Recaro Pole Postion - advice on seat mount

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Sliders may be overkill, but you need to be able to secure it in 2/3 different positions

Seats
It must be possible to secure the driver's seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism in two or three different positions.* On electric seats the motors must move the seat fore and aft.

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Which the side mounts allow .

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Sliders may be overkill, but you need to be able to secure it in 2/3 different positions

Seats
It must be possible to secure the driver's seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism in two or three different positions.* On electric seats the motors must move the seat fore and aft.

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That is just saying that if the seats have fore and aft adjustment, they HAVE to have locked positions. The seat can still be fixed in one position.

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Mike R

Which the side mounts allow .

quite possibly but i cant see why anybody with a road car wouldnnt have sliders, otherwise how on earth do short mechanics drive it. When i had none in mine Ant at Simpsons vouldnt reach my pedals. Looking at your vids Mike hed probably struggle to get between the windscreen and seat in yours

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by shimmy

quite possibly but i cant see why anybody with a road car wouldnnt have sliders, otherwise how on earth do short mechanics drive it. When i had none in mine Ant at Simpsons vouldnt reach my pedals. Looking at your vids Mike hed probably struggle to get between the windscreen and seat in yours

On my Escort, the PPs are on the factory sliders, it's just I slide the seat forward for track work to enable any arm twirling that may be required .

[Porker]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Although without sliders in theory you fail the MOT

The car will fail MOT here without OEM seats anyway, that's not an issue.

I would need sliders since my girlfriend drives the car sometimes as well. I'm about 6'4", the OEM seats sit just a bit too high for my liking, but they can still clear my helmet.

Does the Recaro arrangement with sliders sit lower or higher than OEM?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Porker

The car will fail MOT here without OEM seats anyway, that's not an issue.

I would need sliders since my girlfriend drives the car sometimes as well. I'm about 6'4", the OEM seats sit just a bit too high for my liking, but they can still clear my helmet.

Does the Recaro arrangement with sliders sit lower or higher than OEM?

Still considerably lower with sliders than OeM, probably a coupe of inches

[Porker]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Still considerably lower with sliders than OeM, probably a coupe of inches

Is that with Recaro sliders on a VAC mounting, or with Recaro sliders on a Recaro E46 seat mounting console?

I'm asking since I can buy the Recaro seat mounting console from a friend, it would save me a lot of time vs. waiting on the VAC mounts.

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Porker

Is that with Recaro sliders on a VAC mounting, or with Recaro sliders on a Recaro E46 seat mounting console?

I'm asking since I can buy the Recaro seat mounting console from a friend, it would save me a lot of time vs. waiting on the VAC mounts.

recaro slide with recaro side mounts and VAC transition floor mount profi SPG L

[Porker]

Originally Posted by shimmy

recaro slide with recaro side mounts and VAC transition floor mount profi SPG L

Noted, ordering from VAC! Thanks again!

[Graham]

I have Pole positions with recaro side mounts & sliders and its perfect height for me. Could maybe do with it going altitude lower because of cage now but it would be too low without the sliders.