sports seats, what do you use? Options

[qa1142]

Anyone use these?

http://www.exoticcarseats.com/

My drivers' seat core is cracked, have to do somthing this year...


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Will

[ChicagoPete]

I'd love to find one of these for sale.

Plan on having about $2,500 bucks in your pocket if you do. I don't believe that's specifically designed for a 914 either.

You might want to sell that one and use the money to buy a pair of the GTS (etc.) seats and use the left over to get a nice steak dinner (or 10) for you and the Mrs. Or you could use the money to buy another 914.

Check the earlysregistry.org for buyers.

Gasp! $2500 is more than I paid for the yellow car. Guess I'm not going there. This seat is not in good condition so I doubt I would get that sort of money for it.

These days I have problems remembering what I had for breakfast but I'm pretty sure the seat was marketted as being for the 914. The shoulders fit into the back pad and the orginal seat rails just bolt right up. No relief for the hand brake though.

Steve,

I have to agree with Eric, what you have is a Recaro sport seat for the 911. Not really for the 914 for the exactly the reason you describe, no relief for the handbrake. What you actually have is the driver's seat with the higher bolsters. The passenger/navigator's seat didn't have the exaggerated bolsters.

I don't believe the 914 seat tracks were a direct bolt in? Maybe?

As Eric stated, you could still probably sell it and afford a really nice pair of matching aftermarkets from GTS.

I thought that this seat may have been modified with the seat bottom cut out, but, after doing a little searching came up with someone selling your exact seat in NOS for $2600! And others on the thread claim they had one in their 914.

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forum/sho...ighlight=recaro



Peter

[swl]

I'd love to find one of these for sale.

Plan on having about $2,500 bucks in your pocket if you do. I don't believe that's specifically designed for a 914 either.

You might want to sell that one and use the money to buy a pair of the GTS (etc.) seats and use the left over to get a nice steak dinner (or 10) for you and the Mrs. Or you could use the money to buy another 914.

Check the earlysregistry.org for buyers.

Gasp! $2500 is more than I paid for the yellow car. Guess I'm not going there. This seat is not in good condition so I doubt I would get that sort of money for it.

These days I have problems remembering what I had for breakfast but I'm pretty sure the seat was marketted as being for the 914. The shoulders fit into the back pad and the orginal seat rails just bolt right up. No relief for the hand brake though.

Steve,

I have to agree with Eric, what you have is a Recaro sport seat for the 911. Not really for the 914 for the exactly the reason you describe, no relief for the handbrake. What you actually have is the driver's seat with the higher bolsters. The passenger/navigator's seat didn't have the exaggerated bolsters.

I don't believe the 914 seat tracks were a direct bolt in? Maybe?

As Eric stated, you could still probably sell it and afford a really nice pair of matching aftermarkets from GTS.

I thought that this seat may have been modified with the seat bottom cut out, but, after doing a little searching came up with someone selling your exact seat in NOS for $2600! And others on the thread claim they had one in their 914.

http://www.early911sregistry.org/forum/sho...ighlight=recaro



Peter

Right on Pete. That is the seat. It is different than the Early 911S bucket. Front looks the same but the back gives it away. Here is a link to a corresponding pic of the 911S. http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/image/121337214. The 914 version is more narrow in the shoulder to fit into the back pad.

The rails do bolt up directly. That much I can remember (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

The 'Modified' bottom is a result of wear on the tilt adjuster.

The hand brake is still usable with this seat but it is tight at the top of the throw. Not good for emergency braking.