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Any one ever seen these seats or can they confirm if they are out of a e21. I know the rails are but seats look odd to me. Will get better pic's up later when i recive them.
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Looks to me like later type recaros like from a ford escort rs. But the rails look good, seats are fine and sit good. But no original e21 recaros.
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Definitely not original fitment, but certainly a period seat. googling brought up this link which might be of help:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche- ... -seat.html
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No they are not Porsche, since they are the same, but different upholstery. They are a newer model.
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Oh i know they're not Porsche, it was just another example of these particular aftermarket Recaros being fitted into another car.
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Ya was thinking that there was no way they were originally in the car. How easy is it to get rails now and are they worth big money
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Sought after items indeed!
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They're not hard to make, that's how I fitted my Leather Audi recaros:

viewtopic.php?f=61&t=20594

I made my brackets offset to centre up the steering wheel on the seat, but if you made the brackets symetrical, they'd be in the standard position.
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polov8 wrote:They're not hard to make, that's how I fitted my Leather Audi recaros:

viewtopic.php?f=61&t=20594

I made my brackets offset to centre up the steering wheel on the seat, but if you made the brackets symetrical, they'd be in the standard position.


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You can probably get rails from Aardvark. I did.

http://www.2002parts.com/bmw/interior.html
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