Leather interior in a D9

HDiAndy · Post by **HDiAndy** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:12 pm

Ok guys quick update

got a set off flea bay at the weekend from a 51 plate Exec, not too bad i thought for £185- did need a clean but you get what you pay for!
So reading the previous posts it seems we're unaminous that there are no pre-installed plugs for the front seat electrics?? thats a bit of a downer but there you go.
Anyone got a basic wiring diagram of how to rig it all up?

Cheers

(BTW- nice black cloth Rapier interior now for sale from a genuine 80,000 mile 2000 car let me know if anyone fancies them before i put them on flea bay!!)

Benner · Post by **Benner** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:16 pm

Yeah I was watching those. Think you got a good buy there!

HDiAndy · Post by **HDiAndy** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:19 pm

Theres still another set on there but tbh the photos look like they've been facing the elements for a while

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:39 pm

HDiAndy wrote: Anyone got a basic wiring diagram of how to rig it all up?

No diagrams, but search on this forum as this has been mentioned before numerous times. Passenger seat just needs a 12v feed, but the drivers needs a slight modification to the switch...

Post by **mjb** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:52 pm

Here's what I know:

The brown 2-pin plug is for the heated seats. It's fed by wires M830 (earth) and 830 (grey) which are at 0v normally, around 0.05v when ignition and the switches are on, but the engine's not, and about 14.5v when the engine's running

And my seats STILL ain't heating up! ARGH!

The vertically-aligned red connector nearest the door (on the drivers side at least) was unconnected on mine. The orange connector below it has a pair of thin gauge wires going to it - obviously not carrying power. The white 2-pin connector is just a connector on mine with no wires attached.

Here's a pic I took

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:01 pm

mjb, have you checked the heater pad resistance, if you have an open circuit or very low resistance the heater pad is defective
have you also checked for contact resistance on the earth side?

Post by **mjb** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:10 pm

I thought someone said there was a pressure switch of sorts built into the seat, which would obviously cause a break in continuity if there's nobody sitting there...

TBH I've heard about broken heater elements before, so it really wouldn't surprise me... The Haynes says replacement's only doable by stealers which means I'm out of luck (can't afford it) cos I really don't think I want to faff with upholstery. Mind you my mom's good with a sewing needle... hmmmmm.... ;)

There's also a brown 2-pin connector at the back of the seat. Does anyone know what that is? Mine's not carrying any voltage.

Benner · Post by **Benner** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:25 pm

I wish I had leather interior

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:50 pm

I don't

If my leather steering wheel is any indication, the seats will be freezing in the winter and scorching unusably hot in the summer.

I like fabric seats. They don't age like leather does (cracks and colour fade) and you don't slide around on them.

I remember getting into the back of a Rover (a 416 I think) which had cream leather seats. I spent the entire journey slipping off the seat underneath my seatbelt. LOL

Post by **mjb** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:31 pm

Freezing, yes (damn broken heater)

Frying in summer, surprisingly no - although the steering wheel gets painfully hot

Post by **Welly** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:29 pm

I must say I agree with Bluey to some extent.

The rear bench seat in mine is very slippy, I actually displaced Mrs Welton once from where she was parked right up onto the central dividing bit where the arm rest is

this was carried out on a roundabout she had to hold onto the front seat

I wasn't even going fast.

In summer the front seats get *hot* but not too bad, winter is very cold but then my heaters work (feel sorry for anyone in the back though).

In future I think I would only go for half-leathers or at least have the seat squab in a suede.

Maybe this is why I don't think my 6 handles very well, because my bottom is not connected properly to the seat

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:44 pm

I should add that I was about 8 or 9 at the time when I got in the back of that Rover, so my feet didn't touch to floor. thus I was unable to steady myself.
Thats primarily why I slid about so much.

Bloody officers... they're show offs.

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:25 pm

I LOVE my leather seats. I like the sliding action for some reason, even though I don't really slide all that much anyway. I would never go back to cloth. Hm, I wonder if I have those heater pads as well... wouldn't mind these in the winter, even though it's practically over now.

Post by **mjb** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:50 pm

Captain Jack wrote:Hm, I wonder if I have those heater pads as well...

Scroll up, look at my little picture, and see if you have that small brown connector in the middle

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:54 pm

I am pretty sure I do as most of the connectors under my seat are unused. I guess I have to get some switch thingy then eh?