[Mk2] [Generic] Type R Recaros...?

[shabz]

Will Accord or Civic Type R recaros fit into the mr2? Custom subframes?

If not whats the best car to look for some nice recaro style seats from?

[rookie-racer]

i'd have though evo 5+ recaros, aka speeds would have been the ones to nab...

I cant comment too much bere as i am lucky enough to have rev one recaros in the car already so i now my subframes will fit recaros

[Driftlimits Performance]

generic recaro seat rails can be pretty easily fitted to the standard seat rails.

Remove the standard rails from your seats, angle grind everything above the runners off, a few bolts holding the recaro rails to the standard runners and job done.

That was with my recaro SPG anywho

[shabz]

nice seats!! i like the idea of some civic type r recaros just hope theyre not too wide...getting em couriered to me is gunna be a b1tch if i find some...

life was so simple when i had an astra, shove everything in the back no problems lol

is forward tilt really that essential in the mr2? i mean i never use the boxes but if i do i suppose i could recline the seat forwards?

[pintovit]

The only thing I recline mines is to store the t-bar glasses...

Other then that, don't know what you could want from such a tiny space...

[tanker3000]

i fitted evo 6 or 7 recaros in mine, took some thought work and a mig welder, also some rev 1 recaro seat runners.

When i did it the seats seemed to be arround 5mm-10mm wider so welded a wider piece of steel on to each base rail to extend them then bolted the seats on after ginding the old evo bits off.

I did look at typr r seats but they seem to go for silly money, when i was looking you could have got new recaro speeds from demontweeks for the same cash, and the were leather. Evo seats seem to come up more often, and i only paid £350 for them and they were out of a nearlly new car that was being turned into a group n rally car.

But they dont fold forward, you have to wind um, which is a pain.

I have pics if you want um.

Chris.

[shabz]

yes pics please! would like to see...



sounds like a lot of work though...any idea how much itd cost to get that work done a i dont exactly have access to a welder

[tanker3000]

Heres the links, i seem to have deleted the pictures of the rails i made, sorry mate, but it was simple enough to do. The actual welding wouldnt cost so much, if you fabricated the plates first. Its basicaly 5mm thick by 40mm i think (can check if required) as long as the runner. It cost me about a fiver for the stuff from a local engineering firm.

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[shabz]

they look sweet in there, will have to keep an eye out for a set

ill be in touch if i need those dimensions, good to see they fit though

[adam3442]

I know its only one, but this is cheap..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Recaro-Seat-from- ... dZViewItem

[jonny823]

ive been looking at the mk3 mr2 seats think thay would look nice
they seem nicely shaped to
anyone know if there be a straight fit to the rev1 sub frames?

[tanker3000]

Im not sure about the mk3 seats, but i could have sworn i saw a post on it, cant find it now though.

I have been trying to remember the place i got them from because they strip evo's and prepair them for rallying.

Infact i have found them see below, give them a ring you may be in luck..

http://www.stationgaragearnside.co.uk/1 ... p=13&pno=0

I says all prices plus vat, haggle.