The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

[joeybananaz18]

I know alot of e46 people arent to crazy about leatherique because Montana does get as hard as a brick. But I saw this thread and it gave me hope...

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1042581

Really my concern was with the new cover having the heated seat elements. I just want to make sure I don't have to do any more investigating on whether id be able to retrofit them or not. Does anyone know if there are more than one type of plug for the heated seats?

[johnrando]

Looks good Pedro!

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[az3579]

I know alot of e46 people arent to crazy about leatherique because Montana does get as hard as a brick. But I saw this thread and it gave me hope...

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=1042581

Really my concern was with the new cover having the heated seat elements. I just want to make sure I don't have to do any more investigating on whether id be able to retrofit them or not. Does anyone know if there are more than one type of plug for the heated seats?

I was unaware there were different plugs... I thought they were all the same.

The wiring shouldn't be too different though. If anything, you can probably adapt the connector you have to it.

[704sw]

Really my concern was with the new cover having the heated seat elements. I just want to make sure I don't have to do any more investigating on whether id be able to retrofit them or not. Does anyone know if there are more than one type of plug for the heated seats?

I was unaware there were different plugs... I thought they were all the same.

The wiring shouldn't be too different though. If anything, you can probably adapt the connector you have to it.

Paging @nextelbuddy

I’m pretty sure he’s familiar with butt toaster retrofitting.

[joeybananaz18]

I was unaware there were different plugs... I thought they were all the same.

The wiring shouldn't be too different though. If anything, you can probably adapt the connector you have to it.

If you forward to 8:20 he mentions that the connector isn’t the same as what he had. Like you, I would have thought they were all the same too.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FSKXFNJur-M

I guess on the one hand since I don’t have heated seats to begin with, I don’t really have anything to match to lol

I just want to make sure that when I pick up the heated seat retrofit kit from ecs that it’ll be a plug-n-play situation.


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[nextelbuddy]

I was unaware there were different plugs... I thought they were all the same.

The wiring shouldn't be too different though. If anything, you can probably adapt the connector you have to it.

Paging @nextelbuddy

I’m pretty sure he’s familiar with butt toaster retrofitting.

If you forward to 8:20 he mentions that the connector isn’t the same as what he had. Like you, I would have thought they were all the same too.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FSKXFNJur-M

I guess on the one hand since I don’t have heated seats to begin with, I don’t really have anything to match to lol

I just want to make sure that when I pick up the heated seat retrofit kit from ecs that it’ll be a plug-n-play situation.


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eh he didnt know what he was doing. the top seat cushion and bottom seat cushion both have a wire connector and the bottom and top wire into each other first... then the Y connector from that goes into the lower wire harness connector.

the seat cushion he got most likely was from a passenger side seat that didn't have heated seats but instead it had a plug for the seat occupancy sensor which is different shape and only 2 wire.


the heated seats are 3 wires. ground, power and temp signal. very easy to rewire to a new plug anyways and they are color coded.

ground is always brown, temp wires will usually be blue or grey with some stripe and the power will be either red or green with yellow stripes. (just going from memory so dont have the specifics in front of me)


I remember watching that video when i did my heated seats and I cringed when i saw him snip the wire and I was like noooooooooo you got the plug identification wrong :/


I have pulled heated seat elements out of early model comfort seats, convertible seats and late model sport seats and they have all had the same plugs for me however even if they were different, they would only be different at the Y connector that connects the upper and lower seat cushion together... those could easily be spliced and wired up color for color and the final destination connector that goes to the main seat harness are all the same anyways.

[joeybananaz18]

eh he didnt know what he was doing. the top seat cushion and bottom seat cushion both have a wire connector and the bottom and top wire into each other first... then the Y connector from that goes into the lower wire harness connector.

the seat cushion he got most likely was from a passenger side seat that didn't have heated seats but instead it had a plug for the seat occupancy sensor which is different shape and only 2 wire.


the heated seats are 3 wires. ground, power and temp signal. very easy to rewire to a new plug anyways and they are color coded.

ground is always brown, temp wires will usually be blue or grey with some stripe and the power will be either red or green with yellow stripes. (just going from memory so dont have the specifics in front of me)


I remember watching that video when i did my heated seats and I cringed when i saw him snip the wire and I was like noooooooooo you got the plug identification wrong :/


I have pulled heated seat elements out of early model comfort seats, convertible seats and late model sport seats and they have all had the same plugs for me however even if they were different, they would only be different at the Y connector that connects the upper and lower seat cushion together... those could easily be spliced and wired up color for color and the final destination connector that goes to the main seat harness are all the same anyways.

Ladies and gentlemen, i present to you nextelbuddy.... Awesome as always thanks!

[704sw]

Do the output flanges on all 3.38s need to be changed, or just early models? I was thinking the 3.38 was a direct bolt-on, but we had to swap flanges on Nate’s.

[ZHPizza]

Do the output flanges on all 3.38s need to be changed, or just early models? I was thinking the 3.38 was a direct bolt-on, but we had to swap flanges on Nate’s.

Yeah boo the zhp has special output flanges. It's the input flange that's the same on the 3.38's that makes them special for us.

[704sw]

Yeah boo the zhp has special output flanges. It's the input flange that's the same on the 3.38's that makes them special for us.

Why we always gotta’ be special?