e21 recaro vs e30 recaro

[brandon11130]

Are you obese or something? It seems that larger folks are the ones who generally don't find them comfortable.

lol im like 6ft 2" 240, ex bodybuilder maby im weird, they are growing on me though, i drove the e21 to NYC the other day and they feel better and better the more im in them.

heres a pic of my with my girlfriend

[Nicademus]

i have a e21 with factory recaros and to me they are not comfy at all. The seat back has no give and feels like your sitting on steel, and the center bucket of the seat sags like crazy, (needs new straps) For a little bit i wanted to swap e30 sport seats in, but then i realized i would be a moron or hack up a near mint e21.

Are you obese or something? It seems that larger folks are the ones who generally don't find them comfortable.

[T3rd Ferguson]

my friends E30 318is and my old E30 M3 both had Recaro stickers on mounting rail closest to the trans tunnel on the outside of the rail. They were clear stickers with white lettering.

[brandon11130]

i have a e21 with factory recaros and to me they are not comfy at all. The seat back has no give and feels like your sitting on steel, and the center bucket of the seat sags like crazy, (needs new straps) For a little bit i wanted to swap e30 sport seats in, but then i realized i would be a moron or hack up a near mint e21.

[kronus]

Well, I dunno. I saw a really slick install of one, he had it screwed down with absolutely no gap between the overlap and the quarters.

[Gooch]

You're a real funny guy, you know that? Haha, and no way in hell do 535is wings look better. Ribs are +1 but overlap to the quarters are -2.

[kronus]

About as much as that M-tech 1 wing you should have sold me ;)

If I sold you that wing, I'd be somewhere around west Texas right now, broke and out of gas. I've already apologized for this; you'll find another one.

535is wings look better, anyway.

[Gooch]

About as much as that M-tech 1 wing you should have sold me ;)

[kronus]

I'd give one of my nuts for a pair of the E30 Recaros posted in that brochure by Kronus.

How much do you think unpaired nuts sell for on the black market? ;)

[Gooch]

I'd give one of my nuts for a pair of the E30 Recaros posted in that brochure by Kronus. I can't remember where but I saw a pair in the exact color and cloth of my interior.

[kronus]

Lee, you're wrong.

BMW offered Recaros installed as an option on some euro e30s. I have them, they didn't come in my e30 stock, but they are option e30 seats. Here's the flyer:

[Jand3rson]

Recaros were not an option on e30s. BMW offered their own Sport seats.

That's not correct. You could get Recaros as an option in the E30. I've seen several brochures showing them as an available option.

I think Dan Lora (M42Technik) has a copy of the brochure showing it, and his seats are E30-option Recaros.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Recaro couldn't keep up with BMW's demand for sports seats during the E30 line line, so BMW built their own.

This story tends to seem accurate as E30 factory recaros seem a lot more prevalent in the earlier models.

[Massive Lee]

Wow... Just some more random info, Recaro actually made seats for the e24/e28 that were different from the sport seats that seem to be equally rare.

Indeed. The e12 M535 and several variations of 6 series (especially the early ones) had Recaros similar to the e21s, but in thick buffalo leather.

[E30nate]

the e21 recaros are waay more comfy too.