e46 bmw M3 Thermal Imaging of heated seats Infrared

This is a 2002 bmw convertible m2
I was wondering where the heating strips were located when I turned on the heated seats. Oddly enough most of the heat is in leg portion of the seat. And only 2 strips in the back. Most interesting during this test is when I found that I had heated mirrors and they were ALWAYS on. What a waste of power. Bmw could have connected the heated mirror with another cold weather feature but nope. Always on! Real handy in Florida.

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• 2002
• bmw
• e46
• m3
• thermal
• image
• heated
• seats
• Heated
• mirrors
• always
• on
• flir
• infrared

[94WS677]

I'm pretty sure the majority of heat you see is because of the heater wires being under less material in the leg portion of the seat. I used to install heated seats and pulled a few factory Beamers apart to install new after old ones burned out. You just got more cushion on the bottom and back.

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