Recaro: The Recaro Garage - All things Recaro

[Nicademus]

Those aren't the same ones I have in my car. Those are the powered Recaros from a Corrado. The seat backs are made by Recaro, the lower parts are made by VW. The mounting brackets on those seats are part of the lower seat frame, and not removable, and cannot be installed in any car but a VW.

Cannot?? Are you sure about that? I'd say anything is possible, maybe just not all the probable.

[der affe]

there is a single rail in the middle that does not unbolt from the frame like a regular recaro. anything is possable, but is it worth it?
the seat bottoms on those are nowhere near as comfortable that a regular recaro either

[Jand3rson]

there is a single rail in the middle that does not unbolt from the frame like a regular recaro. anything is possable, but is it worth it?
the seat bottoms on those are nowhere near as comfortable that a regular recaro either

He's right. The mounting points for those seats are part of the actual framework of the base of the seat.

[punnzzells]

anyone have recaro bracket adapters for E30? passenger side....?

[Bey]

Thanks for the heads up fellas. I almost bought those seats LoL

[M-technik-3]

Corrado seats and the Jetta GLi seats will fot but frame work needs to be fabbed. As mentioned they are not drop in fitment. But will work with patientance and skill.

[Massimo]

You could pay $5000 for these

All things Recaro?

How about one of the newest OEM Recaro seats?

These bad boys, if they fit would be amazing in an E30. I know, they probably wouldn't very easily.











That's right the new 1 Series "Performance" seats seen in the tii concept.

Now, I must say you'd have to be a baller, and stupid to justify the near $5000.00 price tag. That's no typo. They are sexy though. Turner can order them for you:

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...FORMANCE-SEATS

0r $1,499 for these Recaro Sportster CS not that much different and a great price they are avalable at VAC Motorsports

[ZM Blue Devil]

Just took this out of storage, single driver with e30 mounts already on.

[Jand3rson]

Damn, if I could find a pair of those, I would have stuck with tan interior.

[reelizmpro]

Just waiting on some brackets. ahem ahem.

[Nicademus]

Just waiting on some brackets. ahem ahem.

Oh yeah, you just thrown down with those all nonchalant, lol. "Oh no big deal, just some old seats".

[alexi]

Wild, i have like the same seats. mine a sorta worn, but cool

any idea what car these seats came of? i might grab these for my new project. seller told me his holding for more than 10 years (brand new).

[DanThe]

Hi guys, some pics of my E30 Recaros for your viewing pleasure

I bought these 3 years ago from a spec'd up 325i 4 door hence the lack of tilt levers



They were starting to wear in places when I got them but I just bolted them in my 4 door and lived with it
You can see the lower bolsters were squashed and the material was also wearing through in places



When I broke the 4 door I stripped them down with the intention of rebuilding them like new, not an easy task as I found out 99% of these parts are BMW E30 specific and no longer available :(

Common problem with these is the upper bolster bars breaking off
This is how the drivers looked, the pass seat had both bars broke and others ive stripped have also had broken bars





Left too long and the foam will literally disintegrate due to the increased movement, the broken bar ends will also eventually start to poke through the foam and then the material

This is my drivers seat all finished



Here is how the pass seat base looked before



And after some serious foam reshaping/supporting



Took a long time and a lot of work, I had the material sections replaced on some of the worn bolsters, used material from seats from a scrap yard so they wouldn't look too much out of place.



In my hunt for E30 Recaro parts I did manage to find a brand new covering, it was hiding away in the corner of a local dealerships parts store, had been ordered in 2000 and never collected



But like I said earlier, these are NLA from BMW, same as the material so I couldnt really use this next to worn fabric

Here is a material sample card from an upholsterers in the US, I cant remember what the company is called, one of the UK E30 owners used them to supply material for his Recaros



These are great seats and are getting very rare, spare parts are virtually non-existent, Capital Seating are the UK's Recaro distributors and trimmers but even they cannot supply E30 Recaro parts/foam.

[lowlightbw]

excellent job on the seats.

[M-technik-3]

Very Impressive, maybe you should send Kevin the pattern so he can make retro fit kits.

We need some of those here in the states, I have a 6 seats and three of them need to be refinished. The foam is also important we need a good source for these for bolsters. Keep this thread alive.