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Heated seats - Recaro

I have a VW Golf (when it's not in the garage being fixed, see VW Golf engine fell out...) and the previous owner fitted Recaro seats front and back. Ordinarily the car should have heated front seats and although the plugs are there I don't think the mechanism is fitted into the seats as they have been replaced. Does anyone know if you can buy the mechanism to go inside the seats and whether or not it is easy/hard to do and whether it is advisable to do so considering the seats are not the original ones (don't want to go and buy the mechanism and then the seats melt/burn/fry etc). Any pointers would be great thanks.

Reply to
Gem
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Is this a MK2 Golf? The proper VW fit recaros are worth a small fortune for them. TBH I wouldn't hack them about just for the sake of it. If you're talking aftermarket recaro seats, I doubt they'd be heated, and I wouldn't pull them apart to fit an element. Sell them (they fetch lots of money on ebay) and get heated GTi seats or something if you want lots of support.

Reply to
mrdoki

It's a MK5 Golf (1999) and they are proper VW fit front and back recaros (black and red), still worth money?

Reply to
Gem

Yes

Reply to
Taylor

How much money are we talking, I thought they were just seats... 'scuse me sounding thick, I'm a girl who's never owned a nice car before this one!

Reply to
Gem

Yeah...heated seats are pointless.

Reply to
Conor

So I've been told, alll sweaty arse and cold hands in the winter. Nice, don't think I'll bother with them.

Reply to
Gem

I dunno. I've used those in my E34 a few times, Can be quite pleasant to have a nice warm back and bum first thing on a cold morning before the heater gets going. Having said that, I certainly wouldn't pay anything extra for them. Mike.

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Mike G

Check ebay and see what the going rate is for them, if you really need tha cash source a standard set and fit them in and flog the recaros :o) otherwise leave them be and enjoy the hugging-ness of them round corners...

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Will Morrow

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