Noooo rich, I have a 52plate vogue. And I bought a complete seat in the right colour leather for £30

Not just the element 

Rich86 wrote:

Ah but what year is yours?

The element is built into the cushion in the earlier cars. Maybe yours is post 2005 with a pad inlaid over the cushion?

I had my seat apart to colour change it and I dont remember it being in the leather, I changed the foam pad though and seem to remember it being almost glued to that, it all came apart and swapped over no problem

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The elements are inside a foam type material and are definitely stitched in with the leather cover on earlier cars. I have a set of theses seat base elements ready to go in my seat which have been unpicked from a new cover, I'll post a picture up later. They are completely different to the later type.

I've also just picked up a new seat back cover cheap from ebay so will be attempting the repair soon to the whole seat.

Deasy, that was a definite bargain!

Johnny and deas did you need to remove your seat out of the car or could this job be done with the seat in situ I wonder?

Want to avoid possible damage removing the seat... 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green

Rich86 wrote:

Johnny and deas did you need to remove your seat out of the car or could this job be done with the seat in situ I wonder?

Want to avoid possible damage removing the seat...

The seat is very easy to remove dude, do not attempt it in the car. the seat is pretty heavy, you need to seperate the squab and backrest, if you get stuck let me know and ill try and talk you thru it but it was a while ago and ive been in a coma since then !!!!! One day your life will flash before your eyes......................................make sure yours is worth watching!

Lol ok Johnny cheers I will now need to look out for the element... 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green

Luckily the base is the easy part to strip down, a little tip to make life easier is the leather part is pulled under and located with metal clips, I cut these and put back together with cable ties. One day your life will flash before your eyes......................................make sure yours is worth watching!

Well today I took out the drivers seat and stripped it down ready to retrim, only to find the reason for what I was doing (heated seat not working) to be a broken connector, so soldered it all back together and repaired. Put it all back together, fixed the switch bank and not it works perfectly! So the new seat trim I bought is no longer needed lol. 

Did the light work when you pressed the button and then go off again? 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green

yea thats what it used to do.

Not anymore though!



So i have a charcoal seat pad available.

I was assured by the guy i bought it off that it works 

In that case I will check the connection.

Mine is Aspen...

 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green

Yep

although i wish i had done it 2 years ago now!

Thers about 8 connectors to check, mine wasn't obvious until i had stripped removed the trim from the seat (easy to do just abit time consuming) 

Which connector was the culprit mate? 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green

it was the connector that plugged into one of the elements in the seat base 

And there are 8 connections in total? Are these all under the seat? 2009 Vogue TDV8 Nara Bronze
2002 Vogue V8 Zambezi Silver
1986 90 Pick up Deep Bronze Green
1978 Series III SWB Deep Bronze Green