Recently put I35 seats in my '01.

Despite a few complications with the driver side electronics.. The fronts were easy.

Now im on to wiring the backseat heating elements and switches. Ive done some thread surfing and none of the installs included any info on where they ran their wires and mounted switches.

I was wondering where they were wired to..
Im not sure if any of the people whove installed I35 seats still float around on the .org anymore..
so im open to suggestions from those of you who havent done them.

Thank you!

 

Lol... What you doing that requires heated rear seats ?

 

Well i basically live in Chicago and i need the backseats to be heated when things with lady friends start to get 'heated' as well

 

I like this post.

 

Kinda cramped but okay. Have fun

 

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Id like it more if i had answers!

Not too shabby when the front seats are moved forward.. But youll never get to experience that

Lontar caught me tho..

 

installing I35 seats ain't hard get the switches with pigtails and all color match the wires and the wire that is left is going to be your power source you can feed off your front heated seats just put a bigger fuse and thats it... it is easy my 5.5 had cloth i installed front heated seats wired them up and all now im searching for i35 rear heated seats

 

I know its not hard.. I simply was asking how others wired theres. My idea was to feed from the fronts as well but i wanted to know.if anyone has done it another way that requires less wiring and etc. just idea fishin!

What made the swap easier for you is the fact that you have a 5.5.. The 5.0 is a little more complex

 

Since the Maxima did not offer heated rear seats, all wiring will have to be custom.

In the I35, the rear seats were wired into the fuse used by the auto trans shift lock mechanism (fuse # 19). That would work if you had a 5.5 Maxima, but you don't, so don't even consider it. The 5.0 and 5.5 electrical systems are different.

In you 2001, I would suggest tapping into fuse # 28, used for the Canadian daytime running lights and not used by the U.S. Maximas. Fuse 28 (bottom row, 4th from right end) might not be plugged in, it should be a 10 amp fuse, which is what the heated seats use.

 

10/10 for the entire string of quotes, got a good laugh. I have no wiring or skill related to seats though, seems like it's been answered

 

This won't help with heated seats but might if you got some pretty gal in the Max.

After much scientific testing, found out long ago that if you remove your headrests / move front seats all the way forward / tilt front seat backs rearward- they will move all the way down to being flush with the rear seat. Makes it kinda like the longest recliner you've ever seen, and a lot more room for !?!?!?. Hope you got tint... :-)

 

Jeebus

OP going to bottom out his car ><

 

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!! My new fav...

 

HAHAHAH im not the only one who's figured this out!!! Ive done this many times at the local drive in! Get a pizza from Little Caesars and rest it on the center console and put your drinks in the rear cupholders.
Also helps having a window shade and a stereo with a remote

 

This seems like a nice choice!. The only thing is i may have drls in the future.. But i think i may end up doing this rather than tapping 'important' wires or going from the fronts.. Much appreciated Dennis!
I also had thoughts of going from where the heated mirror wires would come from..but im not sure if theres a seperate fuse and etc(been too busy to investigate further..)

 

If you are going to put in the DRL module, then my second choice for a power source would be to tap onto the Accessory relay, either pin 3 or pin 5 is the output to the cigarette lighter. You would need to add you own 10 amp fuse if you do it this way.

 

i've been wanting to do a rear heated seat mod for a while, where di you get the parts and do you have any pics?

I was gonna do the ebay kit with nissan switches.

 

lol nice tip

can either of these cables/lines handle the load? Personally i'd hate to draw off any thing else especially the cigarette lighter if i have laptop hooked in. you'd better bleive i'm dropping pay check or the better part of one on a kick *** over kill battery.

i'm interested to see where the front heated seats come off of, and maybe replicate that by populating an empty fuse spot and running new cables/wire if possible.

I wonder if it's possible to combine to heat seat kits to get the bottom center of the rear though with heaters going that might not be necessary.

I want my passengers to have the deluxe accommodation except a/c, i don't think it's possible to pipe A/C to the rear, i think you need a higher end car for that.

 

Front heated seats were an option for the 5th gen Maximas, so the fuse is there. In both the 5.0 and the 5.5, it is fuse # 9. Rear heated seats were not offered, so this is where you have to improvise.

JonBlz suggested using the front seat fuse for both front and rear heated seats by putting in a higher amperage fuse. I don't like that idea as the wires may not be able to take the extra current.

I suggested using the DTRL fuse if you have a United States Maxima, otherwise run a wire from the Accessory relay to a fuse that you add in and then to the rear seats. Either way is custom wiring and will take some effoet to do.

The Maxima does send cooled a/c air to the back seats. It is when you use the floor outlets. But they didn't really do a very good job on the design, because there isn't very much air flow.

 

feed power from the front heated seats the wire is green then add a bigger fuse like 20a instead of 10a or you can run power to an accessory from the fuse box with an add a circuit and bang

 

So the accessory relay is the master relay for the accessory electronics in the car? aka this relay can handle the power?

does anyone know how many watts the 12v cig lighter is good for?

REALLY!? Do we have any pics or diagrams of these rear vents?

 

I wonder if the front door switch covers and be fitted to the back to have switches on the rear door?



I was thinking the back of the console but, this makes waaayyy more sense

 

how bout swappin the door panel?

 

Lol! The only thing thats kept me from getting the door panels is that i cant find non ripped ones

 

i can't even find a drivers seat cover. i think this is stuff that falls under interior shop territory.

 

Okay, so i finally found/made myself a set of door panels from an I35/I30...
Ive got the wiring completed now, the only thing i have to do is attach the power wire to the add a circuit i used in the DTRL fuse slot. Theres two fuse spots in this add a circuit, i know the 10A goes in the one..

What size would be best for the other?
Online ive seen some people add heated seats in the back and use 7.5A.. but those werent in maximas..

id rather ask you guys than experiment and turn my Max into a nice, toasty, campfire

 

I won't be much help ,sorry !but when you get it all sort it out plz do a write up, my kids will thank you since they lil butts are always cold in the winter time....

 

In the I35, Nissan used a single 10 amp fuse that served both seats. I don't follow what the other 2 fuses would be for. I'll take a look at the I35 wiring diagram again and see if I missed something.

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I looked at the 2003 I35 diagram and the only fuse used is the single 10 amp fuse in the dash panel fuse block. If you are tapping into a fuse already in the dash panel fuse block, then you don't need any other fuse. Do these extra fuses plug into the wiring of the add a fuse thing you bought? If so, they would be duplicating the fuse in the dash panel fuse block and are not necessary.

 

Okay thank you! This is what i figured myself, however since Id never used one i wanted to double check. I just wanted to make sure the DTRL fuse doesnt power anything else.

Where do you get your wiring diagrams from (noob question i know)

 

I thought about it but opted not to since i figured most people wont ever use it..

But since you asked, and im a nice guy who doesnt want your kids to get frostbite on their rear ends.. ill post one up within the week if all goes well.
If I forget, remind me lol

 

thanks bruh, and once again the fsm ninja comes thru.....


Hey DanNy,

Dennis and djfrestyl need their own smilies....

:ninja: :yoda:

 

All done with this job...

 

I get my hare-brained, wild azzed ideas from... oh wait, that's not what you asked.

I use the Nissan FSM.

http://boredmder.com/FSMs/Infiniti/
http://boredmder.com/FSMs/Nissan/Maxima/

Section EL (electrical) has the majority of the diagrams, but there are diagrams in other sections, too. Use the IDX (index) section to find where the diagram is.

 

I have to say it takes a special kind a view point to understand all those lines and points....
http://youtu.be/Kl7QnmuW-ow this is how Dennis reads the fsm....

 

Yeah i got it off a different site. But same stuff haha.
Thank you !

 

This is really how I read the FSM...



especially when you encounter all the errors in it.

 

you're welcome.

 

i found tons of errors just doing this 'mod'

people think my car is fancy now with the leather door panels and i35 seats

 

did the rear heated seats work?