H8R Proof Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I've only had my 98 ES for a few weeks so I'm still accommodating myself to all of the controls + stuff and yesterday I came upon the realization that I DON'T have heated seats! The controls are listed in the manual, but there are none in the car in reference to the picture. I'm kind of bummed. I thought this was standard! At any rate, I rarely used the heated seat option in my 92 ES. I am, after all in Southern Cali...! Oh well.... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squarehat Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 If you had the heaters, the controls on the 98's are on the wood plate right beneath the shifter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillaxin Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 i'm in so cal too, but i use my heated seats in the morning, usually during winter, itz nice drivin to work with my butt being all toasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 can u get them installed in your car if u want them. im in NJ it get cold here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 you can buy kits it means removing the leather by undouing the hog pins and placing a mat much like a heating blanket under the leather and the placing swithes don't worry though most es owners say the seat heaters don't work a damn anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeiLtYmE Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 THE ALTERNATERS ON THESE CARS ARE CRAP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 lol actually it is also in part to a wireing problem that corrodes since i changed mine it is like night and day no more low power problems i think which was all contributed from the one bad battery gorund to feed the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I love my seat heaters. Especially now that they have two settings. My dad's 98 LS only has one, "Super !Removed! Burn", now I have "Warm" and "Super !Removed! Burn". Only thing I've noticed is, when you first turn them on, they start out on Super !Removed! Burn and you have to turn them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amf1932 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Strange that the LS had only one position, "Super !Removed! Burn"??? My '94 ES had factory seat heaters with a rocker switch on the console that had low & high heater positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Nope, LS only has one. The new 430 has like 5 lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 mine has 2. low and high.they dont work that great anyway.they get warm but not hot at all.on the highway they seem to get hotter then in the city.i dont understand what thats about but i think it has something to do with the voltage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 bbsal you answered your own question it is the volatage being raised an sustained by the crap alternators with less loa on them and cooler under the hood to transmit power,which gets slowed by heat resistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeiLtYmE Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 THE ALTERNATERS ON THESE CARS ARE CRAP... and were back to square one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 bbsal you answered your own question it is the volatage being raised an sustained by the crap alternators with less loa on them and cooler under the hood to transmit power,which gets slowed by heat resistance i figuered it was the alternater.is there a better one we could put in there.i know they sell system alternaters for high voltage amplifers because my freind has one but not sure if they make them for our car.he has a hell of a audio system by the way.he won all kinds of awards for it.i think it cost him like 600 bucks though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amf1932 Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 I think it would be a good idea to read about alternators before saying that the Lexus alternators are crap. Lexus vehicles were designed to put out sufficient voltage and amperage under normal operating conditions, but if you find that this is not enough you can always change them to a higher output unit. Most people don't need to do this though unless they've added elecrical components that are very demanding such as high power audio systems, RF transmitting equipment, etc. The seat heaters of the earlier ES's were all pretty weak and it had nothing to do with the alternator. Read: http://www.misterfixit.com/alterntr.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 i think the alt's are ok but under idles they are crap i can run the system fine ( as i did last night on downtown Toronto streets as everyone was partying for Caribana, a caribean parade) and it ran much better at idle thn it ever did with the sytem at full tilt i tried the seat heaters and guess what they still didn't get hot only luke warm i think the settings should be 1 off 2 kinda off 3 and hmmm are these things working yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 i agree 110 percent with you!under idle the suck!everything is dull and the air condition even lowers.when you hit the gas you can see the lights get brighter and the air flows faster.overall i still think there crap.i had a 400watt bleepty lanzar amo hooked up to a rockford dvc and the lights were blinking from that!just imagine if i had a 800 watt rockforde amp!!!just my opinoin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 I dont have that problem in my 03... can you guys upgrade to a better alternator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 thats what i was just asking about in a earlier post.i think we could because they sell better system alternator but i have to look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 lexus is now using a smaller wheel thus causing the alt to spin faster and produce more power but it is the same alternator so they found a good way to fix bad engineeering without a crappy band aid solution but like i mentioned since i chanegd those wires i don't have dim lights radio hvac fan speed or the dash being yellow anymore just a though spend 20 for some wires and redo it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsal Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 im going to try some new wires ans see what happens.thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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