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Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:29 pm**

Could anybody tell me if these look like seats from an E30, i don't recollect seeing anylike this.

http://img198.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img198& ... led3dq.png

Cheers

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:31 pm**

tey could be out of an m3 as the stitching goes the opposite way to normal.(i.e. across not up and down) but the piping makes them look odd, a bit hard to tell really.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:32 pm**

might have been covered aftermarket

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:33 pm**

They're not standard M3 seats, I have these in my Touring, and the stiching does go across not up, but the side bolsters are not as chunky as the ones here.

These look like proper RS Turbo recaros! But what E30 had them I don't know?

Special Edition M3?

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:35 pm**

i thought they looked chunky as i have leather m3 interior but wasn't sure if they had just been restuffed/padded when trimmed.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:38 pm**

Yea just looked at some pics of an MÃƒ”šÃ‚£ interior and they do look the same.
I'm asuming that they have been retrimed, the rear bench(looks like one out of a 325sport, so stitching is vertical so doesn't match) doesn't look quite the same colour, but it does have the red piping.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:42 pm**

Kedge wrote:Yea just looked at some pics of an MÃƒ”šÃ‚£ interior and they do look the same.

Mine don't look anything like that, and I've never seen an M3 interior with bolsters that big either.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:47 pm**

Look like retrimed Mk2 cavalier sri ones to me just looked at some old pic's off mine

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:57 pm**

They're not BMW seats... the front leg support looks like it just pulls out by hand, rather than turning the side knob.

Escort RS Turbo seats at a guess... Personally, they look nasty. Like they've put on weight or something...

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:01 pm**

giles, the e34 5 seires sport seats had the pull out front bolster but againt he sides werent that bulky so you could still be right on the rs turbo.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:03 pm**

look weird anyway, even homemade. i mean, the bolsters look "lumpy"

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:42 pm**

Must be some kind of mutant seats!

Is something very dodgy looking about them, thats something i think we can all conclude on.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:28 pm**

Just looked at some pics of my B6 and the seats very similar if they are BMW M3 seats they must have been re-upholstered and the piping looks in the wrong place.Heres a pic what do you guys think?

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:33 pm**

could well be, where is the adjuster for the front leg support, is it a knob on the side or is it a lever under the support itself?

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:35 pm**

The Alpina seats on eBay which Simon posted up look pretty similar!

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:53 pm**

Will have a look tomorrow and post some pics it's too bloody cold to go down to the garage now,

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:07 pm**

put that one to bed then

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:12 pm**

everything but the side bolsters look the same, the look as if they have been padded out more than originally on the leather ones...other than that they are almost a perfect match.

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:12 pm**

Simon if you care to look on the ETK you will see a pair of Recaro seats for the E30, and those are real recaro seats.

Andrew

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:22 pm**

Demlotcrew wrote:Simon if you care to look on the ETK you will see a pair of Recaro seats for the E30, and those are real recaro seats.

Andrew

Who..me??

Like the ones I posted here?

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... pic&t=2457

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:03 pm**

they look like the very rare proper recaro's as demlot said

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:14 pm**

Now i wonder who else is spying the auction for em on ebay!

The tear on the drivers side looks repairable anyway!

Posted: **Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:21 pm**

Shape wise they look like the recaro's with leather trim. Ant has them in his se i think....
Probably worth a few quid.
Nick

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:50 am**

They look like the seats in my 323i. Although, like people have said, they have been retrimmed in leather and the side supports look very thick. I have the manual pull out leg support too, not a knob on the side. I think mine are recaro's.

Aston

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:19 am**

Here is a picture of my drivers seat. I know it isn't in such great condition, I was going to get it fixed up but I took it out anyway to put in my Sparco race seat. It actually isn't as bad as it looks.

Aston

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:39 pm**

Took a couple of pics this afternoon they are the same as Johnono posted,and I think the same as everyone else they have been recovered.Does anyone know what price they are at,at the minute.They seem to be rare and are only worth what someone is prepaired to pay for them.Hope they go to a good home.

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:32 pm**

Okay okay okay... I stand corrected, they ARE BMW seats afterall.

Easy mistake to make though with the poor recovering job...

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:39 pm**

true, even if they are rare original recaros, the bolsters look pants.

wouldnÃƒ”šÃ‚´t be that hard to sort out, but i wonder how bad they are underneath

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:42 pm**

I bet the original covering's still on underneath, hence the bulbous (sp) look of them!

Posted: **Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:52 pm**

hmm, how about

Ãƒ”šÃ‚£22 . 1 meter X 1 m 40 cm

not bad

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