[rolling430]

Ohmigosh I just realized the most horrible news today. Well I had been on here asking about installing Xenon headlamps onto my 430 that came with Halogens. A friend informed me today about a K3 and K4 package and that they are package add ons and after doing some research they said like a K4 is a package for heated seats and Xenons. And then I thought wait, my car did NOT come with Xenons, but it was a not tooooo hard fix I guess, a bit pricey tho, and then it clicked, do I have heated seats?! And I just realized that no I do not. Where did the little buttons on my console go to warm my ass! I live in Portland, OR damnit and I am only gonna be enjoying my cabriolet for a couple months and then the other 9 months outta the year I need to warm my ass cuz the damn leather gets cold!!!! I am so pissed but am hoping that you MB wizards will have an easy fix for me.

Like seriously is it at all possible to like try to find, gawd I probably won't be able to huh, a pair of used heated front seats and install a whole new center console part and like rewireeeeee... ??

Or should I just sell my whole car and buy one with heated seats!

Damnit... whoever bought this 430 off the lot should of spent a few more G's on some HID's and heated seats... that whoever person in Laguna Beach obviously thought it was too warm for that??? Ugh..... so irritated.

 

[neilbo75]

The heated seat buttons are rocker switches to the far left and right of the buttons that flank the red hazard triangle at the top of the center stack. There are two levels of heating and two LED pilot lights. If my photo posts OK you will notice that the driver's seat is operating in the low heat mode. MB has timers that automatically turn off the heat after 30 minutes or so.

Retrofitting done right would require you to install these swithces, the timers, the heaters in the seats (or swap in heated seats) and the appropriate wiring. I am not aware of anyone doing this but if you search this and other MB sites you might find somelthing.

This is my first car with heated seats and I must say I love them. It's great on a cold morning or on the drive home from the golf course when my back has stiffened. My brother lives in Portland so I know what you are up against.

A cheaper yet satisfying solution for you might be to put sheepskin covers on the seats and then slip electric heating pads between the sheepskin and the leather.

 

[Mark Cummins]

Yes The Conversion CAN be done You Will Need a Replacement wood panel and Switch and Both seats..Otherwise you can retrofit the seat heaters into your seats..
Either way it has and can be done

Contact Steve @www.mbenznl.com
He had a Complete Designo Interior for a Cab 208

 

[rolling430]

Yes The Conversion CAN be done You Will Need a Replacement wood panel and Switch and Both seats..Otherwise you can retrofit the seat heaters into your seats..
Either way it has and can be done

Contact Steve @www.mbenznl.com
He had a Complete Designo Interior for a Cab 208

thanx so much!!!! damn mercedes dealership are such muthaf*ckers when it comes to asking if it was prewired. they say it can't be done. bitches.

 

[bs00clk]

Dude, that sucks but you've got to do your homework before you buy a car!

Yes, this CAN be done but I bet you're talking $2K at LEAST, probably $3-4K. Not worth it. I'd get a new car before shelling that out.

Good luck.

 

[SirSwift93]

Yes The Conversion CAN be done You Will Need a Replacement wood panel and Switch and Both seats..Otherwise you can retrofit the seat heaters into your seats..
Either way it has and can be done

Contact Steve @www.mbenznl.com
He had a Complete Designo Interior for a Cab 208

I noticed that the passenger seat is prewired with a heat pad. I purchased the panel on ebay with the heat switches and found the two plugs needed taped down behind the switch panel. When I press the switch for the passenger seat to low or high the switch lights up correctly but, the seat does not heat up. Anyone know why not? If I purchase the heat pad for the drivers side what does it plug into? The female plug is not under the seat like it is for this passenger seat.

 

[s14jme]

It can be done.
Best option is to buy a set of second hand seats which are heated.
U will need the buttons and fascia.
Also needed a wiring loom.
I done this on my a class and it cost in total £320.
But I had while Astor black leather.
Just buy bit by bit when it's on eBay
The wireloom from merchant was £32

All I had to do was hook it up to a 12v live and a earth.

Easy lol