Heated/ventilated seats installed!
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Heated/ventilated seats installed!
I just got the GLK back from the custom shop. They add heated and ventilated seats to all four outboard seating positions. We couldn't match the mocha leather, so we instead matched the door panel black leather for a two-tone look.
They work great!
They work great!
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I dig it. Was the factory leather not perforated to begin with?
I installed heated and ventilated seats on my wife's GLK and she loves them, but because the leather was perforated already we didn't have to do anything with the leather. Absolutely worth it.
I installed heated and ventilated seats on my wife's GLK and she loves them, but because the leather was perforated already we didn't have to do anything with the leather. Absolutely worth it.
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I also had them add remote start from the keyfob, via the Directed MB204D device that someone else here had posted a while back. Totally worth it. You press the panic button for a 1/2 second, and it starts up the car (if you hold down the panic button, it works as normal).
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Basic interior is the MB-Tex material is perforated in the centre, the leather is not. Who does this type of installation & what kit was utilised for the ventilation of the seats? It amazes me that many lesser vehicles (price & quality) offer this option. MB does offer it in other models.
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Basic interior is the MB-Tex material is perforated in the centre, the leather is not. Who does this type of installation & what kit was utilised for the ventilation of the seats? It amazes me that many lesser vehicles (price & quality) offer this option. MB does offer it in other models.
The kit I used was from here:
http://www.championseatheaters.com/content/about.html
If you happen to live in Minnesota, you can even have them do it for you. I'm in Arizona, and had a local custom shop do it, who I can highly recommend:
http://www.autospaofarizona.com/
The kit itself strikes me as similar to those available elsewhere. We had heated rear seats put into a 2005 Cadillac SRX a long time ago, and the controls from memory look identical to what Champion's controls look like.
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Thank you for the links! I am in southern Arizona, near Tucson, so you understand my interest in the ventilated seats. So disappointing that MB in their infinite wisdom does not offer certain options in the USA market. IMO the company is missing the boat in this instance.
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This place is just off US-60, maybe 6-10 miles east of I-10. For all the work I did, it took a week (all four outboard seats, an extra cigarette lighter in the trunk, and the remote start). So if you and a friend can drive up to drop the car off and pick it back up later, it's well worth the trip. The owner, Steve Nappi, and his guys do great work! They were even able to match the factory stitching pattern.
I bought all the equipment ahead of time, and just gave it to him. The price for all the work was $4,500, including the four seats worth of leather, but not including the auto start device and the heaters/coolers themselves, which I bought ahead of time and gave to him.
I bought all the equipment ahead of time, and just gave it to him. The price for all the work was $4,500, including the four seats worth of leather, but not including the auto start device and the heaters/coolers themselves, which I bought ahead of time and gave to him.
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The worst part is, Mercedes *does* offer this option in Europe, and even in Jamaica -- along with tri-zone climate control. I don't understand the rationale for not permitting North Americans to get this option; it's not like a different engine that has to pass emission requirements, etc.
Lots of things are offered in the European version of the GLK, such as 8 different engine choices, the diesel heater, SplitView for the screen, air conditioned seats, a front camera that reads speed limit signs, ECO Start Stop on the Diesel, etc, but none of this is available in North America.
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Guess I am more European than I thought as my preference would be to order exactly what I want & not select off a lot. If the desire is to keep it OEM, then perhaps one could order the pieces from a supplier in whichever country offered this option & convert the seats. Saw this accomplished on a different model MB successfully.
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Guess I am more European than I thought as my preference would be to order exactly what I want & not select off a lot. If the desire is to keep it OEM, then perhaps one could order the pieces from a supplier in whichever country offered this option & convert the seats. Saw this accomplished on a different model MB successfully.
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Guess I am more European than I thought as my preference would be to order exactly what I want & not select off a lot. If the desire is to keep it OEM, then perhaps one could order the pieces from a supplier in whichever country offered this option & convert the seats. Saw this accomplished on a different model MB successfully.
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Wow -- no, ours didn't come with perforated leather. That would have made the job a lot less expensive. The custom shop got tons of samples of leather, but none really perfectly matched the existing mocha, so that's why we went with a shade of black that matches the "leather" on the door panels.
I also had them add remote start from the keyfob, via the Directed MB204D device that someone else here had posted a while back. Totally worth it. You press the panic button for a 1/2 second, and it starts up the car (if you hold down the panic button, it works as normal).
I also had them add remote start from the keyfob, via the Directed MB204D device that someone else here had posted a while back. Totally worth it. You press the panic button for a 1/2 second, and it starts up the car (if you hold down the panic button, it works as normal).
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You can, but looks like they're $1000+.
I installed an aftermarket ignition system from AliExpress. Gives me proximity lock/unlock and remote start all for $300
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801780611627.html
I installed an aftermarket ignition system from AliExpress. Gives me proximity lock/unlock and remote start all for $300
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801780611627.html
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