Trailbear Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I am about to fit heated seats to the front of my Defender 110 and would like some advice as to how to route the cabling ( pictures if possible ) from the seats to the point of power. I have Wright Off Road Matting fitted to my vehicle and would prefer not to cut or make holes in it if possible! Any advice would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffia Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hi I have yet to do mine yet. I picked up a set from Newbury weekend and it depends on the type as some have two heat settings but I fou do this http://www.briandorey.com/post/Wiring-Land-Rover-Defender-Heated-Seats.aspx Hope it helps and let us know how it goes. P's how do you find the matting and did you get it direct? Taffia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailbear Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks for the info. I bought the heated seat kit from Exmoor Trim, they supply the Waeco 2 stage heating kit or Landrovers original heated seat kit, I went for Landrovers own kit as I already have the switches to fit in the centre dash! I haven't fitted the matting system yet, well other than put it in and take it back out until I have finished the rebuild. I bought the matting direct from Drew, saved quite a lot of money by going direct and he made it for me as I wanted black as opposed to grey. Very fast supply and delivery and a really nice guy to boot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts90 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 The OE loom comes through a hole in the lids of the seat box, I have mine tucked under the WOR-matting on top of the lid and exiting at the rear...I just cut a nick out of the rear join to allow the convoluted tubing to exit with kinking. You'll have cut out the access panels to get into the battery/toolbox/ecu areas so no further major cutting is necessary. I fitted a td5 XS loom to my 200tdi so it was plug and play for the heated seats. The cabling is run as part of the main harness, there are two small looms splitting off at the transfer box to feed either seat, these have two grommets, one to pass into the seat box and then the grommet for passing through. Which spec of 110 are you fitting to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailbear Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 I have a 300 tdi station station wagon, unfortunately, I don't have the xs loom, I will have to make up the wiring! Would it be possible to have some photographs to look at, might make it a bit easier for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 The wiring is simple. You can use a wire with a ring terminal to a seat mounting bolt for the earths, so just need the feeds from switch to heater pads (or from the relays if you are using the kit's small switches - I prefer the rugged and smple Carling tech switches which don't need relays). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cally Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Hi, I'm driving a 2015 Discovery and cooking my butt in Spain. Can't find the switch for the seat heating. Is there a wire I can easily disconnect and reconnect? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 At a guess either on the centre console between the front seats or on centre part of the dash, heated seat switches usually have a seat icon with 3 wiggly lines coming upwards from the seat base part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Just pull the fuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cally Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Definitely no switch on the console or dash. Will see if I can find the fuse. There are two weird air pumps that feel like stress balls licated next to the front seats and have a small button. I'm assuming those are for pumping air into the seat cushion 🤷♀️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Not familiar with Discovery 3, so can only suggest those are for the lumber support within the seat back, can't help with the heated seat problem either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 11:01 AM, Cally said: Hi, I'm driving a 2015 Discovery and cooking my butt in Spain. Can't find the switch for the seat heating. Is there a wire I can easily disconnect and reconnect? Thanks Post a photo, if yours is much different to this - not absolutely sure what different model years look like inside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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