MkII GTi Recaros in an E30

[der affe]

the early ones are like the ones in post number 74

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=118644&page=5

the late ones are like joshes.

i think yours are more like josh's.

[kronus]

Yeah, my bolsters don't look anywhere near that size.

[M42Technik]

Yeah, my bolsters don't look anywhere near that size.

Agreed. That and mine are stamped 1985...? Damn these seats are as old as me.

[der affe]

year of manufacture doesn't really make a difference with the vw seats though. the "early" ones were used from 85-89
and the lates were used from 90-92 except for the Helios blue ones which were always the late style

[der affe]

Agreed. That and mine are stamped 1985...? Damn these seats are as old as me.

dam! i was in 8Th grade. i am Luke old!

[einstein57]

The early ones are true recaro design seats. The newer ones were made by VW. So basically they are VW seats with Recaro embroidery. So are we going to do a group buy to save on shipping?

[der affe]

so that makes mine cooler than josh's right???????

[Nicademus]

so that makes mine cooler than josh's right???????

I think so. Yours are the ones I really love. I remember back when I just turned 16 my friend had a red jetta with your seats in it. I can recall talking about how comfortable they were. At the time I didn't much care about this stuff though.

[Jand3rson]

The early ones are true recaro design seats. The newer ones were made by VW. So basically they are VW seats with Recaro embroidery. So are we going to do a group buy to save on shipping?

I've never heard of anything like that. Where did you hear that?

[der affe]

i don't know, but stranger things have happened with VW, like say digifant injection.
just kidding with you josh :D

[einstein57]

Back in the day when i used to be a hard core dubber. Now i'm only a part time dubber at beast. There should be a manfacture sticker on the bottom of the seat base with a rainbow colored recaro tag and fabric codes. I beleive it shows the origin as well.

[Jand3rson]

Eh, whatever. They're comfy as hell, badass looking, and they say Recaro on them. I'm satisfied.

Yes, I'm a brand whore. :D

[der affe]

"early" VW recaro trophies in an E-30 reupholstered with matching back seat

[der affe]

the EASY way to mount them if you use Porsche seat rails and weld them to factory BMW seat rails.



you can keep the stock seat belt mounting points and the Porsche slider rails fit snugly in between the BMW rails. they are welded on the inside and outside. the metal will tear before the welds will break, there is a total of 16 welds per seat



i DO need to button weld in the front seat mounting hole on the BMW sliders though

[alpinweib30]

this is a huge thread about some seats. i just got my first bimmer and im comming from a vw GLi with the recaro trophy's :pimp: that got totaled but i kept it so im gonna put the trophys in the bimmer.