Adding ventilated seats?

[The Speaker Guy]

Has anyone added ventilated seats to something like the Maverick? That's a feature in my Taurus Limited I will miss.

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[jcsan18]

I’m not sure how and if that would work, honestly. Imparting my ignorance here, I think the fact that the Maverick seats don’t have the little dots for ventilation might make it a little more complicated.

but I’m not an expert.

Cooled seats are awesome, though.

 

[SuckLemons]

You can.

edit: obviously this would be using Katskin leather covers. Not cheap, but I’ve read good things. They totally remove your factory ones and reupholster them with your choice. They have a lot of nice options for leather for those who don’t like the brown/navy on lariat.

 

[04mach146]

You can.

edit: obviously this would be using Katskin leather covers. Not cheap, but I’ve read good things. They totally remove your factory ones and reupholster them with your choice. They have a lot of nice options for leather for those who don’t like the brown/navy on lariat.

Already have my upholstery shop designing me seats for mine and wrapping my subwoofer box to match as soon as the truck arrives I assume katzkins should have the kit b4 my truck gets here. Sept. 20 build week. Also getting heated and cooled seat option.

 

[SgtLip]

@04mach146 has been telling me all about Katzkin leather seats. I am looking into it stating Monday here in my area. As someone mentioned above, I do not believe I will like the vinyl Brown/Blue seats. Especially on my Oxford White with Black accents on the exterior.

Here is the link www.katzkin.com
They don't have the 2022 Maverick listed but as 04Mach146 said, they are waiting to get the seat measurements to finalize.
I believe you'll be impressed, I was.

 

[Rkbrumbelow]

I have found that pissing off the Russian mob around here leads to ventilation on the seats.

I have custom seat covers bring made, but my ass is not the same shape as yours (necrotizing fasciitis in the right glute, broken back and 7 surgeries over the last year and a half may be to blame for the altered shape of my posterior)

 

[oljackfrost]

You can.

edit: obviously this would be using Katskin leather covers. Not cheap, but I’ve read good things. They totally remove your factory ones and reupholster them with your choice. They have a lot of nice options for leather for those who don’t like the brown/navy on lariat.

Katzkin also offers a faux suede for those who don’t like leather. Here is a shot of the VW Cabrio I just sold with charcoal leather, light gray surfaces and red piping.

 

[SgtLip]

I have found that pissing off the Russian mob around here leads to ventilation on the seats.

I have custom seat covers bring made, but my ass is not the same shape as yours (necrotizing fasciitis in the right glute, broken back and 7 surgeries over the last year and a half may be to blame for the altered shape of my posterior)

Talk about pissing off the russian mob, not too many around my area. But I worked 3 years in Dubai. OMG, never saw so many russians in my life. They were everywhere and controlled a lot. I was in the Oil & Gas business which is their forte.

 

[Sassy Grandma]

@04mach146 has been telling me all about Katzkin leather seats. I am looking into it stating Monday here in my area. As someone mentioned above, I do not believe I will like the vinyl Brown/Blue seats. Especially on my Oxford White with Black accents on the exterior.

Here is the link www.katzkin.com
They don't have the 2022 Maverick listed but as 04Mach146 said, they are waiting to get the seat measurements to finalize.
I believe you'll be impressed, I was.

I just called / twice/ and asked about the heat/cool seats for Maverick. First lady was nice enough, said probably cost would be $1495 for driver and passenger ... when / if they do make them and get the pattern. The second lady was very stern saying - we don't have it / I don't anticipate we will have it. Gave me no hope whatsoever. But one can hope???
She added that they *usually* convert cloth to leather.... so ???? still I'm wondering.

 

[BlackhawkBen]

I looked into aftermarket seat cooling a while ago. I was told that there is no way to tie the chilling into ac so it is only pulling from the ambient air in the cab and wouldn't be with it. Is that still the case?

 

[Naranjita]

I looked into aftermarket seat cooling a while ago. I was told that there is no way to tie the chilling into ac so it is only pulling from the ambient air in the cab and wouldn't be with it. Is that still the case?

Many factory systems are strictly ventilated without having actual chilled air. Just using the ambient Cabin air. That's why you'll see many say heated and ventilated seats and not cooled or chilled seats.

 

[Darnon]

If they do actual cooling it's usually via a peltier element.

 

[Fotomoto]

We miss our ventilated seats from a previous vehicle especially during our long hot/humid season so we’ve been trying out ventilated seat mats that fit on top of the seat. They work surprisingly well even if they are only recirculating cabin air. We’ve also found that the single large fan that sits between the legs moves MUCH more air than the multi (4 or 8 typically) small fan versions that place the fans in/near the contact zones. About $50 each online.

YMMV

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