Heated seat after market element replacement

[James NZ]

Hello,

I would like to get the drivers heated seat working again in the orange disco. Genuine seat cushion and squab heater elements seem rather spendy, so I was wondering if generic heater elements would work instead. Rave says the cushion element is 80 watts and the squab is 36 watts. Generic ones seem to be 24-36 watts generally in a kit with a thermostat. I was going to swap plugs over and fit the heater elements only.

Will generic work or do I need to go genuine?

Thanks for any advise.

James NZ

[justinthorpe]

Hi James
Did you go any further with this?, im in the same position with my V8 D2.
Cheers
Justin
Hawkes Bay

[sierrafery]

Hi, if the OP doesnt answer i can tell you that i fitted cheap aftermarkets to both, used the original plugs on them, been there for 3 years and they still work