I have searched and found several threads on adding aftermarket heating elements to my stock seats but I have a chance to get some nice oem heated seats from a damaged r56 that I would like to use ( my r56 did not come with heated seat option ) . I can also have the switches and anything else out of it that I need but I don't know what all I need and how much trouble it is ( wiring , reprogramming , etc ??) .

 

I don't think you need to reprogram the airbag. I replace cloth seat with JCW seat and i didn't have to reprogram the airbag. Now the front passenger sensor, if you take out from your old seat and place it on the new seat, then you don't have to reprogram it. I did just that, actually had no choice because the jcw seat from Europe doesn't have that. I seems to remember one of the member mention ( i think Alpha Motoring) had to reprogram the new passenger sensor because he had bought it new from the dealer.

i am new at this and after reading on how to swap out factory seat with JCW seat and doing it, i find the information found on NAM to be very helpful...