Convertible Seats?

[325isBen]

I am thinking about buying a vert and idk why I feel like I read somewhere that the seats don't go back as far in verts. Is this true? I have the seat all the way back in my coupe and can't afford to lose any room.

[TrentW]

Not true. They're the same as the M3 seats.

[325isBen]

Not true. They're the same as the M3 seats.

Well I've seen two different types. Some appear to be regular sport seats and others look like something unique to convertibles.

[Stevie30]

I am thinking about buying a vert and idk why I feel like I read somewhere that the seats don't go back as far in verts. Is this true? I have the seat all the way back in my coupe and can't afford to lose any room.

The seats slide back the same. The vert seats do not recline as far as the coupe seats.

[monoblanco]

Yea mine do not recline. I hate that.

[325isBen]

Yea mine do not recline. I hate that.

At all? What kind do you have? I'm looking at this one...those seats look identical to mine in my coupe.

[B Randon]

At all? What kind do you have? I'm looking at this one...those seats look identical to mine in my coupe.

those are from a coupe

[jw 325ic]

yea those are sport seats. they stitching is the same as the m3 but they arent the same seat. the fronts dont recline much and dont go as low as the coupe seats (from my memory of my old iS's). the back seats are vert specific but the fronts can be swapped with hardtop seats. a lot of people will put the iS sport seats in because theyre too cheap to reupholster or too lazy/impatient to look for proper vert seats.

[dna1943]

How do you tell convert seats from coupe seats? I have a broken driver sport seat in my convert and would like to replace it. When I bought the car the seats were swapped from side to side. So I'm not sure what I have.
Thanks

[MR 325]

The vert seats can me modified to recline further back. There is a "limiter" inside the hinge mechanism that you can remove.

And NO the vert seats and M3 seats are not the same. Similar of course though.

[TrentW]

The vert seats can me modified to recline further back. There is a "limiter" inside the hinge mechanism that you can remove.

And NO the vert seats and M3 seats are not the same. Similar of course though.

How are they different? I have M3 seats in my car and they seem to recline all the way, so is it just the "limiter" that makes them different? Skool me.

[MattM]

verts have a low low-profile recline lever. M3 seats have the high one like normal coupe sport seats do.

[Ceeker]

verts have a low low-profile recline lever. M3 seats have the high one like normal coupe sport seats do.

ok, now that explains why I feel funny sitting in my cabrio in comparison to sitting in my coupe. Yes I noticed the recline limiter is a black plastic plug which usually breaks or is easily enough to remove. It was put there because if the seats were to recline fully the handles on the sides upper seat rest would hit the rear inner panels.