Putting heated seats in a car w/o the CW package

**DubTeknix** · 06-04-2008 03:44 PM

Has anyone done this or know if the stock harness has the necessary wiring?

Most of the cars I'm looking at do not have the CW package, and those that do don't have Nav/Premium/ or Sport.

**supamannn99** · 06-04-2008 04:03 PM

attach heatguns to your seat

**Phrost** · 06-04-2008 04:11 PM

Put your car into an oven before you drive it

**A4 JooN 2.0T** · 06-04-2008 04:14 PM

lol bashathon....anyways sorry to thread jack but im totally opposite can i do cold seats?? and no im not putting fans,ice packs and dry ice in my car....

**DubTeknix** · 06-04-2008 04:33 PM

All BSing aside, anyone know the answer?

**Phrost** · 06-04-2008 04:58 PM

Any car can get aftermarket heated seats, but I'm not sure if we have a harness ready if you don't have the seats with the heating element.

So I think your options are either 1) buy oem heated seats and hope you have a harness (bad, costly idea) or 2) pay a shop to install aftermarket heating elements to your oem seats. They wouldn't use the oem harness anyway.

**UrKurt** · 06-04-2008 05:33 PM

Here's a picture of the harness under my passenger seat -- I do NOT have the CW package (I was doing an under-seat bluetooth install in my car -- we'll see if I ever finish the writeup):

As you can see, there's a gap that would house one more plug. Obviously, I can't say for certain that's where the heated seat harness would plug into. It would be interesting to see the configuration for a car that does have CW -- if anyone cares to indulge us, theres only a plastic cover over these plugs that will pop off...

**supamannn99** · 06-04-2008 06:03 PM

you're probably going to have to pay an arm for an OEM seat with heat. might as well get recaros with aftermarket heating :D

**DubTeknix** · 06-05-2008 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by supamannn99

you're probably going to have to pay an arm for an OEM seat with heat. might as well get recaros with aftermarket heating :D

You can always find what you want in a yard.

**i_audi** · 06-05-2008 06:26 AM

Mine did not come with heated seats either, dealer told me they could do it for about $500 if I wanted them. Still debating as I never had them before, if its worth it or not.

**nimski62** · 06-05-2008 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by UrKurt

Here's a picture of the harness under my passenger seat -- I do NOT have the CW package (I was doing an under-seat bluetooth install in my car -- we'll see if I ever finish the writeup):

As you can see, there's a gap that would house one more plug. Obviously, I can't say for certain that's where the heated seat harness would plug into. It would be interesting to see the configuration for a car that does have CW -- if anyone cares to indulge us, theres only a plastic cover over these plugs that will pop off...

I have a b6 without heated seats, and i have a b7 with..

In my b6, there is a gap for the plug, but no wires or metal prongs, while in my b7 there are connections (obviously).. therfore cars without CW are not wired for seat heat