body and interior What replacement seats have you placed in your '02?

[crookedarm]

[2002newb]

Wow talk about timing. Have been trying a few different seats in my car after finding an upholster, and after putting a seat of e30 comfort seats ( forgive me if I am wrong on the name ) I decided that further options needed to be explored. 

 

While looking around the salvage yard I happened to see an e28 slowing dying in the corner. It should have better bolster than the comfort seats so going to go measure them out tomorrow. 

 

My assumption is that they are a wider seat than the e30 options but will find out tomorrow. If they come home with me I will try to document the work of making an adapter. 

 

Thanks for reviving this post 

[roadhog0]

Pretty poor picture, but these are 79-82 Mustang Recaros. Personally, I really like them! I restrung the rubber bands on the bottom (like an E21 recaro) with seatbelt webbing and personally it made it much better then most if not all stock recaros I've sat in.

 

 

[2002newb]

Did the mustang seats bolt right up? Was looking at a pair two months ago but the owner wouldn't move enough on the price 

 

Looked like they wouldn't be any different than mounting recaros at first glance

[xr4tic]

For those with the Recaros, is the seat much lower?  At 6'6", my head brushes the ceiling with the stock seats, and they're worn out, so I'm looking for a replacement that is lower.

 

I picked up a cheap set of 02 WRX seats, but the only way they would fit lower than stock, is if I cut out the floor mounts, which would be my last resort.

[theNomad]

Sounds like you'll need to get rid of the stock mounts. Possibly get rid of sliders? Mount the seat where you need it on steel plate mounted to stock mounts? I'd assume your legs are so long the seat is positioned halfway behind the stock mounts anyhow. May be worth it to just attach new rails.

[roadhog0]

12 hours ago, 2002newb said:

Did the mustang seats bolt right up? Was looking at a pair two months ago but the owner wouldn't move enough on the price 

 

Looked like they wouldn't be any different than mounting recaros at first glance

No, adapter brackets needed to be made.

 

For me, the Recaros raised me up, but there's also an inch of bracketry that was added over stock.

[2002newb]

Hmmm e28 seats would give me power headrests and arm rests, but other than being a little wider not a lot more bolster 

[Vicleonardo1]

22 hours ago, xr4tic said:

For those with the Recaros, is the seat much lower?  At 6'6", my head brushes the ceiling with the stock seats, and they're worn out, so I'm looking for a replacement that is lower.

 

I picked up a cheap set of 02 WRX seats, but the only way they would fit lower than stock, is if I cut out the floor mounts, which would be my last resort.

 

 I believe the Recaro brackets from Massive have the seat fit a little lower than the standard 320i conversion brackets. 

 

http://www.massivebrakes.com/accessories.php?p=2002_RecaroAdapters

Edited May 11, 2016 by Vicleonardo1
added website info.

[bento]

22 hours ago, xr4tic said:

For those with the Recaros, is the seat much lower?  At 6'6", my head brushes the ceiling with the stock seats, and they're worn out, so I'm looking for a replacement that is lower.

 

I picked up a cheap set of 02 WRX seats, but the only way they would fit lower than stock, is if I cut out the floor mounts, which would be my last resort.

I'm 6'2" with a 32" inseam so most of my height is torso. I have Recaro LX-S seats and the Massive seat mounts that Vic mentioned. I can wear a helmet in the car and my helmet just clears the headliner.

 

(I'm in the driver's seat. My instructor in the passenger seat is probably 5'5")

 

[chargin]

E30 325is seats, removed spacers and mounted to the 02 brackets.

The seat bottoms raised about 3/4" but my 5'-1/2" wife was quite pleased, me I could go 1" lower but don't really want to cut and weld so I'm fine with it

 

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[Healey3000]

2000 Porsche Boxster.  Brackets were very simple.  If I'd thought about it some, I could have offset the seats inboard to put the driver's seat in front of the steering wheel.  I may remake the brackets at some point but the offset doesn't really bother me.  Seating height seems to be the same as stock, best I could measure.

[69NEWCLASSNH]

Just wanted to give anyone looking for cheap recaros a heads up.

 

The Isuzu Vehicross has some pretty cool Recaros and they can be had very cheaply from your local scrap yard.  

 

They are leather and need to be dyed to match, but I was able to install front seats into my 2002 this past weekend.  They have adjustable knee bolsters as well.

[2002Scoob]

On 5/11/2016 at 7:35 AM, chargin said:

E30 325is seats, removed spacers and mounted to the 02 brackets.

The seat bottoms raised about 3/4" but my 5'-1/2" wife was quite pleased, me I could go 1" lower but don't really want to cut and weld so I'm fine with it

 

t

 

 

These look great!!! Wow.... These would make an excellent option for a DD/cruiser.

[B-Merry]

I have e21 Recaros in the front, and e24 in the rear. I bought the rear seats from Dave Varko at Aardvark, and he also sells the e21 Recaros. I would expect he could provide the rails to install the front Recaros. The e24 rear seats fit straight in, but it is nice to do a custom rear deck to fit to the curved contour of the seat backs.  Also, the e24 female seat belt buckles will not directly install. To use them you would need a fabricator. I chose to retain my 'o2 belts. I need to fish them out to use them, easily done and not a problem because I rarely have anyone seated in the rear.

 

Dave is great to work with:

https://www.2002parts.com/

 

Jim