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02-19-2017, 09:16 AM | #221 | |
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or try to rebuile pre-lci headrests with part from lci headrests all other functions will work on driver seat passenger seat will require heating bus wires between module in seat and JBE
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02-27-2017, 06:43 PM | #222 |
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Swap from Base Memory to Heated Sport Seats with Memory
So I finally found a set of local heated sport seats to replace my old base seats. From reading this and several other searched threads I was expecting the swap to result in all functions working for the driver seat and coding required to get the heat working for the passenger side. What i have instead is basic controls, heat and memory working for the driver side - but no lumbar support or "extra" sport set functions. The passenger side has no heat yet (not coded) and I had to switch positions of the pins 9 and 13 power leads in the seat connector to get it working (no function at all until I swapped these) - but it has ALL sport seat functions now. I am surprised at this outcome. Does anyone know why the driver side didn't seem to require any pin swaps but I do not have full sport seat functions?
Started with: pre-LCI base model e90 seats (no heat but did have memory) Swapped in 2006 (I am told) 330i sport seats with heat. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! |
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02-28-2017, 08:53 PM | #223 |
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I don't have an answer for you but I just purchased sport seats to swap my non-sport seats so I may be in a similar boat. I haven't had a chance to look at the connectors yet, but here is my setup...
Current: LCI non-sport power lumbar memory no heat Swap: Pre-LCI sport power lumbar memory heat I'm not sure you would need coding for heat. I was told I would just need to purchase heat controls for the center console and run wires to the seats. |
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03-12-2017, 03:24 PM | #224 |
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Just attempted to install pre-LCI sport seats in to replace my LCI non-sport seats. When I plug in the pre-LCI seats, nothing works. Only difference between the connects as far as I can tell I see that my old seats (LCI non-sport) have a smaller white connector in addition to the larger yellow connector. The new seats (pre-LCI sport) do not have this.
Is that other connector critical? If so is there some way to hot-wire it onto the new seats? Any insights would be much appreciated! |
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03-12-2017, 04:42 PM | #225 |
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if your pre-lci seats is from pre 2007/03 car the pinout in seat connector is bit different
check that wires from two sides of the connection are in same positions
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03-13-2017, 12:23 PM | #226 |
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So I was able to get power to both seats. Passenger seat I just had to swap pins 4 and 9 on the seat wiring connector. Driver seat it appears that both pins 4 and 9 need power ? one is for memory and basic seat controls, the other is for lumbar and side bolsters.
I currently have the memory and main seat adjustments working for the driver side and will need to splice power to the other pin for the lumber and side bolsters. Only issue now is I have an airbag and seatbelt light. I'm guessing the airbag light is due to the lack of active headrest in pre-LCI seats. Anyone know how I can fix the seatbelt light though? Pins seem to be identical for the seatbelt connector... |
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03-15-2017, 03:57 PM | #227 | |
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If you did disconnect battery during installation, then I don't know. Didn't read all the previous posts but thought this could be helpful.
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Hi guys I'm totally new. Im still trying to figure out how to post and reply to people... I have a question related to this topic and hoping any of you can help me out... I have an old z3 with power seats but not heated and I got a really good deal on a set of e90 seats fully equipped... I'm trying to retrofit them on my z3 and I have everything working except the heated elements... I was wondering I can overpass the modules and wire the heated elements directly using buttons to regulate the heat capacity... hey it's great to be able to be a part of a bmw group... thanks in advance guys!!!
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04-04-2017, 04:12 PM | #229 | |
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04-05-2017, 01:50 AM | #230 | |
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but you'll lose seat adjustment in e36 because seats from e90 allow to adjust only for 20-30 seconds if the car bus is not available another option is to reconfigure e90 seats to half-electric, these one are working without car bus
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04-05-2017, 07:44 AM | #231 |
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Hey thanks for the response... the seat I got came with everything, I didn't know I had to code the module for my car... how can I code them? And also my car does t have all the modern stuff that cars have now so that's why I was trying to figure out if I could just find the wires and send power through a button for the heat seats I got for my car
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04-05-2017, 07:51 AM | #232 |
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So my question is if I have to code them? And I if don't where can I cons the wires? Or what color wires are the ines ft the heating elements... I understand that I'm gonna lose some heating adjustments. Te buttons for the e90 have 3 different heat modes and the e36 buttons only have 2 modes high and low. I got the buttons for the e36 and I figured out the wires for them and there's is 2 buttons that send power to the heat elements, one wire which is the high sends 12v all the time and the other wire which is the low sends a pulse of 12v every 10 seconds or so... so what I was trying to find its to connect directly to the high and low and lose the medium mode
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09-07-2017, 02:01 PM | #233 |
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The E90 uses different logic, so it's hard to say if what you're doing will work.
The E90 coding refers to so programming to tell the car that it now had seat healing installed (when it is installed as per the guides of course - if not, it won't work correctly). |
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10-23-2017, 07:28 AM | #234 |
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Did my retrofit over the week end.
Current: LCI oyster white sport power memory no heat Swap: M3 black leather (in door cards) Pre-LCI sport power lumbar memory heat Replaced the heater contol module (for one with heater buttons). Coded car for heated seats. Coded out the active headrest. All fitted and working. Pretty much plug and play, no extra wires, no fuse box wiring, just disconnect the active headrest and recode, then clear faults. I didn't even disconnect the battery. Very pleased. P.S Also fitted the m5 illuminated gear shift and wired that in to the lighter circuit.
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03-13-2018, 12:08 PM | #235 |
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I'll add my 10p to this thread. I retrofitted heated leather to my car a while ago, and finally got around to wiring it up. All straightforward, I made up the looms myself with BMW connectors, and coded it in.
The one thing worth mentioning is that when it was all installed, I added $494 to the VO, but the heated part was dead - the switches did nothing. After much head scratching, I read that you need to activate the heated seats elsewhere, namely in the JBBF module. So using NCS expert I read that module, set Sitzheizung to aktiv, and now I have heated seats! Very happy indeed! |
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04-10-2018, 02:14 PM | #237 |
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Hi folks. A tangentially related question...does anyone know if this part https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...116973943~geb/ will work as a replacement to the e90 330i (2006) heated seat element (my drivers side is apparently shorting and BMW is saying they need to replace the entire cushion/cover)? ECS's site claims that it's incompatible with the 330...but that seems hard to believe when it seems to say it WILL work on an e90 328xi (which would be just a year later than my car). Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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04-19-2018, 11:51 PM | #238 | |
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much easier is buy seat cover with heating mat from ebay or junkyard
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10-20-2018, 10:02 PM | #239 |
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Hey guys, I have an 07/2007 build E90 sedan 335i that I want to retrofit heated seats into.
My car came factory with sport, electric, memory, and lumbar seats. I have installed LCI interior into my car and the front seats are heated. They are also sport, electric, memory, and lumbar. To get the heated seat working on the driver side it is my understanding that I can just buy the OEM buttons and it will work correct? For the passenger side I will need to run wires for the heated seats to work correct? Can anyone tell me what wires I need to run and where? I already have the heated seat button panel as I am also doing an iDrive retrofit
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10-22-2018, 07:56 AM | #240 | |
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Just code the car (VO) to have the heated seat option. Default the heater control module, jbr and cic, so they know that it now has heated seats. Install the button panel. Thats it.
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10-28-2018, 08:33 PM | #241 | |
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What do you mean by default the heater control module?
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