Is it possible to have this for the Free 2? Daniel

Hi Mounty
Checking the specifications here in Switzerland that luxury is not available. What Model Year and specification is your FL2 as you may be able to fit a heated steering wheel from a D4 or RR to your FL2. I'm no auto electrician so there maybe someone coming along to say that this is absolutely not possible, or to confirm that it is.

However, it can be the case that when I comment on something a witch hunt follows, usually because they haven't read thoroughly what I've written, maybe something to do with alpine atmospherics....... Not the FL2's sound system kind either

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Where are you located in CH?

I am sure i've heard on here that you won't be able to fit a Disco or RR steering wheel, different splines

You can however fit a pair of woolly gloves

Ahhhhhh heated steering wheel. Disco4 I had last winter had one. Wish it was a Freely option.
Is it an option on the evoque?

i just put a pair of gloves on, keeps your hands warm when de-icing the car

then the steering wheels warm too

if it is cold its not exactly going to freeze your fingers off till the cabins warmed up

The first winter her Ladyship had her FL2 she said that she wished it did have a heated steering wheel - 05:00hrs start to drive to the hospital at these altitudes makes for a steely ice cold steering wheel. So as a caring man-about-the-house I did promise back then that if I ever discovered that "heated" was available I'd get one fitted for her.

better buy her some gloves then

im sure ebay will have a heated steering wheel cover, most likely in garish pink with black rubber bobbles

or maybe a fur one which will be nice and warm to the touch

As ad says it has different spines, the D3/4 wheels have spines and the freelander is hexagonal.

Question: Is it practically possible to replace/swop the spine

Im sure a good engineer could do it, also I could probably bodge it in my farm workshop( wheel may fall off occasionly carry a hammer ), if the fl2's shaft is smaller than the discos wheel then a simple adaptor could be made At work
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That's very useful data CG.

So if physically it may be possible then the next question for me would be: Are the electronics on the steering wheel identical i.e crusie control, horn, phone, etc., and that it would be a simple "Plug n Go" installation?

I would say no, the steering wheel relies on a 'slipring' affair so the wiring loom will not be constantly twisting itself, as the freelander does not 'do' heated steering wheels the loom nor the 'slipring' affair would not have this facility. Therefore the incorporated slipring socket would not be compatible with the Disco plug.

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Nothing is impossible, if you have access to a machine shop and a decent tig welder, and have the money and the mind to do it but to buy a £400/£600?? steering wheel and the front cover and possibly the airbag, modify it etc, perhaps canabalise the original, then make sure that you have done the mounting job to a few microns, ensure that the depth front to back is the same and the plastics /leather match ensure that the wiring for all the wheel mounted controls and airbag from the disco/rr match the freelander ( and work ) plus then you do not have to the feed to power the heating elements fit the switches control gear etc etc, and at the end you have a non standard car, that a dealer will not touch,with non standard wiring , and probably at the end you have a happy wife but you have voided your warranty by about with a safety critical part .....

on the other hand you can buy a pair of battery heated gloves for £20  2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

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