pointofdeparture wrote:Mike wrote: I've had it in two cars, a Volt and a G35, and found it to be pretty quick - like first quarter mile of driving quick, particularly on the Volt. Both were OE, so YMMV for aftermarket.*sees that poster is in Louisiana* Yeeeah...about that...the difference between your winter and our winter is probably 40-50 degrees...
Puhleeze. It was like, 61F today. I didn't get to wear shorts.
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The Fiat has aftermarket ones installed by the dealer. They warmup very quick and on high become almost uncomfortablely hot.
Haters gonna hate. I love my heated seats. I installed a set from heatedseatkits.com about 6 years ago in my wife's mazda 3, they worked excellent with the cloth seats, but you couldn't use the high setting for too long, it was too hot. You had to switch to low after a few minutes. The switches looked and felt like an oem item when installed.
I'm about to order another set of them for the replacement mazda 5 we got.
This time I'm getting some hog ring pliers to use on seat reassembly.
I'd plan about three hours total to install your first time.
WonkoTheSane wrote: Haters gonna hate. I love my heated seats. I installed a set from heatedseatkits.com about 6 years ago in my wife's mazda 3, they worked excellent with the cloth seats, but you couldn't use the high setting for too long, it was too hot. You had to switch to low after a few minutes. The switches looked and felt like an oem item when installed. I'm about to order another set of them for the replacement mazda 5 we got. This time I'm getting some hog ring pliers to use on seat reassembly. I'd plan about three hours total to install your first time.
Too hot is a problem I'd like to have. Did you go for the basic $90/Seat kit? Or?
LuxInterior wrote:Kenny_McCormic wrote:It runs 210F in summer and 185-190F in the winter when its cold (below 15F outside). Do you really think that the 20F difference is thermostat?LuxInterior wrote: The radiator over-cools when the temp is below 15F. I'll see if I can rig some cardboard to block some of the airflow.Sounds like a bad thermostat, very good idea to fix that.
If it calls for a 210 stat, and I'm pretty sure they do, then yes. You probably have a failing one that won't shut all the way, which will slow warm up, hurt gas mileage, and make it harder to drive moisture buildup out of the oil. Pretty sure it's only two bolts and a radiator top off to swap it out.
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