rst seats in an e30

Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:28 pm

hello, i remember reading a post about an e30 with rst seats in and was wonderig if anyone knows who it is so i could ask for some advice or a photo of how they are mounted, had a go lst weekend but cnt get the seat to go low enough to clear mt head on the roof lining. any help will be much appreciated,

thanks

Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:45 pm

stick with bmw seats.

more cumfortable and hold u in better. in my humble opinion.

Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:52 pm

potman wrote:stick with bmw seats.

more cumfortable and hold u in better. in my humble opinion.

It's a personal thing. I was never impressed with the BMW sports seats, they were sooooo uncomfortable.
Fitting the RST seats was the best mod I've done to my Touring! It's like a different car.

Click here..... My Recaro Thread

Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:59 pm

i have them in mine retrimmed in dove grey leather... i personally think they are really nice seats!

Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:04 pm

ive got the 635 csi front seats in mine i find them comfy and there easy to fit just change the runners

Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:49 pm

iv tryed welding the e30 sliders to the fors top rails and all sorts, looks much easier the way you done it mate am goin for it this weekend, should hopefullt have some nice comfortablehalf leather recaros in soon, just need to sort out the rear seats, any ideas anyone ive got the rear half leather recaros so mite see bout gettin the covers put on to the bmw seats. will let yous know how it all goes.

thanks for the help.

Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:18 pm

funny enough i was going to put the electric recaros outta the mk2 golf into the 325i they are a super seat

Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:17 am

a mate of mine put some fiesta turbo seats in his e30 for when we went to the ring, seats were amazing held you in real tight. alot lot better than the e30 seats imo. he fitted them his self to and said it was easy.

Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:28 pm

Right, Does any one have any pictures of NON e30 seats in a E30 so i can see what it would look like, will not be doing it just interested in what it looks like

good luck matty b and all others

Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:43 pm

Right, Does any one have any pictures of NON e30 seats in a E30 so i can see what it would look like, will not be doing it just interested in what it looks like

good luck matty b and all others
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:44 pm

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Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:50 pm

i fine mate, and you?. trying to get some time to put the seats in but to busy at the moment, hopefully get them in at the weekend.

Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:03 pm

you have a pm matty b

let me know !!!

Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:14 pm

RS Turbo recaros are the dogs balls! Primarily because they weren't made by ford. If they had been, they'd have rusted away, then exploded by now

Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:50 am

mine

Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:46 pm

I miss my Primera eGT's leathers... nothing special but I didn't grumble the trip to france then driving around til 3 am aimlessly (well eventual aim was late night hotel

)

Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:01 pm

gotta admit, i had a mondeo with the 'sporty' trim, the seats were amazing, same design as the old recaros but by FORD.

they hugged you so tight my fat friends had to sit in the back

Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:37 pm

tailoutcharlie wrote:they hugged you so tight my fat friends had to sit in the back

Strangely, Wor Lass doesn't have a problem with the Recaro's. I thought she would because she's so biiiiig.

Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:47 pm

those look realy nice gibson mine are half leather with just cloth in the middle, but hope they will look as goos as yours.

Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:03 pm

OK, I've been working on this for a while now.
I have 2 pairs of Recaro's - 1 pair of RST ones and a pair of Sapphire Cosworth's.
The RST ones will virtually fit straight in the E30 - you just need to fabricate L-shaped brackets to adapt the front mounts. However.....
If you're 5ft10 or above, your head will be jammed against the headlining if your E30 has a sunroof. You can get 'round this by removing the legs from the RST runners and use 5mm thick steel plate 60mm wide welded to the runners and drilled to match the E30 bolts and studs. This will have the seats roughly the same height as the E30 seats are at their lowest setting.
The Cosworth seat bases are different in that.....
1) The runners (with the legs attached) are nowhere near to fitting the original E30 holes/studs.
2) The mounting bolts are nearer to the width of the E30 runners.
3) The bases are actually shallower than the RST ones (ie the seats will sit lower on any mounts) by 50mm at the front and 25mm at the rear. The angle involved is a slight pain, but not an insurmountable problem.
4) The Cosworth drivers seat has a height adjustable frame. If you used this the seat would be higher than the RST one even at its lowest setting. Obviously this won't be any good at all in the E30.

So what I'm working on now is how to adapt the E30 runners to get the Cosworth seats to fit. What I'm aiming at is being able to use the proper E30 seatbelt mounts and getting the Recaros at the right sort of height.
Hopefully the weather will improve in the next few weeks and I can get outside with runners, seat base and adaptors (while I'm waiting for the Cosworth seats to come back from being re-trimmed).
I'll get some pic's while I'm doing it. ...... And I'll take some of the different seats so you can see what I'm on about here.

Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:19 pm

tailoutcharlie wrote:

they hugged you so tight my fat friends had to sit in the back

Shame the owner of these didn't do the same!

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Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:50 am

Gibson's seats look wicked

! E21's had these style recaros and limited edition e30 m3's I believe.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:37 pm

Cheers guys. i love them, the only argument im having with mine is the front sits higher than the back and i dont have massive long legs so it can be a little uncomfortable pressing the clutch at times. i cut the front mounts down slightly and redrilled the holes and its a bit better. but not perfect. im probably gonna cut weld and drill my own custom subframes for them at some point. soon as i fix the fucking welder.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:44 pm

just get BMW recaro's easy

Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:21 pm

Bob_S wrote:just get BMW recaro's easy

Nah. these seats are lovely and comfy, been retrimmed very very very well in a lovely supple feeling leather. look the canine undercarriage. and i already have them so they are free.
oh and are so supporting. why would i wanna pay BMW money for another set of seats i would just have to spend more money on to get right? plus if i make my own subframes i get them spot on where is comfy for me.

Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:05 pm

Bob_S wrote:just get BMW recaro's easy

If only it was that easy.

I've been trying to find a pair for 3 years or more. I've only found one pair in all that time, and I was too late.

Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:44 pm

I've spent a bit of time having another look at this over the last couple of days. It's looking more and more like Sierra or Sapphire Cosworth seats are the ones to have in an E30. All they are going to need is a pair of L-shaped brackets and some short legs and they will fit onto the E30 runners - no messing trying to fabricate seatbelt mounts.