Front Seats!! RECARO ?

[H35-IAN]

hi lads right ive got a dilemar!

ive been looking into some v smart Black recaro seats i belive from either a escort cosworth or sierra! now i know everyone will say total wrongness etc but i actually prefer the seats in the Cosworths , and S2 Rs turbo!! id like to work out a way of getting 2 black front Recaro seats into the tech 1 is there anyone whos changed there seats at all ?? and has anyone tried this how would i go about it if anyone knows do they even fit lol!!

post up your ideas lads thanks ian.

[billgatese30]

not sure if they'll bolt onto some runners for the e30 style recaro high backs, although thats not much good either as there pretty rare too

[kidsinister]

If they look anything like these:

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Then they should be OK - some sort of adaptor plate would be in order if the holes don't match up.

These are proper Recaro E30 seats, an option at the time but quite rare. I missed out on these by 4 seconds!

[E30BeemerLad]

Ian

are the recaros found in the earlier sporty vauxhalls, like asatra GTE, cav SRI etc the same as the ford ones? apart from the material of course.

[billgatese30]

look like mine only in worse condition....and there half leather

[Blitz]

Used to have BMW recaros in my 325 sport. The same ones that are in cosworths.

[billgatese30]

i htought the cossie ones were different, slightly less bolster support and they had adjustable lumbar support too, or were they just on the saphs

[H35-IAN]

ive seen some awsome recaros on ebay im unsure m8 about the vauxhall seats being the same as the ford ones me personally have always felt the ford recaros to be the best seats done get me wrong i like the 325i sport std seats but tempted by something different providing it fits in and dont stand out a mile!!

[billgatese30]

if its just something differetn your after then the e30 recaros could be what you need, then you won't need to worry about fitting either, not sure of the differences of the e30 ones and the ford ones, got any pics of the ford ones?

[nav786]

there is someone on here who has done it, just dont know who. i pretty sure i remember him saying they werent a straight swap, some modification needed. i would definately do it as they do look and feel much better

[Blitz]

I think they were proper bmw ones. Cloth seats and leather backing. They were very supportive and comfortable.

These ones are on ebay but are leather

Item number: 4650872312

[jaistanley]

I'm pretty sure Recaro seat runners are interchangable from manufacturers..

That is to say I had some of the RS turbo style recaros in my MK2 Golf (V rare in them too) for a while and they had the same bolt pattern on the base of the seat to the runners as my friend had in his RS turbo and from what I could gather at a show, the same as new ones too...

Checked the price of the runners/brackets from these at the stealers? Get the runners: Bolt to some re-upholstered ford seats, bolt in.

The recaros iin the E30 can be either the Evo style ones or the RS turbo ones correct?

Just a guess about runners though.
Jai

[H35-IAN]

this sounds vv interesting jai m8 yes i belive you could well be right theres always some kind of mod to do when you buy anything thats not O E i prefer proper recaros myself lol though gonna look into this! 1. cheers for all the info lads .
ian.

[Paulsimon8]

I've got sapphire cosworth leather recaro's going into my E30 - keep an eye on my website for the updates on when i fit them and how I do it ;)

[H35-IAN]

ahh nice one paul!! cheers for that yeh i will keep a eye on there i like the cossie seats man! but then again i love cosworth like i love e30 so there u go!! lol i can tell you do too ive had the bonus of driving a works texaco Rs500 cosworth and i can say hands down theres nothing that would touch it on track or on road! for fun factor lol

yep i will keep looking cheers bud ian.