hi guys
I have just bought a 2004 mini cooper which does not hav a sunroof and heated seats. Im wonder how much it would be to install them. anyone know about this?

 

devon,

Congrats on your new MC.

The heated seat probably wouldn't be too hard. Aftermarket ones are availible, but the factory ones may be cost prohibitive. As for a sunroof....aftermarket is the only way you'll get one. I'm not a fan of them though. If you go that route get someone who's done MINI's before. I would worry about a poor installation causing problems down the road & the structure of the car being compromised by a hole cut in the roof. I'm pretty sure the factory reinforces the top when there's a hole in it.
Chuck

 

well after looking on Realoem.com, it appears it will cost about 1300 bucks to retrofit heated seats.

as far as a sunroof goes, i wouldnt have anything of it. anything that isnt installed at the factory is just a problem wating to occur. it will never be the same.

 

Heated seats via aftermarket will only cost you maybe $300 USD installed.

Sunroof, if you really like one, get another MINI that has it. It is totally not worth the trouble to go aftermarket for this.

 

Is there anyone who installed aftermarket sunroof on his or her mini in this forum? I really want to get his or her opinion straitely
and where can i get the after market heated seat equipments? they don't seem to be in ebay

 

When I bought my PT Cruiser in 2001, it was missing the heated seats when it arrived . The option was listed on the order but it said "bypassed" on the sticker, we never did figure that one out.
Anyway, I was beyond irked and had to refrain from throwing an honest-to-goodness hissy fit right there in the dealership. The dealer ended up ordering the heated seat parts, basically looked like a stripped down heating pad, and I found a local collision repair and refurbishing place to put them in. The pads cost about $175.00 for the pair and the guy charged me $100.00 to put them in, which he said took a little over an hour. The dealership then issued me a check for $300.00 when all was said and done. They've been in the car for almost 5 years and still work perfectly and I'm glad on those cold mornings that I stuck to my guns on that one! I'm sure if you made a few calls you could find someone in your area that can put them in reasonably.
Good luck,
Annette

 

If you do want leather and butt warmers Go straight to www.autoleathers.com Fully customized Katzkinz for your MINI. Get the MINI logo stiched into the head rest or seat back and get your heated seats.

Not inexpensive, but more Durable than the factory leather. D&R MINI in Indy uses Katzkinz for aftermarket leather seats in their minis.

 

Thank you so much guys! Im gonna contact to collision centre and try to get them locally. getting new heated seats sounds too expansive to me. anyways thx for the web-site Diff.

 

I never thought I would want heated seats - until I got them. They are awesome!

 

Yep,

Aftermarket heated seats are affordable and well worth the investment (IMHO). The sunroof...wouldn't touch that with the proverbial "ten foot pole". You're asking for trouble and also lowering the resale value. If you MUST have one, sell yours and buy one with the sunroof and then add the heated seats.

Cheers

 

sunroof and heated seats are the only options i want... too bad i didn't know how great heated seats were til after i got my mini but i DID get the sunroof.

I agree on getting another mini with those options.

 

Does anyone have a good source for aftermarket heaters. The only one I found wouldn't work with seats that had side airbags.

 

I've been told that the heating units are in all the seats. It's just the wiring and switches that need to be installed. You might check that out. Again, that's what I was told and don't honestly know if it's true or not.

ripley

 

OK someone tell me how to look. I'm a novice at this kind of thing.

 

I bought my car with the Winter Pkg. for the seat heaters. This was probably one of the better options avaialble.

Moss Mini has seat heaters available for $129.95/seat. I don't know how these match up with the factory installed units.

Look under "Interior - Accessories" for additional information. I believe that there is an instruction .pdf on this page to show what is required for installation.

 

You are going to have to pull the seat out of the car and then pull the seat cover off of the seatl

Scroll up five posts from your original question

 

Stay away from the heated seat haters thread

 

thx!!

 

I must have missed something on their website. I'll go back.