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Old Jun 13, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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What would be required (aside from the two front seats themselfs, and the control switch in the center console) to install the factory heated seats after the fact in an IS250? I can pick up the seats/switches pretty easy, just wondering if I have to buy the entire control harness in order to hook them up.

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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 04:44 AM
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Keep in mind that the seats are not "cooled"; they are vented. It's a nice feature, but doesn't work well enough to justify an upgrade, IMO.
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
Keep in mind that the seats are not "cooled"; they are vented. It's a nice feature, but doesn't work well enough to justify an upgrade, IMO.
I agree that the vented seats aren't worth the effort, but the heated seats are great, especially for the original poster who lives in a place where average temps are below freezing five months of the year.
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 05:34 AM
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and getting em a lot nearer to actually cooled is as easy as sliding a piece of cardboard under the seat to redirect some air, there's a thread or two on it if you care to search
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 10:23 AM
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+1 on seat coolers not being worth it. Might look into Kurtz's cardboard reference.
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Old Jun 14, 2012 | 11:21 AM
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I dug up the relevant thread... sadly the original pics aren't there anymore, but there's a couple of others later in the thread, and how to do this should be fairly obvious once you look under there-

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...eats-easy.html
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 09:44 AM
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Thanks Kurtz! Much appreciated!
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