

| Subject: | Bun Warmer ---> Was Re: Seat heaters |
| From: | Todd P Last |
| Date: | Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:43:24 -0800 |
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Century Gothic">Please keep us posted with your experience installing the bun warmers!<br> <br> Todd<br> '88 Westy<br> </font><br> Kim Brennan wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:DE2652E5-ECD7-4AEB-929F-AF7ADF0212F1@mac.com" type="cite">On US Vanagons apparentlty VW never offered this, but on Canada (and <br> presumably European) driver seat heaters were an option. <br> <br> It is still possible to get the steering column shroud that has a <br> place for the switch. <br> <br> Of course the VW switch is about $100. You might score (as I did) on <br> the whole shebang (minus the heating pads) from someone in Europe. But <br> there are other alternatives. <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.autowarm.com/products.php"><http://www.autowarm.com/products.php></a> <br> <br> This is the place I ordered from. One of their products has a multi- <br> dial switch, much like the OEM VW switch. Similar, but not identical. <br> Those similarities are annoying. Physically, it is about the same <br> size, but the spring clips on the side, are tiny and not like the OEM <br> switch, so if you put it into the shroud, it will be loose. <br> <br> Also the multidial switch they send is designed to be vertically <br> oriented, whereas the OEM VW switch is designed to be horizontal. <br> <br> I may yet try to use the OEM switch in place of that supplied with the <br> kit. <br> <br> </blockquote> </body> </html>
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