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[tunnie]

Quite a few in the trade have said, and we tried to set a few old ones off to see if they would work - only one did. Made us all jump I can tell ya!

unfortunatley, alot of people only believe what they hear, not what they know.

Bit of a contradiction there, seen Mk1 Mondeos in a mess around a lamp post with the airbags deployed 

[I_want_an_Omega]

Gonna say it again - you CAN fit aftermarket heater pads to leather - it's a PITA, but do-able.

Carefully cut out as close to the stitching without cutting the stitching, carefully pull off the cut pads away from the leather after applying some heat (heat gun is best, hairdryer quite cold in comparison), to warm up any glue (sometimes glue wasn't used though).

To fit new pads, simply glue to the foam, making sure they are the right side up.
Route new wires so they don't pass near any mechanisms or hinges and reconnect.

Airbags - not usually a problem, won't go off by banging them and are usually pretty safe.
Also, airbags are virtually useless after 5/6 years, so please, don't rely on them to work.

Why do you say that?

Quite a few in the trade have said, and we tried to set a few old ones off to see if they would work - only one did. Made us all jump I can tell ya!

Interesting. I know two mates that have had airbags go off when they should do - both in older cars (one a K, one an R). When I stripped down a cloth CDX seat (actually to salvage the heather elements), I set off the bags for the hell of it  - both worked fine - so I have a 100% rate in my experience.

[pedroMV6]

What guide was that?

The one you mentioned here:

they do fail, with leather your bum should be on fire within about 1 minute, if not they have failed.

Sadly they cannot be replaced on leather as they are stitched in 

Oh yes they can!
I've done it a few times, and typed it all up - do a search!

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1266506300/4#4

That was simply an answer to a query, not a 'How To'.
I said to do a search cos I dunno where I put it and I couldn't type it up in the reply.

I haven't done a 'How To' because I have no pics to accompany the text, so no real point.

[pedroMV6]

Gonna say it again - you CAN fit aftermarket heater pads to leather - it's a PITA, but do-able.

Carefully cut out as close to the stitching without cutting the stitching, carefully pull off the cut pads away from the leather after applying some heat (heat gun is best, hairdryer quite cold in comparison), to warm up any glue (sometimes glue wasn't used though).

To fit new pads, simply glue to the foam, making sure they are the right side up.
Route new wires so they don't pass near any mechanisms or hinges and reconnect.

Airbags - not usually a problem, won't go off by banging them and are usually pretty safe.
Also, airbags are virtually useless after 5/6 years, so please, don't rely on them to work.

Why do you say that?

Quite a few in the trade have said, and we tried to set a few old ones off to see if they would work - only one did. Made us all jump I can tell ya!

Interesting. I know two mates that have had airbags go off when they should do - both in older cars (one a K, one an R). When I stripped down a cloth CDX seat (actually to salvage the heather elements), I set off the bags for the hell of it  - both worked fine - so I have a 100% rate in my experience.

And that's the crux - we all go by our experiences!

[pedroMV6]

Quite a few in the trade have said, and we tried to set a few old ones off to see if they would work - only one did. Made us all jump I can tell ya!

unfortunatley, alot of people only believe what they hear, not what they know.

Bit of a contradiction there, seen Mk1 Mondeos in a mess around a lamp post with the airbags deployed 

Very comforting to know then!

[duggs]

Thank you for all your replies...I was just rather hoping that it was a case of a simply replacement of something or the other.

To be honest as long as my wife and kids get warm butts they're happy...and as we ALL know..if they are happy..we are happy !

I just don't like things NOT working but if its not a simple fix, I'll leave it alone. Thx guys.

[tunnie]

have beans for breakie, few farts should warm that leather up   

[duggs]

Funnily enough i get the same result from porridge..job done !