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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 04:15 PM
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where can i find these seats?

there beautiful. or anything like them.


http://www.automobilemag.com/feature.../photo_02.html
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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I'm more interested in the one lug nut "f1" style rims and adapters!
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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Sweet Ride.. those seats are nice
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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Unless I am mistaken that is the car that Car and Driver editor Don Sherman built in 1980 to explore the performance possibilities of our cars. It was featured in the mag sometime that year.
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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Those are Recaro LS seats. Because they're a bit out of date, good condition ones will be hard to find.
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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That may be a treasure hunt ... one of our local guys has a set in his rhd sa .. he's also had the car over 20 years
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 05:48 PM
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I saw that car in a photoshoot with a red r3 rx8

those seats look like the recaros that used to come in old vw gti
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by -xlr8planet-
i saw that car in a photoshoot with a red r3 rx8

those seats look like the recaros that used to come in old vw gti
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Take-7
I'm more interested in the one lug nut "f1" style rims and adapters!
they're just BBS wheel covers, some versions had a screw on cap that required a huge lug adapter to get the cap off to reveal the nuts.

however i have seen some old Boyd spoke wheels with a single lug design, would hardly call that safe for ZR speed ratings though...
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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Those are Recaro mesh seats. They were made back in the 80's. Now, they make these...
http://www.recaro-automotive.com/us/.../orthoped.html
All you will have to do is find the oldschool headrest and replace it with that one if it's removable.

Here is a thread I found in a VW site that talks about these seats, hope it helps at all.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...n-Recaro-seats

Happy Hunting.
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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crap i forgot how expensive recaro's were
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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crap i forgot how expensive recaro's were
How much are they?
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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check our redliners links^ ... simple answer more then I paid for my car lol
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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check our redliners links^ ... simple answer more then I paid for my car lol
damn.. im good with my stock seats lol
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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lmao thats what I'm saying ... I'll just keep looking for the right plaid to redo mine ty

but the recaros do look nice
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Old Dec 30, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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i've always found that brand name to be funny and true. although i hear its a great brand (never had any myself) you pay the price.

from the sounds they must be italian. But in spanish, the world "caro" means "expensive" and "re" it's a term put in front of words to give the meaning of "really/very/extremely" therefore in spanish the name "recaro" means "very expensive"
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Old Dec 31, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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From: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Originally Posted by rwatson5651
Unless I am mistaken that is the car that Car and Driver editor Don Sherman built in 1980 to explore the performance possibilities of our cars. It was featured in the mag sometime that year.
yep! i have that article. they tested an 81 GSL, that car (which don Sherman still owns) and the RB GTU car, so its pretty good reading!

January 1981 car and driver.

the 6 car comparison test mentioned is in the april 1979 C&D, its SA22C vs Fiat spider, Alfa spider, a 924, and a couple of porkers, a 70's vette, and a 280zx...
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Old Dec 31, 2011 | 01:13 PM
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Where can one find an ancient issue of car and driver?
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Old Dec 31, 2011 | 04:09 PM
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E-bay, I have all the issues mentioned above and several of them came from e-bay. Cheap too.
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Old Dec 31, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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I have a set of stock seats, black, if you want to pay shipping.
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I found these, on e-bay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-ORIGINAL-R...sories&vxp=mtr
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hmmm black stockers
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 01:23 AM
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lucky me. i found these at the junkyard lol
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lucky me. i found these at the junkyard lol
you found them in your back yard?
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Originally Posted by blackdeath647
i've always found that brand name to be funny and true. although i hear its a great brand (never had any myself) you pay the price.

from the sounds they must be italian. But in spanish, the world "caro" means "expensive" and "re" it's a term put in front of words to give the meaning of "really/very/extremely" therefore in spanish the name "recaro" means "very expensive"
lol! the really funny part is that since these seats are german, the seat bottom is a piece of wood with a foam pad, on the model we're talking about. my brother has a set in his VW....
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