Interior project started: Seats

[Jake D]

Before:



Recaro'd:



:wink

[Evan]

looks great man! Now you can take turns and NOT slide outta your seat, haha.

[MrNic3Guy]

Looking good!

[SEASean]

Looks really good...nice work.

[Jake D]

looks great man! Now you can take turns and slide outta your seat, haha.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!
(when you gunna post pics of your car on nwBMWclub forum, noob?)

Looking good!

Thanks!

[EuroShark]

Very nice! Did those come out of a VW? They aren't quite the same shape as any of my Recaros. They look awesome!

[bavblue]

Nice ! What VW they came from ?

[MrNic3Guy]

Nice ! What VW they came from ?

[wkohler]

They look like late E24 Recaros to me, what with the high thigh bolsters and all.

[EuroShark]

The kidney bolsters look quite a bit fatter than my E24 Recaros and the head rests are totally different. Otherwise they look pretty similar...

[broadie777]

Not recaros. sorry!!But very nice and very hard to find.
they are sport leathers .
these are the same from my 540i.

[klugtrane]

Not recaros. sorry!!But very nice and very hard to find.
they are sport leathers .
these are the same from my 540i.

sure don't look like 'em...

[rustwrks]

ahhh - isn't it just so satisfying??

[CSBolger]

Not recaros. sorry!!But very nice and very hard to find.
they are sport leathers .

Look closer. The outer portion of the backrest wraps around on his (which is a common trait on a lot of old Recaros) whereas yours are cut out for the headrests.

[wkohler]

Not recaros. sorry!!But very nice and very hard to find.
they are sport leathers .

Look closer. The outer portion of the backrest wraps around on his (which is a common trait on a lot of old Recaros) whereas yours are cut out for the headrests.

x913.4

[Ricky535]

Before:
Recaro'd:


:wink

Flofit seats.

[wkohler]

Flofit seats.

And now I see the knob on the headrest.

[Jake D]

They came out of an e24. This is a pic of the label on the driver's seat base plate.

But it looks to be a Recaro adaptor mounted to a set of Flofit seats I paid $200 for them, so I don't feel too bad.

I used the power bases from my comfort seats which puts me up a little higher than I'd like. Do manual bases have a lower "profile" ?? At 6'2" I feel too high.
The pass seat had some funky frame that looked homemade... and did NOT have the base plates that the driver side seat had. I actually had to use the base that came on the seat and bolted THAT to the power base to mount it in the car. It makes the pass seat sit about 1.5" higher than the driver seat.

Any info is great. Keep it coming!!

Pic of Flowfit...

[broadie777]

Too many beers very nice recaro's indeed

[go4carter]

I really like those. I've never heard of them before.

[Ricky535]

Use the recaro adapter from an e21/e24. The adapter would bolt on the seat base. Mount the seats with the adapter on a manual seat base found in the 533 and early 733. The manual seat base would have a lower profile.

[Jake D]

Use the recaro adapter from an e21/e24. The adapter would bolt on the seat base. Mount the seats with the adapter on a manual seat base found in the 533 and early 733. The manual seat base would have a lower profile.

Where can I get the adaptors?? I'll keep my eyes open for the manual bases.

[Ricky535]

The adaptors show up on ebay once in a while. A flat bar would work too. Use your current adaptor as a template for the holes.

[Jake D]

The adaptors show up on ebay once in a while. A flat bar would work too. Use your current adaptor as a template for the holes.

Flat stock might be the route that I'll take. Thanks!

[MrNic3Guy]

Awesome.

I'm going to get me some.