What are Recaro RZ seats worth?
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What are Recaro RZ seats worth?
I picked up a Rx7 that has these seats Red with black middle inserts(also has the red middle inserts as well) with the rails and tilt. I prefer the stock seats and I am wandering what they are worth? I see prices from $1500-$4000 seems like a very wide range.
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Last 3 red sets that I have sold on yahoo have gone for between $5K-$6K... The last black set I sold went for $2.8k and they were not in as nice shape as these appear to be. No tilt rail version is from the Miata, not FD, without the FD3S specific tilt rails you have nothing.
Plus good luck finding reliable shipping with tracking, so already being in the US these are about to be nearly priceless going forward.
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Last 3 red sets that I have sold on yahoo have gone for between $5K-$6K... The last black set I sold went for $2.8k and they were not in as nice shape as these appear to be. No tilt rail version is from the Miata, not FD, without the FD3S specific tilt rails you have nothing.
Plus good luck finding reliable shipping with tracking, so already being in the US these are about to be nearly priceless going forward.
Then there was a set of Miata ones last week that sold for $1790 as a pair with well over 60 bids in total. This was a very good set, but no tilt rails of course. That beeing said, the tilt rail mecanism is simple and wold be easy to replaicate if you just get your hands one one of them. There was a set of tilt rails for the passenger side up also last week, and that sold for $530
As for the seats from the OP, they are sort of dificult. I guess they are proper "Spirit-R" red cloth, but with regular RZ cushions. Meaning the buyer have neither, and he will have to buy a set from Yahoo, or Marcus in OZ for his crazy prices to get a matching set. Or a full $2000 reupholstery in Alcantara from ESH. Also, he says nothing about condition, and even from the small picture, i can spot a much needed belt holder replacement.
But, i get what you are saying about them beeing in the US. For US customers thats worth some money. Unfortunatley im in Europe so Japan or USA does not matter much.
Last edited by Zepticon; 10-28-18 at 09:05 AM.
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Here is my take on the RZ/spirit R seat hype for the FD. In the past couple years, there has been an increase in these "collector" RX7 owners that places high value on OEM parts and they are the ones paying good money for these seats. These owners places high value on oem fit/quality. Sure there are cheaper options for performance/track oriented seat options but none will fit as well as these rz/spirit r recaros. The reason people are willing to pay such high $$ for these seats is because they are designed for the FD. Not to mention the till rail that gives taller drivers extra headroom in a tight spaced FD (even worse if you have sunroof). You don't run into the risk of side bolster/shoulder of the seat hitting door and not fitting. Those factors alone are worth a lot to some of these "collector" RX7 owners. Say whatever you guys want to say about these seats but the value is set at whatever the buyer is willing to pay. These days people are willing to pay $3-5k for these seats last time I checked. I have had 4 sets of these seats and have sold 3 pairs over the last couple years. I currently have the spirit R recaros installed in my FD. The price aint going down I can tell you that. Look at how much the NSX type R recaro seats are going for these days, the FD recaros actually seem like a deal.
Last edited by hadokenny; 10-28-18 at 10:00 PM.