[snickle]

Well I did mine today with the 4.7k front and the 10k back. Haven't had a chance for anybody to tell me if the rear seat gets hotter or not, but my front definitly got hotter and I loved it. Thanks for this mod. This forum is the best.

 

[Large1]

Warmer Seats

4.7k front and the 10k back that is the #1 mod I have done.
We road a few weeks ago temp dropped into the high 30's wife said she didn't think her seat heat was working and mine was working some but not as warm as I wanted so I did the mod.
Jump forward to yesterday Toys for Tots Ride temp's low 40s and some snow flurries she again she turns the seat to Max with in a few miles she turned it down to 2 and was happy with the heat I too have not had to turn my seat up to max any more.
Now its time to figure out how to raise the heat in the stock grips.

 

[LDimick]

I have a '12 that has a Russell rebuilt seat, so with the added Russell foam it takes a while for the heat to get up. It used to be that the High setting was too hot... not so anymore.

My question is why the difference in resistor sizes for the front and rear seats?

Thanks,
TA

Without taking my seat apart and using a tape measure my guess is that the lengths of the elements are different. The amount of heat depends upon the resistance of the element and the watts applied to it.

 

[Darmie]

Did I miss something? What wire is for the passenger seat?

 

[LDimick]

Did I miss something? What wire is for the passenger seat?

The heating element is made of wire. One piece goes under the drivers seat and the other goes into the passenger seat. Between the foam and the vinyl.

 

[Fred H.]

I modified a 2012 today, and instead of putting the resistors on the wire harness on the bike, I put them on the seat side of the wire harness. This turned out to be much easier and also resulted in a cleaner install, since I could simply push back the wire loom hose and mount them under it so you can't even see them when it is all done. I'm not sure why I didn't do it this way the first time.

 

[AJAugust]

I modified a 2012 today, and instead of putting the resistors on the wire harness on the bike, I put them on the seat side of the wire harness. This turned out to be much easier and also resulted in a cleaner install, since I could simply push back the wire loom hose and mount them under it so you can't even see them when it is all done. I'm not sure why I didn't do it this way the first time.

Any chance you took a picture or two to show this?

 

[Fred H.]

Any chance you took a picture or two to show this?

Yes, I did. I'll try to post them later when I get time.

 

[Fred H.]

Here are the photos. I simply pushed on the wire loom cover to collapse it to give me room to work, and put some hemostat clamps on it to hold it, added my resistors, covered with heat shrink, and then let the wire loom go back into place and it covered them up.

One VERY IMPORTANT POINT. Do NOT cut both wires at the same time, or else you'll loose track of which one went where, because they are BOTH GREEN. Cut one wire, add the resistor and solder it, and THEN do the other one.

I used a 4.7K ohm on the riders seat and 10k ohm on the passengars.

 

[Wing One]

I did my bike right after you did yours the first time Fred, on the bike side of the harness, thanks for the great idea, it works perfect.

I too used the 4.7K-Ohm for the rider and a 10K-Ohm for the passenger.

Here are some pictures.

All wrapt up.

Tools used.

 

[AJAugust]

Here are the photos. I simply pushed on the wire loom cover to collapse it to give me room to work, and put some hemostat clamps on it to hold it, added my resistors, covered with heat shrink, and then let the wire loom go back into place and it covered them up.

One VERY IMPORTANT POINT. Do NOT cut both wires at the same time, or else you'll loose track of which one went where, because they are BOTH GREEN. Cut one wire, add the resistor and solder it, and THEN do the other one.

I used a 4.7K ohm on the riders seat and 10k ohm on the passengars.

I did my bike right after you did yours the first time Fred, on the bike side of the harness, thanks for the great idea, it works perfect.

I too used the 4.7K-Ohm for the rider and a 10K-Ohm for the passenger.

Here are some pictures.

All wrapt up.

Tools used.

You guys are awesome :bow: !!
Thank you!

 

[SCPO]

Will attempt this mod this weekend. I was going to use a 10omhs on the front and rear. I read about different sizes. But will go with 10omhs for both. Am I able to get the resistors at radio shack? Also can I mod the hand grips to make them warmer.

Thanks

 

[Wing One]

Will attempt this mod this weekend. I was going to use a 10omhs on the front and rear. I read about different sizes. But will go with 10omhs for both. Am I able to get the resistors at radio shack? Also can I mod the hand grips to make them warmer.

Thanks

Radio Shack has them, it's where I bought the ones I used, nothing can be done for the grips as far as I know.

My grips get really hot, can never keep them on high.

Strongly recomend the 4.7k for the front, with the 10K you will land up only using the two or three lower settings, lowest possibly being too hot at times.

 

[SCPO]

Thanks, Will do

 

[SCPO]

Completed the mod. I highly recommend used 4.7 ohms in the front and 10.0 in the back. Took total 15 min to complete. Wish I would have done years ago.

 

[jduckjduck59]

ok i'm getting ready to do this seat mod . i have the 4.7K 1/2 watt and 10K 1/2 watt . what i need to know dose it matter what directions dose the resistor go ..............thanks jduck

 

[Wing One]

ok i'm getting ready to do this seat mod . i have the 4.7K 1/2 watt and 10K 1/2 watt . what i need to know dose it matter what directions dose the resistor go ..............thanks jduck

No direction, does not matter.

 

[jduckjduck59]

thanks wing one

 

[Wing One]

thanks wing one

You're most welcome.

 

[Pilot08]

I have a 2012 and the heated seat sux for lack of better words my wife say it does not get
hot at all and I was wondering does the back part of the seat gets hot are just the bottom of the seat ? Thanx