Recaro VW seats

[Greg_S]

Ive found a set of theses recaro's for sale which have come out of a VW.

Will the easily fit the S2 coupe? There heated, cooled and electrically operated.

Any idea what sort of price should be for pair of these.

[Greg_S]

seat controls

[Pisobiker]

Greg, looking from the picture front part (horizontal sliding mechanism), looks the same as the Audi one to me. Might be a straight fit.
If you have a friend with a Golf you might check this out a little better.
Audi seats only have the front guide bolted (and from the picture those Recaros look that way). Seat back side runners just slip back and forth in car's gides. If distance between the two back runners is the same I would guess they will be OK.
then you'll need to "customize" electrical connections...

I don't know how much they are worth but I wouldn't be too much surprised if they would come more than 1000 euros each new.


Marco

[Greg_S]

Cheers, i will keep an eye out and see if i can have alook in my mates Golf tonite at work.

Would look nice in the S2 and hopefully be a bit more supportive than the standard ones too.

Greg

[Dr H]

@Greg

What VW are they from?

[sal_s2]

They look like cloth versions of audi s3 seats to me. They have the same platform as the golf 4.

You'll only need a live and earth wire to rig them up, not sure about the heated part.

Like Marco said, just measure the distance between the runners

[Lee]

R32? They look similar.

[Dr H]

I thought R32 but they are all leather aren't they

[Doug_RS2]

I know S2seats won't fit in a MK2 Golf - my bro tried that - the runeers looked the same but the distance apart was different - MK4 are bigger though and could be close to fit - if not - it might only mean cutting and welding a couple of the arms underneath.

[s2avant]

R32's use koenig seats. Can't say I've seen anything like those in a VW.

(Off topic but Volkswagen have now decided that we can't use VW as an abbreviation in any of our advertising now)

[Vagsport]

Completely different to S3 seats! The S3, TT, Mk4 Golf, Bora, Current Seat all use completely different subframes. They no longer have the central runner as the S2 / Mk2 Golf. I have an S3 interior in black leather, but they will have to be chopped and have type 89 subframes welded onto them.

Siena

[Greg_S]

Sounds like it could be a fair amount of hassle to get these ones to fit would you say?

So the S2 has runner down either side and newer cars that these seats used on have a central runner and thats it?

Greg

[Sidspud]

I have an S3 interior in black leather, but they will have to be chopped and have type 89 subframes welded onto them

Are these for sale? I can make you an offer you might find difficult to refuse.:eek2:

I've been looking for S3 front seats for ages and have had no luck at all!

[Alistair C]

sid - there were some black leather S3 recaros on e-bay last night....

buy it now @ £999 (full set f/r)



greg - no, S2s have 2 side runners at the back and one central runner at the front - looks similar to the ones you are showing. Only question is as to whether the runners use the same spacing.

S3s use a different setup as Siena was saying

[Sidspud]

Alistair - Thanks for that. I haven't been on eBay this year, but I've just contacted the seller this very minute.