P1000 Heated Seats

[ghost]

My wife wants heated seats... I grumble about "her" accessory but secretly I'm glad she asked.

Was thinking some carbon fibre elements
http://www.amazon.com/Crimestopper-HSK150-Deluxe-Heated-Seat/dp/B001L6HYQK/?tag=sxsweb24-20

Not sure if I can slip these into the seats or if I need to use seat covers (still waiting for delivery)

Anyone tried heat seats yet?
Or the Honda seat covers?

 

[Admin]

 

[bobbyhill]

I will trade you for my 700-4 the seats are plenty warm! I tell you what since you are apart of the club and all, I'll make it a strait up trade you don't even have to put any cash in.

 

[d_b]

Keep us posted with pics, I'm thinking I like this idea.

 

[Johnny_C]

Wow!

That's affordable enough to try out.

John

 

[ghost]

When the sun goes down and temperature drops it great to get some hot a$$ for the ride home.

I ordered the Crimestopper seat heater I mentioned above. On high - they are nice and toasty - after about 10 minutes you have to switch to low heat. Thats just what I would expect from heated seats

They come with a warning not to modify the wiring harness in any way but I wanted to use the rockers I bought. The wiring in the harness is a bit wierd. On high, the heater elements get 12V, on low 6V. What got me confused is the switches on the wiring harness have a voltage reduction circuit to provide 6 or 12V. I was trying to figure out what the harness did using a voltmeter but eventually I got frustrated and just hacked off the switch and started applying voltage to the various wires to get it working. It turns out that the voltage reduction in the switch is not needed because the switch just feeds the relay coil.Kinda obvious but it was confusing.
There is something else in the harness that also reduces voltage - I bet its the relay but I didn't bother to find out once I figured out that the my switches would work.
I figure they tried to get away with just the switch in their design but they burnt up so then they added the relay.

If you remove the supplied switches like I did, you can ignore the black and red wires in the harness to the switch. Power and Ground should be connected to the black and red wires that were exposed when you opened the package. The switch does not need them. The white and yellow wires going to the switch are the low and high triggers (+12v) to the relay.

Install is straight forward.
Remove and clean the seats.
Apply heat reflective tape.
There is tape on the elements to keep them from sliding around
That's my boss telling me to get back to work.


I used the Honda seat covers. Wires hang out the back.

I built a wire harness to go from my switch panel on the dash that splits to feed the drivers seat and passenger seat. It also splits for a wire to get the reverse ground trigger. This harness follows beside the Honda main wire harness. Three position switch - up = high, middle = off, down = low. I left most of the supplied wire harness intact and attached them under the seats. The wires from the relay to the lower seat were lengthened so the seat can be put on the floor without disconnecting them. There is a quick disconnect on all 4 heater elements so the seats can be easily removed.


I wasn't sure I would like the camo seats on the grey 1000 but I think they look great. You can see in the second picture where I fed the wire harness from the upper seat under the lower seat.


Well that turned out to be a bigger write up than I expected ....

 

[franzw]

When the sun goes down and temperature drops it great to get some hot a$$ for the ride home.

I ordered the Crimestopper seat heater I mentioned above. On high - they are nice and toasty - after about 10 minutes you have to switch to low heat. Thats just what I would expect from heated seats

They come with a warning not to modify the wiring harness in any way but I wanted to use the rockers I bought. The wiring in the harness is a bit wierd. On high, the heater elements get 12V, on low 6V. What got me confused is the switches on the wiring harness have a voltage reduction circuit to provide 6 or 12V. I was trying to figure out what the harness did using a voltmeter but eventually I got frustrated and just hacked off the switch and started applying voltage to the various wires to get it working. It turns out that the voltage reduction in the switch is not needed because the switch just feeds the relay coil.Kinda obvious but it was confusing.
There is something else in the harness that also reduces voltage - I bet its the relay but I didn't bother to find out once I figured out that the my switches would work.
I figure they tried to get away with just the switch in their design but they burnt up so then they added the relay.

Install is straight forward.
Remove and clean the seats.
Apply heat reflective tape.
There is tape on the elements to keep them from sliding around
That's my boss telling me to get back to work.
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I used the Honda seat covers. Wires hang out the back.
View attachment 10765View attachment 10766
I built a wire harness to go from my switch panel on the dash that splits to feed the drivers seat and passenger seat. It also splits for a wire to get the reverse ground trigger. This harness follows beside the Honda main wire harness. Three position switch - up = high, middle = off, down = low. I left most of the supplied wire harness intact and attached them under the seats. The wires from the relay to the lower seat were lengthened so the seat can be put on the floor without disconnecting them. There is a quick disconnect on all 4 heater elements so the seats can be easily removed.
View attachment 10764 View attachment 10767View attachment 10770

I wasn't sure I would like the camo seats on the grey 1000 but I think they look great. You can see in the second picture where I fed the wire harness from the upper seat under the lower seat.
View attachment 10768 View attachment 10769

Well that turned out to be a bigger write up than I expected ....

Good write up. I'm sure my wife would enjoy heated seats like in her car. She even has heated steering wheel. Anyway I purchased her heated massaging padded seat cover for her side and plug it into cig. lighter on dash. Will see how that works? My question is how do you pull up the bench seat in the P1K deluxe? hear there is also storage area under drivers side?

 

[CashMoney]

There's a latch in the middle then the seat just pops out

 

[franzw]

There's a latch in the middle then the seat just pops out

Thanks, is the latch in the front?

 

[CashMoney]

Yeah its really easy to get to and take the seat off.

 

[franzw]

Yeah its really easy to get to and take the seat off.

Thanks again, appreciate it. Guess I could have looked it up in the manual, but having resources like you is much better. Happy trails

 

[CashMoney]

No worries haha. I should have too one night I was screwing around a while before I remembered what my sales guy told me. He went over all that when he showed me where all the dipsticks were

 

[TheBob]

I know you guys up north probably need heated seats, but down in the south I am trying to figure out how to add cooling to the seats!!! We rode for a while on Sunday, probably in the 60's here, and the engine keeps the seats pretty warm. I opened up the windshield vent thinking I would blow the hot air on out of the seat area, but it just seemed to fan it up into our faces.

I hate to think of what it's going to be like next July and August, when it's 105 degrees with 95% humidity.

 

[ghost]

Yeah I feel that heat too. It's cosy now but summer will require something different for sure.

In case anyone decides to follow in my footsteps with the Crimestoppers I',m adding this to my post above.

If you remove the supplied switches like I did, you can ignore the black and red wires in the harness to the switch. Power and Ground should be connected to the black and red wires that were exposed when you opened the package. The switch does not need them. The white and yellow wires going to the switch are the low and high triggers (+12v) to the relay.

 

[Delton]

I know you guys up north probably need heated seats, but down in the south I am trying to figure out how to add cooling to the seats!!! We rode for a while on Sunday, probably in the 60's here, and the engine keeps the seats pretty warm. I opened up the windshield vent thinking I would blow the hot air on out of the seat area, but it just seemed to fan it up into our faces.

I hate to think of what it's going to be like next July and August, when it's 105 degrees with 95% humidity.

I was going to reply with the same message. If he lived down south he wouldn't be looking for seat warmers lol. Wait til you do a deep water crossing or hit a creek at speed. Steam will fry those buns to a crisp lol. This happened to me yesterday. It even seemed to go up my back. I'm not being dramatical either, it was very hot.

 

[TheBob]

I was going to reply with the same message. If he lived down south he wouldn't be looking for seat warmers lol. Wait til you do a deep water crossing or hit a creek at speed. Steam will fry those buns to a crisp lol. This happened to me yesterday. It even seemed to go up my back. I'm not being dramatical either, it was very hot.

We had the same thing happen Sunday, crossing the creek. Water was deep enough to come in thru the pedals, and the cab turned into a steam bath. Wasn't horrible, as the ambient temps were in the low 60', but it's going to be HOT in July and August. I guess the saving grace is it's hard to find deep water around here that time of year, you have to go look for it....

now, is there a way to block that water coming in thru the pedals?

 

[Delton]

We had the same thing happen Sunday, crossing the creek. Water was deep enough to come in thru the pedals, and the cab turned into a steam bath. Wasn't horrible, as the ambient temps were in the low 60', but it's going to be HOT in July and August. I guess the saving grace is it's hard to find deep water around here that time of year, you have to go look for it....

now, is there a way to block that water coming in thru the pedals?

Ive only experienced water coming in under the doors. Guess I haven't gone deep enough yet lol. I'm a little hesitant about getting too crazy cause I've been riding on my own. I'd have to walk at least an hour or two to get to a spot with cell service. I have to ride during the week due to work and have to pick my daughter up from school. Can't afford to be stranded in middle of nowhere

 

[Franko]

They make electric blankets that plug into a 12 volt. That's what I use and then cover the seats with the blanket on cold rides. Works well and cheap.

 

[dale5740]

When the sun goes down and temperature drops it great to get some hot a$$ for the ride home.

I ordered the Crimestopper seat heater I mentioned above. On high - they are nice and toasty - after about 10 minutes you have to switch to low heat. Thats just what I would expect from heated seats

They come with a warning not to modify the wiring harness in any way but I wanted to use the rockers I bought. The wiring in the harness is a bit wierd. On high, the heater elements get 12V, on low 6V. What got me confused is the switches on the wiring harness have a voltage reduction circuit to provide 6 or 12V. I was trying to figure out what the harness did using a voltmeter but eventually I got frustrated and just hacked off the switch and started applying voltage to the various wires to get it working. It turns out that the voltage reduction in the switch is not needed because the switch just feeds the relay coil.Kinda obvious but it was confusing.
There is something else in the harness that also reduces voltage - I bet its the relay but I didn't bother to find out once I figured out that the my switches would work.
I figure they tried to get away with just the switch in their design but they burnt up so then they added the relay.

If you remove the supplied switches like I did, you can ignore the black and red wires in the harness to the switch. Power and Ground should be connected to the black and red wires that were exposed when you opened the package. The switch does not need them. The white and yellow wires going to the switch are the low and high triggers (+12v) to the relay.

Install is straight forward.
Remove and clean the seats.
Apply heat reflective tape.
There is tape on the elements to keep them from sliding around
That's my boss telling me to get back to work.
View attachment 10761 View attachment 10762 View attachment 10763

I used the Honda seat covers. Wires hang out the back.
View attachment 10765View attachment 10766
I built a wire harness to go from my switch panel on the dash that splits to feed the drivers seat and passenger seat. It also splits for a wire to get the reverse ground trigger. This harness follows beside the Honda main wire harness. Three position switch - up = high, middle = off, down = low. I left most of the supplied wire harness intact and attached them under the seats. The wires from the relay to the lower seat were lengthened so the seat can be put on the floor without disconnecting them. There is a quick disconnect on all 4 heater elements so the seats can be easily removed.
View attachment 10764 View attachment 10767View attachment 10770

I wasn't sure I would like the camo seats on the grey 1000 but I think they look great. You can see in the second picture where I fed the wire harness from the upper seat under the lower seat.
View attachment 10768 View attachment 10769

Well that turned out to be a bigger write up than I expected ....

do they make black seat covers I assume not

 

[ghost]

Honda just makes the camo.

 

[dale5740]

bummer although looking at your pic doesn't look bad at all!!