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Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:49 pm
by blackE30indy
As above guys,some pics of my mates recaro's and m3 bench,
He's very happy with the retrim,I think they look great
Leather is nappa leather I believe,think he said that to me
So some pics
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:30 pm
by Fastroad
Nice, different from standard M3 stitching
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:34 pm
by blackE30indy
Cheers mate,think it looks loads better with the vertical stitch
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:38 pm
by bhups
Looks smart.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:40 pm
by blackE30indy
Cheers bhups
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:41 pm
by bss325i
Wrong stitching.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:43 pm
by dusty23
looks a nice job, but yeah stitching isn't for me
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:45 pm
by blackE30indy
my mate,preferred the vertical stich,I know there ment to be horizontal,each to there own
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:05 pm
by pac1982
front seats look nice but the rear seat could do with a bit of fettling as its not sitting right in a few spots best to do it now before the leather beds in
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:12 pm
by oomz1975
Nice seats
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:22 pm
by G-Bear
Think I prefer the vertical stitching...
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:49 pm
by kangman
pm me the price your mate paid
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:13 pm
by Gert_8
Why not tell the whole forum what he paid for that?
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:23 pm
by blackE30indy
He paid £1200,which also including repairing the bolster and changing the pattern on the front ,i think it is a good price tbh
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 12:53 am
by Gavla
blackE30indy wrote:He paid £1200,which also including repairing the bolster and changing the pattern on the front ,i think it is a good price tbh
Very good price! Where did he get it done, was that mates rates or standard price?
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:07 am
by blackE30indy
Gavla wrote:blackE30indy wrote:He paid £1200,which also including repairing the bolster and changing the pattern on the front ,i think it is a good price tbh
Very good price! Where did he get it done, was that mates rates or standard price?
nope,didn't get it done at mates rates,company in Leicester,called classic car retrim,will double check with him though,im sure that's the name
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:27 am
by Rav335uk
look like E21 front Recaro's Indy.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:34 am
by blackE30indy
These ones came out a e30 rav,and I have another pair that look identical
Aswell
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:38 am
by Rav335uk
As far as I know these are E30 Recaros.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:41 am
by blackE30indy
So what looks different on them ?
Look the same to me
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:42 am
by Rav335uk
The side bolsters on the front seats.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:45 am
by blackE30indy
These came out of my touring and looked exactly like the ones you've posted up,
May be the pics making it look wierd,I looked at them today,and the bolsters are massive
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:47 am
by bss325i
The side mech covers, runners and handles are all E30 on the retrimed ones posted so i would say they are E30. Lower Bolster foams look very squashed though and early E30 recaro LS side bolsters were a different shape and very similar to E21 LS's.
There was a zoner with a retrimed set of LS's and he had one of each! Looked terrible.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:47 am
by Rav335uk
Look at both pics again Indy.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:49 am
by Rav335uk
bss325i wrote:The side mech covers, runners and handles are all E30 on the retrimed ones posted so i would say they are E30. Bolster foams look very squashed though.
They look like "sport" seats, not E30 "Recaros" to me.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:50 am
by bss325i
Just edited my post.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:53 am
by blackE30indy
bss325i wrote:The side mech covers, runners and handles are all E30 on the retrimed ones posted so i would say they are E30. Lower Bolster foams look very squashed though and early E30 recaro LS side bolsters were a different shape and very similar to E21 LS's.
There was a zoner with a retrimed set of LS's and he had one of each! Looked terrible.
That's must be it then rav,they may be a early set then,
Bss they are the original bolsters,and the better ones of the 2 pairs
We had,so these ones where used,I think they look great in the flesh,will upload some pics when there in the car
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:53 am
by Rav335uk
Got any pics the Baz?
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:58 am
by bss325i
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:02 am
by Rav335uk
So they carried the E21 design over to the early E30.
Didn't know that.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:05 am
by bss325i
Yes, the smaller bolster shape.
I guess Recaro revised the design of the LS in '85.
Capri 2.8i ones are very similar to the E21/early E30 ones and Escort RS turbo ones (which also came out in '85) are very similar to later E30 ones.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:07 am
by Rav335uk
So are the Sierra Cosworth ones.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:11 am
by bss325i
Indeed they are, also mk2 Golf. I just mentioned the Escort RST ones as they also came out in '85.
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:12 am
by Rav335uk
I thought Golf ones were a lot wider??
Re: Freshly covered recaro's/m3 bench
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:22 am
by bss325i
Dont really look it but they dont have extendable thigh bolsters.
