Greetings,

I purchased my new to me 2007 F150 Super Crew in September 2013. I have loved this style truck since they came out. I upgraded from a 1997 GMC SLE Extended Cab, but I digress.

This truck had almost everything on it that I wanted. One of the items it did not have were the heated seats.

I purchased a seat heater kit from eBay shortly after bringing the truck home. I choose a little different style than what I have seen here and different from what I installed in the Corvette a few years ago.

This kit has a push button type switch with three heat settings - HIGH, MED, and LOW. The push button switch also has a small illuminated universal diagram of the seat. This kit also has the carbon fiber type heater pads. These are thinner than the set I installed in the Vette and, can be trimmed or cut if needed.

I believe I paid about $90 for the kit.



First was to get the truck in the garage. It was chilly with drizzle today so it was better to try to fit it in the garage. I had to move a few things around but in the end she fit.




Next was to lay out the parts and bench check everything before installation.













Prepare to remove the seat by removing the four mount bolts.
This took a "T50" which I had in 3/8" Drive.




Disconnect the two electrical connectors.
These are fairly simple push tab types.




The last time I did this project it worked out pretty well putting the seat on a work bench.




Looking at the bottom of the seat, I started to loosen the bottom seat cover by "unsnapping" the plastic keepers.





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Working from the forward edge of the bottom seat cushion, I slowly peeled back the cover until I found the three Hog Rings. I removed the Hog Rings, not worrying about their condition as I was not going to reuse them.







I ended up removing the side trim panel to help gain access to the seat covering.

The recline handle has a small clip that keeps the handle in place. This clip can be accessed from the outside of the trim using a small screwdriver to lift up on the clip and slide the handle off.

The Lumbar support adjustment wheel was removed by using a small drift on the handle shaft behind the trim. It came off fairly easily with a couple of taps.

The seat adjustment **** was removed by removing the two screws on the backside of the trim.

There were a couple of screws holding the rest of the trim on as well as a clip towards the rear that simply snaps out.





After loosening the seat cover, I was able to slide the heating pad under the cover. I only trimmed the non heated edge for a nice fit up to the point where the Hog Rings held the cover down.

In the picture below I am preparing the back portion of the seat for the heating pad. The cover has some velcro-like attachment holding the cover at the seams. It is easy to loosen to allow the heating pad to slide into position.






When putting the bottom seat cover back together, I used tye-wraps instead of Hog Rings.
It is just much easier in my opinion.








Here I have secured the heating pad electrical connectors to the bottom of the seat.




I started to remove the flow-through console.
I had already removed the two bolts at the aft end of the console as well as the two bolts at the forward end of the console under the kick panel.

Here I am removing the trim around the gear shift. It simply pops up and off.





There are two more bolts that help hold the console in place.
there is one on each side of the console facing forward.
You should be able to see it in the upper right hand corner of the inside section of the console to the right of the pink identification tag.





To remove the radio bezel, simply (gently) pry starting at the bottom.
You need to open the ashtray first.
I worked my way up alternating sides.








The connectors for the Electronic AC Control were unusual - to me anyway.
They have a rocker type of action to connect / disconnect them.