used to be able to turn the heated seats on remotely with the phone application. So smart changed all of the connections so they could also be controlled remotely by the AC controller. Conclusion Since the Euro EQ models have heated seats as standard, I can’t confirm or deny if retrofitting EQ heated seats to an EQ will be plug and play. Fitting Does your 453 not have heated seats? Do you want heated seats? It’s probably not as tricky as you think. Warning – you are disconnecting and reconnecting seats with airbags built in. Disconnect the battery before starting. If you are too heroic to disconnect the battery, don’t turn the ignition on until everything is plugged in. Firstly, buy some heated seats. 453 seats and Twingo Mk3 seats will all fit. I was really lucky. I got a pair of heated leather 453 seats for £50 + postage. Mine was the only bid. I was just at the right place and the right time. You probably won’t be as lucky but I have seen them often for sale for around £250 which is still good. Check the photos to make sure the seats have the heated seat switch on the outside. Remove the seats as shown here . Click if info helped 19 likes 22394 views Print