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How to: Fitting Recaro seats from another make of car


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undo two bolts holding seat in place,slide back and lift out

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remove plastic surround, remove two spline bolts and remove seat back

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remove base cover and foam, these are held in place by a plastic strip that is twisted over the frame to hold in place

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with the base foam removed the next thing is to remove the base plate the large black section you sit in.

look for little indentations where the spot welds are and drill through the top layer until the spot weld pops through.

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remove the front section of the base as the recaro needs to sit through this / fitting the recaro base ontop will make the seat far too high

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should look like this once removed

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take your recaro seat and strip all foams away

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cut off the recaro base mounts from the other model, in my case escort rs turbo.

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then weld the recaro base into the lupo remnants.

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took a day to do both seats and the way i have done it still allows for the seat hieght adjuster to work

just need to be re-trimmed now. will post pics up as and when done. shades.gif style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shades:" border="0" alt="shades.gif" />

Edited by mitch unit 21
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