Figured this one out after a long road trip...after an hour they turn off automatically.

 

This is one thing that I wished I had done when I did my own Katzkin leather seat install.....would have been easy doing this since I had to go through most of these steps installing the leather skins. Now if I do this, it will feel like I'm doing the same work twice. :(

I noticed everyone seems to be using the power from the cigarette lighter. I heard before that there is a better power source to tap into but forgot where it's at.

There's a problem with the Cigarette lighter power sources when you have remote start. The passenger side always stays on, so you have to worry about killing your battery if you forget to turn them off, and the drivers side is switched with the ignition...BUT....the problem is when you have the remote start, the driver's side ONLY turns on when you insert the key in to the ignition. So ideally....if you have remote start, you want the power source to turn on when you start your JK with the remote, so that the seats turn on and heat up when you start the vehicle with the remote.

Anyone know where a good place is that you can tap into power, that turns ON when you start the Jeep with the remote start and turns OFF when you turn the ignition off?

P.S. I used Wire Slip Ties also when doing my leather skins install. Much easier to work with, no need to buy hog clip pliers and much easier to find than hog clips.

 

Ok....I had to go searching through the old JK forum where I used to hang out and here's how someone else got around this problem.

There has to be a better source somewhere, then going through the hassles of wiring a relay.

 

Anyone done these with the factory leather option? Hoping there's no difference in removing the seat covers between the cloth and leather options!

 

X2 on what theglobalguy is asking. Winters quickly approaching and my options are Coverkings or the heated seat kits. Leather is just brutal on the behind in the winter.

 

I didn't do it but I bought mine with them. They work fine!

 

Well, I'm going to attempt the leather install this Sunday if the weather is nice. I'll take a few photos, and let you guys know how it goes. Luckily there's an upholstry shop right around the corner if things go bad!

 

So I just finished installing the Mopar heated seat kit in a 2010 JK with factory leather. As far as I can tell, there is absolutely no difference in the installation between cloth and leather seats; from the perspective of the install, they're both material held down with hog rings and plastic clips on the front and sides.

Great tips from this thread include the fact that there is NO need to remove the seats on the 4 door. The zip tie tip is invaluable...don't even bother to replace the hog rings. Just use the smallest zip ties you can find at the local hardware store.

The only issue that I had was that I was not able to re-fasten the plastic clip between the seat bottom and back. It seems cosmetic, but I'll probably run it by an upholstry shop sometime soon to see if they've got a tool to make it easier. I looked for the siding removal tool mentioned by someone else in this thread, but couldn't find one at either Home Depot or Lowes.

 

I had trouble with this as well. I ended up using a can opener

It worked perfectly. I have leather also.

 

So how long does it take to get noticable heat? It seems to take a good 10 minutes or so before I really feel like it's doing a lot. Wondering if I shorted out a couple of the heating elements when I was trying to stuff them under the seat covers...

Henry