Questions About Recaro Sportster CS Seats

[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.

[su45]

The E39 pads are compatible. Some local guys have used them in their Nogaros successfully (or at least that’s what HMS told me). I just got my seats in finally with integrated E39 pads. They’re not cheap though.

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.

[zaharias]

You haven't really described any complete mounting solution. That said, it should not be a problem to get the seat 1-2cm lower than stock with most solutions on the market. I suspect if you only want it to be that much lower, you're going to have more issues with the seat being too low than too high.

Iam still looking into it.. But i think i will use stock runners from manual non M E46 seats with.. i have not decided yet what mounts.. bottom mounts for sure but don't know which one yet..
No, it's not my aim being low, just lower a bit than stock seats, so that i will be ok when i wear a helmet.

[zaharias]

You can get 1-2cm by changing from power to manual adjust seat bases

Do runners from manual seats (non M) fit also?

[ZHPizza]

Hahaha
1meter and 83cm (I wrote it as we say it in Greek) 183cm.
What mounting solutions do I have?
I have power oem seats right now.
So one solutions is oem sliders with bk mounts and the other one is bk mounts and sliders?
Thanks Obioban

You can get 1-2cm by changing from power to manual adjust seat bases

[zaharias]

1.83cm tall... do you drive a remote control car M3?

You haven't really described any complete mounting solution. That said, it should not be a problem to get the seat 1-2cm lower than stock with most solutions on the market. I suspect if you only want it to be that much lower, you're going to have more issues with the seat being too low than too high.

Hahaha
1meter and 83cm (I wrote it as we say it in Greek) 183cm.
What mounting solutions do I have?
I have power oem seats right now.
So one solutions is oem sliders with bk mounts and the other one is bk mounts and sliders?
Thanks Obioban

[Obioban]

Recaro mounts and sliders for Recaro sportsters, sit at the same height as stock E46 M3 seats?
I want 1-2cm lower than stock.
My car has sunroof and when I went for a track day I had to remove the foam from the inside of the helmet to avoid touching the roof lining.
Iam 1.83cm tall.
I see obioban recommends some brands above.

1.83cm tall... do you drive a remote control car M3?

You haven't really described any complete mounting solution. That said, it should not be a problem to get the seat 1-2cm lower than stock with most solutions on the market. I suspect if you only want it to be that much lower, you're going to have more issues with the seat being too low than too high.