DIY: Heated Seats for 2006-2011 Yaris

[swidd]

2-3 minutes warm-up time. How much do you estimate you spent in parts all said and done? I'm wondering if it is worth it, seeing as the Yaris gets warm quickly and my tolerance for freezer-burn pain is quite high...

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by swidd

2-3 minutes warm-up time. How much do you estimate you spent in parts all said and done? I'm wondering if it is worth it, seeing as the Yaris gets warm quickly and my tolerance for freezer-burn pain is quite high...

The heaters are $75 per seat shipped (if you buy them from their ebay listings, rather than their website), including their harness, and the rest of the parts (relay and socket, butt splices, etc.) I had on hand. I would say that for someone to do 2 seats it would be $150 + about $15 for the relay and parts.

With the 2-3 minute warm up, that is very similar to the heater coming on, and I really had no interest to putting one in for myself, but now that I have it, I can wait to go out in the car. There is such a difference in directly heating your buns and back, as opposed to having dry hot air blowing on or around you. I could drive with my moon roof open on a below freezing day now.