DIY cooled seats started

[CaliF150]

I done this before on my Ridgeline. Now with more experience I am able to do this on the F150 STX base seats. I already added Heat.

Now cooling. Switch will be added soon. But first I need to add fans under the butt as well 2 more

Products I used is a mixture of

Fans I am using are these
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255...t_main.15.632c18026vmKTr&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

I have used these before with great success in my Honda Ridgeline.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251..._list.0.0.5a3f1802vXf5mv&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

I am using these for dispersing air through the seat.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251...st_main.5.632c18026vmKTr&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

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[SpaceWhiteF150]

Hmm, can you share more about your seats?

 

[Davidwnuc]

in for details

 

[CaliF150]

Hmm, can you share more about your seats?

Hmm, can you share more about your seats?

More is coming. This is just a beginning of the project. But both front seats will have 4 fans. 2 for the back and 2 for the butt and they will be very cold. There are other air distribution channel and special air foam I added you dont see yet in the pics above.

Here is videos of what I have done in a 2022 Honda Ridgeline. Now sold.
Pictures as well

 

[JJSnell]

Have to say I like it... Good work, good write up and special thanks for the direct links.
Nothing like clicking those cooling seats on a hot summers day.

 

[FirstTimeFord]

 

[jperry5835]

probably work better than factory. wondering now if I can change the fans on my platty and use the oem wires. Cooled seats is one thing I really miss from my Cadillac

 

[amschind]

I'm curious if it would be possible to use the factory turn on wire from the climate control unit to run this thing.

 

[parkerdog]

How noisy are they? Is the factory seat cooler four fans? I've never heard a factory one run before.

 

[jperry5835]

How noisy are they? Is the factory seat cooler four fans? I've never heard a factory one run before.

factory seat cooler is like one squirrel caged fan that does little except hint at moving air

 

[Rockman5159]

I done this before on my Ridgeline. Now with more experience I am able to do this on the F150 STX base seats. I already added Heat.

Now cooling. Switch will be added soon. But first I need to add fans under the butt as well 2 more

Products I used is a mixture of

Fans I am using are these
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255...t_main.15.632c18026vmKTr&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

I have used these before with great success in my Honda Ridgeline.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251..._list.0.0.5a3f1802vXf5mv&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

I am using these for dispersing air through the seat.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251...st_main.5.632c18026vmKTr&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

and

Nice job and not too pricey. I may look into thatr for my truck. Thanks for the pics and links.

 

[powerboatr]

i must have missed it
but did you carve out air channels in the seat foam, or was it already there?
thanks

 

[CaliF150]

i must have missed it
but did you carve out air channels in the seat foam, or was it already there?
thanks

Ford Foam is like the thinnest least supportive foam I ever touched. So I ordered OEM foam from dealer just in case for this project and cut a proper hole. Then added more foam on top specifically designed to let air through.

 

[scuba]

Nice work. I researched the %$# out of cooled seats last week shopping for my dad a minivan, and it turns out minivans still make-do with "ventilated"-only seats, even in the highest trims. I had forgotten that actual "cooled seats" were a big reason for my F150 (Lariat mid, I think). (They are loud and as someone said above, only 'hint' at coolness, but it's still cooler than ambient air, and we felt a big difference getting back into the cooled F150 between test driving a bunch of "ventilated"-only seats at 100 degrees.

In the process of my research I came across DIY write-up, which was on a Tacoma. There may not be the under-feet AC vents to tap into like in the Taco, but may generate ideas for those following htis thread.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/mod-for-true-a-c-cooled-seats-katzkin-degreez-required.561766/

 

[CaliF150]

Nice work. I researched the %$# out of cooled seats last week shopping for my dad a minivan, and it turns out minivans still make-do with "ventilated"-only seats, even in the highest trims. I had forgotten that actual "cooled seats" were a big reason for my F150 (Lariat mid, I think). (They are loud and as someone said above, only 'hint' at coolness, but it's still cooler than ambient air, and we felt a big difference getting back into the cooled F150 between test driving a bunch of "ventilated"-only seats at 100 degrees.

In the process of my research I came across DIY write-up, which was on a Tacoma. There may not be the under-feet AC vents to tap into like in the Taco, but may generate ideas for those following htis thread.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/mod-for-true-a-c-cooled-seats-katzkin-degreez-required.561766/

that is freaking awesome. Thanks ! I will consider running air conditioner into my fan!

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