breakdown02

What year is the Explorer?

breakdown02

Ya know I haven't tried it yet. Been too busy enjoying the cold seats. I'll try tomorrow and let you know.

SeatGuru

Heating sees improvements as well. Better airflow is the key to making TEDs function properly

SeatGuru

So for those of you with the stock TSB.... I took my kit off and ran stock TSB only for 55 minutes. This picture is with cooling on 3 Bars the whole way.


And after a similar trip here is with the TSB plus my exhaust kit.



Questions??

joutlaw

I got mine installed in both seats. Night and day difference and looking forward to warmer temps. I can confirm running the seats for 20-30+ minutes does not result the seat getting hot like before. The backs still don't get as cold as the bottoms, but it's close.

Gloves are a necessity and there many areas on the seat frame that cut you. I could take a picture of my hands to prove that point. I had some mechanix type that I couldn't find. Instead I bought these:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Firm-Grip...1-96/202203753

A bought a cheap hacksaw to cut the tubing:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-6-i...JHSC/204748808

You can heat the tubing to cut with some scissors, but the hacksaw made short work of the tubing.

The good thing about this tubing is it won't kink or collapse. On the flip side, it's tough to work with. Your dealer is not going to install this for you as it takes some time to bend and shape into the right form. Luckily, I had a heat gun and it only took 5-10 seconds to get it workable.

I've zipped my seats down, but not snapped the j channel back yet. I tried the adventurous route and tried to get the intake by the j channel. It's definitely tight. I'm making sure everything is good before I button this up for good.

Be careful on the zippers. From the top to the first bend is relatively easy. That bend is where fabric can get in the track and cause some issues. Go slow like the instructions say.

SeatGuru

So I thought about making lower parts that were 3D printed to make the bends on the bottom as well for the intake but that would add a lot of 3D printing time and I would have to charge more. I hope it doesn't bother you guys that you have to trim and bend the tubing. If it does please let me know. Right now I have been doing my best to keep the cost down!!

digitaltrucker

2014

shore

good grief, what size are the microscopic screws that hold the vents on the TEDs?

joutlaw

T6

SeatGuru

T6. You can get the screw drivers cheap at a parts store usually. Torx 6 is TINY!!