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Help Needed Fitting Recaro Seats

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 8:26 pm
by DarthMJH
Hi,

Today I was fitting my lightweight RS seat mounts with my Recaro Ideal S seats.

The issue is, the seats are quite high as the runners that bolt to the mounts foul on the seat rail supports either side. Should I cut the runners that have 4 holes down to size so they fit lower?

If others have fitted these, what's the general consensus of height. 1 or 2 holes down? As you can see I am on the 3rd hole.

Sorry, not a great picture.

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Thanks for looking.

Help Needed Fitting Recaro Seats

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 10:35 pm
by hot66
Standard recaro sports seats ? My 73 ones only have 3 mounting holes ( I have lowest at back and middle at the front) ... mounted to tipping double locker bases. No interference with anything

Re: Help Needed Fitting Recaro Seats

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 12:02 am
by DarthMJH
Hi James,

They are not standard sportsitz but ideal S sportsitz. I believe the bases are the same as regular recaro's only the back is different.

The runners I bought seperatly, and they came with 4 holes.

Probably the same as your 73 the seat rail supports are for double lockers, so both sides of the metal goes diagonally inwards which is causing them to foul.

Re: Help Needed Fitting Recaro Seats

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 10:43 am
by DarthMJH
I have been looking into this last night. I have these fitted

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And I believe I need to get these:

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The runners will then not foul on the metal.

I will put a wanted advert.