"New" E21 Recaros?

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"New" E21 Recaros?

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O.K not Recaros but actually a little nicer IMHO. I saw these over on Bimmerforums and have to say they do look rather lovely.
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Full thread here http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... ?t=1614946

They're by a company called FloFits - a rival of Recaros. I actually think they look better, something about that dial being on the headrest that looks really, really cool. Interested to know what everyone thinks of them


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They're great, but I don't like that dial on the headrest at all.
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Nice, but not keen on headrest dial either tbh.
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Interesting, the headrest dial was the thing that I liked about them. 2-1 so far then :)
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How much are they?
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Not sure to be honest. Cheaper than retrimming some old E21 recaros surely. I found their website said the brackets are specifically made to fit an E21.
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Very nice but dials on headrest just look miss-placed to me
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Nice seats but not sure what the designers were thinking with the headrests. :shock
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Pls be careful with cheap imitation Recaro's, heard of some people trying them here in Holland but sometimes it's real cheap stuff and in some cases the frames just break!
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Jeroen these ones are in America, wouldn't they have something similar to the British quality standard approval in our country? I think I am the only one who likes the dials on the headrest!
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What do the headrest dials do? Alter the angle of the headrests?
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I think they make your suspension go up and down?
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Nice seats! I lke the dials :-)
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They look like the Headrests from the 70's and 80's Ford Granada's and come to think of it, i think they had that weird growth on the side too.
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Orjan wrote:Nice seats! I lke the dials :-)
At least I'm not the only one now :driving
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