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Re: Help! Retrofit seat warmers to 997?
"Thanks guys. Is it necessary to replace the whole loom? Some 996 and boxter discussions I saw spoke about simply laying a separate circuit for the warmer. Is this possible do you think? (I have the dealer looking at it, but I think he is trying to avoid it...would like to be able to 'guide' him...)
Re: Help! Retrofit seat warmers to 997?
I just had this done on a new 997TT as the dealer forgot to 'tick the box' which is standard fit here in NZ. They had to make a new PCM panel, add the seat heaters and do some other work. The wiring loom is the same, the seats just needed to be connected as Porsche would not make different wiring looms for with and without. I heard it cost them thousands of dollars though.
Mar 5, 2008 6:03:59 AM
- Garage_429
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Re: Help! Retrofit seat warmers to 997?
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MMD said:
How about something like this?
http://www.heatedcarblanket.com/?gclid=CPvlvuWK9ZECFQQClwodwkJoww
This is actually very good for a child seat in the winter. I have one for my daughter and she loves it. She actually gets upset when it is not on.
Mar 5, 2008 5:40:45 PM
- OneCarrut
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The final outcome...
Dear all,
Thank you for all your help. And special thanks to K1 for the piece that helped us solve the puzzle.
I had seen a floor stock car and been offered a price which I thought was ok. I have had seat warmers in previous models, I think it is huge fun to have the roof off in winter here, which is mild enough, but the warmers make it possible on even the coldest Sydney day. I counter offered that I would take the car if the put warmers in, knowing it was a couple of thousand AUD on the 996. What followed was very funny, as it appears no one in Oz had tried such a thing before. The final, official, answer from the factory was that it can be done. The dealer's preference was to swap the actual seats with another vehicle which had heaters, so as to do away with risk to upholstery. The fibre optic backbone and the PCM needs some work so it is ok with the additional equipment. The dealer absorbed the cost, which must mean the real cost isn't much more than the 996 cost which they confided they had thought was about what they were up for...and the result is a car that is exactly what I would have ordered! Very happy.
Thank you for all your help. And special thanks to K1 for the piece that helped us solve the puzzle.
I had seen a floor stock car and been offered a price which I thought was ok. I have had seat warmers in previous models, I think it is huge fun to have the roof off in winter here, which is mild enough, but the warmers make it possible on even the coldest Sydney day. I counter offered that I would take the car if the put warmers in, knowing it was a couple of thousand AUD on the 996. What followed was very funny, as it appears no one in Oz had tried such a thing before. The final, official, answer from the factory was that it can be done. The dealer's preference was to swap the actual seats with another vehicle which had heaters, so as to do away with risk to upholstery. The fibre optic backbone and the PCM needs some work so it is ok with the additional equipment. The dealer absorbed the cost, which must mean the real cost isn't much more than the 996 cost which they confided they had thought was about what they were up for...and the result is a car that is exactly what I would have ordered! Very happy.
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