Recaro Seats...

[X4MGS]

A Question about Recaro seats fitted to Mk2 Golfs;

This is a strange one and I wonder if anyone can help with a definative answer...

I have bought this set from Ebay;



Now I was told that this was NOT an orginal Recaro set... But I have been searching ebay.de and have found a number of similar seats that all seem to have the proper Recaro logo fitted into the back rest of the seats... Tese are not a bodge job and have holes & proper fixings to the seats.... See Pic Below...



So does anyone know if some German models had different Redaro seats fitted?

I know the UK spec ones were a fortune and the look like these... with the sculptured head rests..



and Edition ones look like this

[Wayne]

I might be wrong but the 1st ones don't look like recaros.

[maxp]

Unless you're worried about resale value or scene points then who cares, its you that's got to sit on them.
The colour isnt 100% my taste, but they are a fine set of looking seats.

[Horney]

Top set look like standard GTI (or maybe corrado) seats recovered in leather with recaro logos fixed on them.

Nick

[X4MGS]

I might be wrong but the 1st ones don't look like recaros.

Thats the whole point of the question....

I have been told that they arn't recaro's ...

But there are to many others like 'em on ebay.de to make it a scam....

[X4MGS]

Unless you're worried about resale value or scene points then who cares, its you that's got to sit on them.
The colour isnt 100% my taste, but they are a fine set of looking seats.

It's not just a question about money.. It's about researching the history and finding out if these are actual Recaro seats or just VW badged style recaros???

At first I thought they were just Genuine MK2 Leather GTI seats with the Recaro badge added to boost the price but as I have said there are too many knocking about in leather & cloth for this to be a one off... and the badges are all in the same position and are properly fitted to the seats...

[Reasty]

The side bolsters on the top set of seats dont look deep enough to be recaro's to me,infact they look like the seats i have in my 16v which are half leather and are not recaros.

[X4MGS]

Top set look like standard GTI (or maybe corrado) seats recovered in leather with recaro logos fixed on them.

Nick

See the above reply...

But they are too good a finish to be "just standard seats" recovered.... They must be Factory Finish at least!!

[X4MGS]

The side bolsters on the top set of seats dont look deep enough to be recaro's to me,infact they look like the seats i have in my 16v which are half leather and are not recaros.

Look at the second piccy as they are the same as the first set, the pic does not show the full depth of the bolster which I think is bigger than the standard GTi seats...

Could be that the 16V seats in Germany got Recaro badging??

Dunno... thats what I am trying to find out....

[Chris-White]

Have a word with ..joe on here. He's the seat master!