installing Recaros in a '67 Camaro

[Repo Man]

Those of you who put Recaros in your first gen; how did you mount them? Were you able to install the seat tracks from the original seats to the Recaros? Did that require fabrication, or just drilling some new holes?

I've had mine sitting here in the front room for months now. I'll be getting started on the project soon, but any advice from those who've done it already would be appreciated.

[Blown353]

Easy way: buy the Recaro sliders & tracks (way better than original GM, multi-tooth locks on both sliders, finer adjustments, and zero fore/aft slop) and then buy the mounting brackets from Wedge Engineering that adapt the Recaro sliders to the factory seat mounting positions.

The Wedge brackets sometimes take a little tweaking, but on the whole they're pretty decent pieces. I reinforced mine a bit as I could feel just a little bit of flex; 4 small gussets per bracket and 20 minutes of welding fixed that problem.

You can make your own brackets very easily, but I highly recommend buying a set of the Recaro sliders.

[Repo Man]

Thanks for the advice. Though I scoured the site pretty throughly, I never saw anything mentioning mounting hardware where I bought my Recaros. You wouldn't happen to have a link to a company that does sell the Recaro sliders?

[fesler]

I have the Recaro Sliders and an after market set that is just as good for less money. if you are still in need let me know and I can get a set out to you.

[Blown353]

Any Recaro dealer can get you the sliders, here's an example:

http://www.speedwaremotorsports.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7344

The seat mounting brackets are usually made by Wedge Engineering. When I bought my Recaros (from a Recaro dealer) they came with Recaro sliders/tracks and Wedge mounting brackets.

[camcojb]

Thanks for the advice. Though I scoured the site pretty throughly, I never saw anything mentioning mounting hardware where I bought my Recaros. You wouldn't happen to have a link to a company that does sell the Recaro sliders?

I got mine from http://g-werke.com/products.cfm

Jody

[Bowtieracing]

What seats do you guys recomend for street driven / daily use ??

I have allso bought the wedge engineering tracks allready and made my mind for recaros. First i thought speeds but now when comparing them to other models they look little too "heavy or 80s " on my eye.

Anyone ever seen these live :

http://g-werke.com/productpage.cfm?item=RNAsptsr_p

Offcourse fold down seat is a must for back seat use.

[Steve1968LS2]

Easy way: buy the Recaro sliders & tracks (way better than original GM, multi-tooth locks on both sliders, finer adjustments, and zero fore/aft slop) and then buy the mounting brackets from Wedge Engineering that adapt the Recaro sliders to the factory seat mounting positions.

The Wedge brackets sometimes take a little tweaking, but on the whole they're pretty decent pieces. I reinforced mine a bit as I could feel just a little bit of flex; 4 small gussets per bracket and 20 minutes of welding fixed that problem.

You can make your own brackets very easily, but I highly recommend buying a set of the Recaro sliders.


What he said...

You need to mount the seats that thier LOWEST position. I cut off the extra ears on the front of my sliders to get a close to the floor as possible.

Be forwarned that if you get the power option from Recaro the seats sit almost an inch higher. That's why I went manual with Penny.

My Recaros are bolted to the factory location.

[Repo Man]

Thank you for your replies guys. I appreciate the help.

[Repo Man]

Another question; the above linked sliders are available with or without height adjustment. Why wouldn't I want the one with height adjustment?

[tyoneal]

What he said...

You need to mount the seats that thier LOWEST position. I cut off the extra ears on the front of my sliders to get a close to the floor as possible.

Be forwarned that if you get the power option from Recaro the seats sit almost an inch higher. That's why I went manual with Penny.

My Recaros are bolted to the factory location.
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He defiantly knows about what he speaks. I have the power option which I like but I'm working on getting the seat height lowered even if I have to cut the floor out. I'm to tall at the standard electrical height. (6'2")

Great Seats though.

TY

[XcYZ]

I found where my Recaro seats worked best for me and bolted them in as low as I could get them and there's no adjustment. I'm not too worried about the seats not being in the right spot for other drivers. :D And nobody rides in the back seat, so that's not a concern for my case, but I can see where that would be something that needs to looked at.

[AJSZR2326]

i have the power option , and heat & cooling , easy install no cutting or welding, got the brackets with the seats bolted right in. most comfotable seats ever!

[Repo Man]

Ok, it looks as though I need a little more help. I ordered the sliders quite a while back. I just got the Wedge Engineering bracket this week (just doing the driver's side for now). I seem to be missing something though; I can see how to attach the sliders to the seat, but I don't see how I'm supposed to attach them to the bracket.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9541/bracketspq7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Do I have the wrong sliders, or am I just missing something?

Looking at this image, I see ears coming down from the sliders.
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6227/0606ch51zinteriorseatadbx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/0606ch51zinteriorseatadbx4.jpg/1/w639.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img73/0606ch51zinteriorseatadbx4.jpg/1/)

Is that the difference between the sliders with and without height adjustment? If so, it looks as though I should have gotten the ones with.

[fesler]

Another question; the above linked sliders are available with or without height adjustment. Why wouldn't I want the one with height adjustment?


Because like Steve said you are going to cut them off and mount them as close to the floor as you can. Camaros dont have a lot of headroom so you dont want to lift the seats

[Repo Man]

I've emailed Speedware Motorsports with the pics, and explained the problem. Hopefully they'll get back to me soon, and won't charge me too much of a restocking fee for the exchange.

[Repo Man]

Ok, a while back now I got the sliders with height adjustment, and installed the driver's side seat. Got rid of the seat I'd gotten in 1996 at a Pick N Pull from an '84 Firebird.

Before - http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3094/oldseat.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oldseat.jpg)

After - http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8918/newseat.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newseat.jpg)

So much work to do, and money to be spent. But the seat is very nice. Getting the passenger's side in isn't really a priority, since I never have any.