Questions About Recaro Sportster CS Seats

[zaharias]

Are these more comfortable than oem seats or not?
I can understand they hold you better especially when oem seats don't have lumbar support.

[usdmej]

So if I used the BK adapters either OEM sliders, how do I adjust the fixed height setting? Some sort of spacers?

if you go with BK/oe sliders i'd start with no spacers at first. at 5'10 running this setup it sits a little on the high side to me

when i ran my sportsters with the swiss cheese plates and recaro sliders i felt it was a little too low. ultimately decided to stick with the BK setup

[Obioban]

So if I used the BK adapters either OEM sliders, how do I adjust the fixed height setting? Some sort of spacers?

Yeah, they come with spacers to set the height.

[duracellttu]

I don’t believe there’s any way to retain adjustable height.

So if I used the BK adapters either OEM sliders, how do I adjust the fixed height setting? Some sort of spacers?

[Obioban]

I don’t believe there’s any way to retain adjustable height.

[duracellttu]

Bumping this, as I’m getting closer to pulling the trigger on the CS seats.

What is the best option for seat mounts if I want to retain height adjustment with the CS? Will the OEM adapter work with the CS seat? Or is there a way to keep the OEM 3-way adjustment mechanism?

[Obioban]

What bracket do you guys used to bolts the OEM belt buckle with sensor when using VAC Motorsport floor mounts and Recaro sliders with Sportster CS?

I wouldn’t use the VAC floor adapters or RECARO sliders.

[usdmej]

What bracket do you guys used to bolts the OEM belt buckle with sensor when using VAC Motorsport floor mounts and Recaro sliders with Sportster CS?

EAS sells a bracket for the oe receptacle that works with your setup under their house brand Macht Schnell. I have an extra set laying around, pm if you want it

[Gt4]

What bracket do you guys used to bolts the OEM belt buckle with sensor when using VAC Motorsport floor mounts and Recaro sliders with Sportster CS?

[duracellttu]

So it looks like AMX is saying that the heating pads have resistors in them for the e46 M3.

Just wanted to follow up and see if your were able to get the heated seat function to work with the OEM controls. I'm considering the AMX seats and wanted to make sure there wouldn't be any issues with that heated seat setup.

[usdmej]

ahh that explains it. i ended up popping in every time my local junk yard got a new car until one came in that had it's seat right in the middle

[Obioban]

how are you guys extracting these seats from junk yard cars? for powered seats, you have to move the seat fore and aft to access the bolts but the cars at the junk yard don't have any power on them

I bought a tiny 12v battery at the hardware store for just this purpose.

[usdmej]

$25 per seat at my local junk yard.

how are you guys extracting these seats from junk yard cars? for powered seats, you have to move the seat fore and aft to access the bolts but the cars at the junk yard don't have any power on them

[Obioban]

I really feel like it's worth buying a used non M seat. They're dirt cheap and have all the donor parts needed-- seat heater pads, sliders, seat side plug, etc. $25 per seat at my local junk yard.

[repoman89]

Are these the E39 pads that were installed in yours: https://www.bmwpartsdeal.com/parts-l...t_heating.html ?

Are they plug and play with the OE harness or did they have to make any modifications? I'm looking to use the E39 pads with some Pole Position ABEs.

Yeah, one of each of those in each seat. Pretty sure they will plug right into the harness but I have not installed my seats yet. All information I could find beforehand indicated that they will.

Those are decent prices too, only a few bucks more than I paid from Schmiedmann last year.