Recaro Subframes

[stiglet]

Just got in. Took a while because I encountered another problem on the way to my friends workshop. In a nutshell, something stubborn on the side of the road, something bent, something like 10 degrees of toe out hopefully all sorted now though.

Anyway....





Basically just welded two square tubes onto the existing bottom half of the subframe, then drilled 4 holes. It's not perfect though. The hole thing is still too high for my liking. Very happy I have a Recaro in my Coupe in time for the trackday:mischeif:

[Rusty]

It'll save you about 1kg

[stiglet]

Think i'm gonna chop that out to make it lower anyway. I can kid myself that i'm saving weight too, but that would be akin to having fruit and fibre breakfasts for a week....

[Acidburn]

i made my own frames from some scrap seats for my pole positions,saved a few hundred quid

you could use the old bases with two bars which would cost you um..... around £20-30 tops

easy enough to do and if you did it right would keep the height adjustment, btdt.

[quattronutter]

i made my own frames from some scrap seats for my pole positions,saved a few hundred quid

[stiglet]

@ Gary - Yeah thats really tempting! I could just drill 4 holes in the floor and have the whole thing fitted in half an hour, i'm probably being too pedantic...

[Big Lee M]

Thanks Andy for clearing that up. Great link that. Should be a sticky.

[Rusty]

Part numbers are:-

Audi 80 90 S2 RS2 85.77.17 / 27

Useful link

Im still thinking sod it, and chopping the seat post out of my S2 and just bolting a fixed frame to the flloor when it comes to seat time on mine, lot less hassle

http://www.cobraseats.com/mounting_hardware.htm

[Rusty]

Coolio

Yeah, you can get them in a poverty spec 80 (like my Dad had )

[Big Lee M]

By off chance do you have the part number to hand,Andy? I emailed CS and i haven't got a reply as of yet. As you never know the passenger one i have might be the right one?????????????

[stiglet]

If you get 2 frames from height adjustable seats, remove all but the lower frame and then have a framework welded to that base to support your chosen seat then you're quids in.

Thats exactly what I plan to do. I have maybe 2 pairs of height adjustable (I didn't know you could get non-adjustable ones?) so I've got a few to experiment with!

Will see if I can get down to Leicester next week.

[Rusty]

Spoke to CS, they defo can't get them. Just have to wait for a call back from DT now

Anyway, CS are happy for someone to pop by and try a mk.3 Golf frame in the car and see how it sits. Give them a bell on 0116 266 4112.

[Rusty]

Well I've paid a deposit to DT so wait and see. Waiting for CS to phone back and I'll have to wait and see what DT say if anything...

@ Stiggy, If you're near to Leicester then perhaps arrange to pop down there and try it out? mk.3 Golf ones, be interesting to see what happens and what the mods described by Skull are exactly.

@ Mr. Wolf, yes a frame can be made from scratch BUT the Recaro frames are as close to OEM as you're going to get from a shop. If there was a nice supply of frames to butcher from front seats with the height adjustability then I'm sure someone could get a batch made. The non-adjustable frames are too high as standard.

The Recaro frames could be used as a base for a new design. There's only one thing wrong with them, the plate where the handle mounts is too flimsy and can bend if you get a bit over excited. Simple fix.

If you get 2 frames from height adjustable seats, remove all but the lower frame and then have a framework welded to that base to support your chosen seat then you're quids in. Will cost about the same as the Recaro ones by the time you're done with the OE seats, material, fabrication and powder coat. Loads of effort too, I'm still pretty much house-bound so phone and credit card are easy, getting to a scrap yard, fabricators etc. isn't.

[Skull]

this is how i made mine: