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[lapider]

i was thinking of fitting a set of second hand recaros in my 87 mayfair i have a few things im unsure of however

1 would they fit with sufficient head room
2 i was planning on making my own subframes that use all the original mounting points seats and make the subframes to fit them would that suffice
3 i was planning on using the original seatbelt and mounts would that have problems

[L400RAS]

i was thinking of fitting a set of second hand recaros in my 87 mayfair i have a few things im unsure of however

1 would they fit with sufficient head room
2 i was planning on making my own subframes that use all the original mounting points seats and make the subframes to fit them would that suffice
3 i was planning on using the original seatbelt and mounts would that have problems

What car are the Recaros originally from?

I have Ford Escot XR3i (turbo) in mine. I had to first grind off the original ford fitting brackets, leaving the horizontal runners

I fitted two L shape brackets to the box section that come up the face and go rearwards, about 1" rear of the box section (4mm steel). I then drilled a single mounting hole in the last inch or so for the front of the runners.

For the rears, i made up two "feet", of hte same height as the box section so the seat was level (almost - tilts slightly back). The foot nearest the tunnel had to have a plate projecting towards the handbrake, as the foot does not sit level on the floor. This foot used one of the original seat "hook" holes, with a piece of 3mm scrap steel underneath as a force spreader. The other foot I did drill a new hole in the floor, but to be honest I probably didnt have to fix the outer side down. Repeat for the other seat. Sorry, I cannot get photographs as I am storing that car at my grans for winder... i'm sad, I know...

[lapider]

i was thinking of fitting a set of second hand recaros in my 87 mayfair i have a few things im unsure of however

1 would they fit with sufficient head room
2 i was planning on making my own subframes that use all the original mounting points seats and make the subframes to fit them would that suffice
3 i was planning on using the original seatbelt and mounts would that have problems

What car are the Recaros originally from?

I have Ford Escot XR3i (turbo) in mine. I had to first grind off the original ford fitting brackets, leaving the horizontal runners

I fitted two L shape brackets to the box section that come up the face and go rearwards, about 1" rear of the box section (4mm steel). I then drilled a single mounting hole in the last inch or so for the front of the runners.

For the rears, i made up two "feet", of hte same height as the box section so the seat was level (almost - tilts slightly back). The foot nearest the tunnel had to have a plate projecting towards the handbrake, as the foot does not sit level on the floor. This foot used one of the original seat "hook" holes, with a piece of 3mm scrap steel underneath as a force spreader. The other foot I did drill a new hole in the floor, but to be honest I probably didnt have to fix the outer side down. Repeat for the other seat. Sorry, I cannot get photographs as I am storing that car at my grans for winder... i'm sad, I know...

i was thinking of getting them from a mk 1 golf or other golf
could i just unbolt the existing frames fom the seat or would they need to be ground off

[turbominij]

i used rs turbo ones and used the cobra subframes with adapterplates to make the holes line up

[mini_mad69]

i was thinking of fitting a set of second hand recaros in my 87 mayfair i have a few things im unsure of however

1 would they fit with sufficient head room
2 i was planning on making my own subframes that use all the original mounting points seats and make the subframes to fit them would that suffice
3 i was planning on using the original seatbelt and mounts would that have problems

1 yup loads of room.
2 Yup they'd be fine as long as they are strong enough
3 yup again should be fine



I have RS2000 mk5 seats in mine, and I just bolted the seats down with some L shaped brackets on the seat and L shaped brakets on the floor of the car.

I don't have runners.






You can kinda of see one of the mounts there.



Theres just a picture of the seats so you can get an idea. Im using harness but a standard belt should work no problem.

[lapider]

thanks for that guys thats realy helpful