Recaro "Sport" seats - long read, but happy!
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 690
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Car: 1989 Camaro RS
Engine: ZZ4 350
Transmission: T-5
Axle/Gears: BW 9-bolt w/3.73
Recaro "Sport" seats - long read, but happy!
I just installed the seats into my '89 RS 2 weeks ago and WOW, what a great set of seats!!
In June 2003 my wife had a spinal fusion in her lower back and hadn't been able to ride in our '89 Camaro for almost 2 years. We also own an '03 Jetta and she never had any comfort problems with the factory seats in that car. We had wanted to replace the crappy GM seats in the Camaro for a couple of years and had looked at Corbeau, Flo-Fit, and Sparco but never found any to be as comfortable as the Jetta seats. I knew that Recaro made the seats in my GLI so at a new car show last fall I had her plop into every car with Recaros we could find. The one she liked most was in the Mitsubishi EVO VIII, Recaro Sports.
I hit a dozen different sites and found one company that was FAR cheaper than ony other site, AZ Auto Sport Direct
While everyone else wanted $730 per seat + $90 shipping for each + $85 sliders for each seat, I got the pair shipped to my door for $1,503.00 - INCLUDING sliders!!
Only one company makes aftermarket seat brackets for 3rd gen F-bodies and I've read far too many complaints about them so I adapted the old seat brackets to the new sliders using 1/4x20x4" aluminum strips. Easy install, great looks and incredible comfort.
How's the wife like them? Well, they have standard adjustable lumber supports, extendable thigh supports, and the lower seat cushion actually rides on spring-loaded bearings to minimize road bumps. In a word, she LOVES them! For the first time in 3 years we were able to go on a 220-mile road trip and for the first time ever we both got out of the car as fresh as when we got in. Yes, they are that good!
Thank you to Victor at AZ Autosport and to Recaro.... My wife and I can share the Camaro together again!
Here's a pic of the seats before the install, I'll post some of the installation brackets I made and the "after" pics soon!
In June 2003 my wife had a spinal fusion in her lower back and hadn't been able to ride in our '89 Camaro for almost 2 years. We also own an '03 Jetta and she never had any comfort problems with the factory seats in that car. We had wanted to replace the crappy GM seats in the Camaro for a couple of years and had looked at Corbeau, Flo-Fit, and Sparco but never found any to be as comfortable as the Jetta seats. I knew that Recaro made the seats in my GLI so at a new car show last fall I had her plop into every car with Recaros we could find. The one she liked most was in the Mitsubishi EVO VIII, Recaro Sports.
I hit a dozen different sites and found one company that was FAR cheaper than ony other site, AZ Auto Sport Direct
While everyone else wanted $730 per seat + $90 shipping for each + $85 sliders for each seat, I got the pair shipped to my door for $1,503.00 - INCLUDING sliders!!
Only one company makes aftermarket seat brackets for 3rd gen F-bodies and I've read far too many complaints about them so I adapted the old seat brackets to the new sliders using 1/4x20x4" aluminum strips. Easy install, great looks and incredible comfort.
How's the wife like them? Well, they have standard adjustable lumber supports, extendable thigh supports, and the lower seat cushion actually rides on spring-loaded bearings to minimize road bumps. In a word, she LOVES them! For the first time in 3 years we were able to go on a 220-mile road trip and for the first time ever we both got out of the car as fresh as when we got in. Yes, they are that good!
Thank you to Victor at AZ Autosport and to Recaro.... My wife and I can share the Camaro together again!
Here's a pic of the seats before the install, I'll post some of the installation brackets I made and the "after" pics soon!
#2
TGO Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 2,201
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Car: '86 T/A
Engine: 350/LT1 Intake
Transmission: 700R4 - Built
Axle/Gears: 4th gen 3.42
They sound nice.. look nice.. and in a word.. I want them!
Either way, do you have any pics of them in the car?
Either way, do you have any pics of them in the car?
#4
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 690
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
Car: 1989 Camaro RS
Engine: ZZ4 350
Transmission: T-5
Axle/Gears: BW 9-bolt w/3.73
Originally posted by Sonar_un
Do you have any pics of them in the car?
Do you have any pics of them in the car?
Originally posted by Kandied91z
sparco, recaro, bride, tenzo, corbeau....all make brackets.
cheaper to use stock though. glad they worked out for you, beautiful seats but pricey...
sparco, recaro, bride, tenzo, corbeau....all make brackets.
cheaper to use stock though. glad they worked out for you, beautiful seats but pricey...
Pricey - yes! It took my whole tax refund to get them!! LOL
The ZZ4 will have to wait until next April!!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Ghettobird52
Tech / General Engine
16
Yesterday 11:18 PM
1992 Trans Am
History / Originality
27
05-10-2023 07:19 PM
Street Lethal
Power Adders
634
04-30-2019 12:14 PM