Recaro in rough shape.

[Fletcher]

Pulled the Recaro my car came with out and put in a seat from a 73 I found.  
 

it’s it worth the price of admission to get the Recaro reupholstered/restored?  In Seattle Metro shop recommendations?

 

The guy that sold me the other seat said this old Recaro is unicorn rare (his words( and advised to hold on to it.  This unicorn has been to the wars though.  Looks like it needs new everything...

 

thx ??
 

 

[irdave]

That sure looks like a Recaro LSC.  Unicorn in that it's almost impossible to get anything to fix it.  Lseat apparently will make covers, I'm getting ready to order one, but I haven't been able to find anybody that has  / makes the foam bolsters.  If you find someone, let me know.

 

Mine was bent and broken, but I was to get it mostly straight and weld the lateral support back into place.  I find the chair really comfortable, but it's going to be tough to find parts to fix it...

 

P.S.  I have some freshly redone stock seats from a '76 I'm selling, as well as a set of black Recaro SRDs that I'm selling...  Ad to be posted shortly.

Edited October 11, 2020 by irdave

[Teelinger]

Check out Burien Upholstery. They did my back seats and they've done work on a bunch of 02s. Ask for Damien. 

 

James

[Fletcher]

9 hours ago, irdave said:

I have some freshly redone stock seats from a '76 I'm selling, as well

I’ve long dreamed of a road trip to Colorado.  Now if only Covid would go away. 

[jerryasi]

Check with Dave at Aarvarc Racing, he rebuilt 2 Racaro's for me. Both were the E21 variety, the driver side as bad as yours, they make new foam parts. Uhaul has some heavy "electronics" boxes, shipping was $200 roundtrip, including that it cost half what I was quoted in Spokane.

[Robert Kyle]

any competent shop can redo foam.

 

I've had excellent work done at Durham Upholstery which is 5 min from my house in Des Moines.

 

However, I wouldn't have any work done on a single seat w/o a matching passenger's.

 

Buy my Recaros!

 

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/d/seattle-rare-recaro-trend-topline/7200022882.html

[Robert Kyle]

Here's what mint ones go for:

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/recaro-2/

[02Les]

4 hours ago, Robert Kyle said:

Here's what mint ones go for:

 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/recaro-2/

 

Wow! 

Hope the Recaro corduroy wears better than what BMW put in my Touring. No combs allowed in the back pocket.