MkII GTi Recaros in an E30

[Jand3rson]

post it up!!!
both of mine are sagging/torn

Ok, ok...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3474719&page=1

[cagedbunny]

are the bottom seats the corrado recaros i had always heard about but never actually saw that came in the Vr-6 corrado?

No, the Corrado Recaros are made from unobtainium. They have much smaller bolsters, but are still true Recaro's (in that they don't use a VW bottom half.) I'll dig up a couple pics when I get a chance.

[der affe]

if they are four bolt on the bottom, you can make or buy rails for them so they will fit in the BMW.

i was cruising through the for sale section a couple of minutes ago and saw that someone had a set of them for sale. not me but here is the link. the porsche sliders are the same

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=125307

you can source some seat sliders from a 924/944/911 and weld them to the stock BMW rails also like i did.

[der affe]

Ok, ok...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3474719&page=1

i did that before i reupholstered my seats. bus stop signs are just about the right size to do this with out cutting. so are construction barrier signs. ;) aluminum = cheap fullrazzzzze

[dave87325is]

What car is this out of?

lol. yeah.. recaro from recaro.

i hope i dont run into problems doing this. haha

i used to have these..

driver side had a pump for the backrest. pretty cool.


they came with the car when i bought it.

[der affe]

what car is that? an old datsun?

[dave87325is]

1980 celica. ^^^

i was too dumb to let the car go with the seats!!!
oh well. gotta learn somehow.

[Schniddy]

I just stumbled upon a local pair, hopefully he emails me back.

Josh, are you willing to make an extra set of brackets for some $$$?

[Jand3rson]

I just stumbled upon a local pair, hopefully he emails me back.

Josh, are you willing to make an extra set of brackets for some $$$?

Yeah, sure. Andy is the one that actually made them, but we said we'd probably do sets of them for sale if there was a demand for them.

[Jand3rson]

Today I rebuilt the destroyed bolster from the other seat. Get ready for mass picage!

Good bolster from the left, what's left of the one from the right:


Outline of a rough piece in the shape of the missing part:




Glued in place with 3M 77 spray adhesive:




Second piece of foam to continue thickening bolster:






Added a few more small pieces at the top to get the height right:






Now comes the really detailed and prolly PITA part, shaving it down to match the other side. More pics to come later!

[der affe]

when you get down to the final shaping of the curves you can use an electric sander or a DA to keep it smooth.

[Jand3rson]

when you get down to the final shaping of the curves you can use an electric sander or a DA to keep it smooth.

I'm going to use a turkey carver to shave it down, but I'm not really going to worry about making it very smooth, because I'm going to wrap them both in that same black felt/carpeting that I used on the other ones. Should be beneficial also in holding it all together even better. The guy at the upholstery shop I bought the foam from said that's what he does whenever he has to rebuild a bolster that way, hasn't come back on him yet.

[der affe]

nice work!

[Kwaaahhh]

Fcuking genious! :up:

[Jand3rson]

Thanks man, but no need to quote the entire section of pics.