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




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




Mock up a mount based on dimensions of original subframe




Make up some angles for the slider to mount to




Weld the frame up and trial fit






Give it a lick of black paint and bolt it in




Few grommets to finish it off




And all ready for next weekend

[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

[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: