Recaro Seat fitted

[rstoughy]

Well decided to bite the bullet and go down the Bucket Seat route for the car.
2 reasons, 1- I hardly use it anymore on the road and 2- it should preserve the original from wear and tear from my lardy ar$e.

After looking around at what was available and speaking to a few folks i decided on the Recaro Profi SPA. (its snug thats for sure)

Looked into VAG mounts and what was available as an alternative so until i lay my hands on some i have fab'd up a set to get the seat in the car.

Hopefully some folk can get use out of this as a DIY guide if you are happy to have the steel frame rather than the VAC mounts.

Heres some pics,

The chosen seat

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/IMG-20120217-00064.jpg


Blank sheet to work with Yes i need new sill plates :bigcry:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0265.jpg


Mock up a mount based on dimensions of original subframe

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0273.jpg


Make up some angles for the slider to mount to

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0275.jpg


Weld the frame up and trial fit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0276.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0280.jpg


Give it a lick of black paint and bolt it in

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0290.jpg


Few grommets to finish it off

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0294.jpg


And all ready for next weekend :)

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[northernjim]

tidy job Paul

did you do the welding too? being a csl owner I would guess no, but knowing you have owned old fords I would say yes!:-D

[rstoughy]

Hahaha yes Jim all done by my fair hands, plenty practice in years gone by :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

[need4speed]

Nice welds mate :notworthy: ! Better than my Birdshit efforts!

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Nice job where did you get the seat belt fixing for the drivers side :thumbs:

[rstoughy]

Nice job where did you get the seat belt fixing for the drivers side :thumbs:

The fixing actually come out of an old RS Evo.
Bolts to the car using the original fixing bolt so done the job perfectly here.

[shimmy]

:-D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/rstoughy/CSL/DSCN0294.jpg

[mattCSLnut]

Neat DIY job Paul :thumbs:

[shane@mbtech]

Great job Paul

My only concern would be that the seat looks very high. Might just be the pics though

[CraigMillwardCroft]

How do you get three bungs to fill four holes :wink:

[rstoughy]

Great job Paul

My only concern would be that the seat looks very high. Might just be the pics though

It is quite high Shane, probably about the same as standard but with the added pain of high sides. This is rev-1 so on rev-2 i will go lower :wink: will do the job for silly though.

How do you get three bungs to fill four holes :wink:

Only used two on the outside, nobody sees the inside ones :hahaha:

[shane@mbtech]

It is quite high Shane, probably about the same as standard but with the added pain of high sides. This is rev-1 so on rev-2 i will go lower :wink: will do the job for silly though.



Only used two on the outside, nobody sees the inside ones :hahaha:

Have you tried sitting in it with your helmet on yet:-D

[rstoughy]

Hahaha yeah was one of the 1st things I done (in private of course) ;)

[Silver Bullet]

Hi Paul

Lurvelly job that mate, feels much better when your tucked into that seat i bet!:thumbs:

[Bounce]

Looking good Paul.:thumbs:

[rstoughy]

Hi Paul

Lurvelly job that mate, feels much better when your tucked into that seat i bet!:thumbs:

Hey Alex how's things?

Tucked in is good however it pushes any excess out the front so i risk friction burns on the gut from the steering wheel :bigcry: :bigcry:

[rstoughy]

Looking good Paul.:thumbs:

Cheers Brett :thumbs: looking forward to the weekend and catching up again :smokin:

[Silver Bullet]

Hey Alex how's things?

Tucked in is good however it pushes any excess out the front so i risk friction burns on the gut from the steering wheel :bigcry: :bigcry:


All good mate, took the plunge and bought a porker, just put the blue 3 door in for a f/g front splitter and an oem rear 500 wing!................never stops mate does it!!

[rstoughy]

All good mate, took the plunge and bought a porker, just put the blue 3 door in for a f/g front splitter and an oem rear 500 wing!................never stops mate does it!!

Nice :drool: RS?
Have a mate who is also in the process of having a FG splitter and rear fins fitted to his 3 door. funnilly enough he also said the same about it never stopping :hahaha:

[NZ_M3]

Great work Paul ... Probably better than a lot of the aftermarket items I've seen.

I have a genuine Recaro floor mount with slider provision that I use for my car - if you want to copy the design of it let me know, and I will send you some photos. It allows for height adjustment for the seat and allows it to sit lower than OEM.

[rstoughy]

Great work Paul ... Probably better than a lot of the aftermarket items I've seen.

I have a genuine Recaro floor mount with slider provision that I use for my car - if you want to copy the design of it let me know, and I will send you some photos. It allows for height adjustment for the seat and allows it to sit lower than OEM.

Thanks Tom :thumbs:
Sure, fire some pics through when you get a chance pt@interwell.com

I actually had nothing to do last night so knocked up rev-2. The seat mounts lower and further back allowing more use of the slider.
Will take a couple of pics tonight.

[NZ_M3]

emailed :-D

[toplad]

Good build, similar to the frame I built to allow shorter drivers

NZ M3 can you post pics of your slider?