Well my front seats are torn badly, especially the drivers. They are made from perforated leather which pretty much makes them impossiblemto fix.

I sourced a complete set of seats from a local jy out of a xj8. A little worn but no tears so I ordered a kit from letherique to refinish them before I install.

To my surprise the rear bench came with wires sticking out for the heating units.

How hard would it be to retrofit these to work in my XJR? Does anyone know if the car is prewired? Any ideas?

I know the rears barely get used, but I like to have all the functioning gadgets i can get

 

Wouldn't be much work since the relay is on the heelboard fuse box. The switches would be at the end of the centre console.

 

Switch are on a separate rear console extention

 

Extension? Can you guys post a pic please?

 

It's that little tray at the backend of the console.

You could probably find a picture yourself by locating one of the console removal threads.

Or, look in JEPC.

 

I think I found it:



I wonder if the wiring is already there?

 

Well, the switches are even labeled as seat heater switches.

Have a look at the wiring diagrams to find the location of the harness and the wiring connections. Even if the harness is not there, it is possible to run new wiring.

 

Adam, I've done it. As plums suggested you'll need the two big grey relays (timers) that fit in the heelboard, along with the switchpack as shown, it's then plug and play as all XJ's have the looms to fit them.

I think you'll also need the link leads to the relays from the switchpack

 

I retrofitted the front ones. All that was needed, was the upper row of switches on the top of the climate control. I didn't bother with the rear, because nobody ever sits there.

 

So you just needed the switches and the seats with pads? Was the car already prewired?

I'm only doing the back because the seats I got are already with them.

 

Adam, if you look under the original rear seat there should be connectors usually zipped to the abs sensor link leads, these connect to the seat heater pads, the rest you'll need to locate, relays, switches and link lead.

 

On my VDP ALL I needed was switches above the climate control. Seats come from the factory with heating elements, relays, and wiring. I took my climate control out, got one from the junkyard with seat switches, and plug and play.