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Am I right in thinking they dont adjust like the standard seats, which is painful on a 3dr?
 
Oliver73 said:
Am I right in thinking they dont adjust like the standard seats, which is painful on a 3dr?
They tilt forward, but only a small amount and you have to manually slide the whole seat forward as it doesn't do both with the tilt for some reason?!

Also they have convex hard backs which reduce rear leg room further. Not ideal in a 3dr when using the rear seats a lot is required!
 
Tejinder said:
they were a ÂŁ950 option in cloth, and ÂŁ1500 in leather (because you needed to buy the winter pack, which has leather seats anyway, which was ÂŁ1000). So cloths were ÂŁ950 and leathers ÂŁ2500 in total. Now the cloths are worth more!!
Not quite true. Cloth Recaros were a ÂŁ950 option. Std Leather was a ÂŁ1,600 option and Leather Recaros were ÂŁ2,350.

With leather Winter pack is nothing to do with it other than it gives washer fluid low warning as heated seats were standard with all leather trim. Heated seats were only part of the Winter Pack for cloth. There were different prices for each Winter Pack with and without leather, the latter being cheaper.
 
Tejinder said:
I didnt know that... thanks for information cuprabob!

hopefully a set will crop up soon, thankfully my car is 3 door so the tilt function won't be such a hassle!
You're welcome, it's engrained my head as I remember justifying every option to myself while handing over my debit card in 2006 for it to return ÂŁ29k lighter :)
 
Tejinder said:
I didnt know that... thanks for information cuprabob!

hopefully a set will crop up soon, thankfully my car is 3 door so the tilt function won't be such a hassle!
Do you mean 5dr? Because it is a pain with 3dr!
 
woodyman said:
i have cloth recaros would never sell them tho:)
At least tease him with a photo :)
 
dammit this thread has made me badly want recaros again!
 
Well if you just want some leather recaro's you could get some corsa vxr versions.I dont know whether you could use Golf subframes on them though.May not be worth the hassle I suppose.But the golf versions go for big money and hard to come by.
 
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Yeah i did look at corsa vxr recaro seats. But i dont think they look anywhere near as good as the proper r ones. Also they are not exactly cheap and theres no point me buying something im not 100% happy with.
 
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