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Anyone with Recaro SPG buckets in a Z?


boro92

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Howdy.

 

Looking for advice on installing Recaro SPG buckets in an S30.

These are side mount seats, and it looks like mounts are available for the bucket from japan: http://page21.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/j136475652

 

Curious though if anyone has tried mounting such a seat (or similar) in a Z. I'm noticing that some non-reclining bucket installs sit higher than stock, and this would be an issue for me...as head room is limited as it is.

 

Alternatively, if there are buckets with accompanying brackets/rails that bolt directly into the Z I'd be curious!

 

Thanks in advance.

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My Recaro Pole position seat was mounted in my 240z using the fixed REcaro side mounts and they fit well. I am not sure about the SPG though...is it not a wider seat? I would want to make sure that the side bolsters (think that is what they are called?) at shoulder height do not interfere with the closing of the door.

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  • 2 years later...

Firstly, apologies for dragging an old thread back up.

 

But I can confirm that Recaro Profi SPG, normal width...not the 35mm wider version, will fit in a 240Z

 

I've modded the OEM seat mounts to sit them lower in the car and used the Recaro side mount frames

 

Happy to post pics if anyone is interested 

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Let's have a look then.

Here ya go....

 

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In an effort to get the drivers seat as central as possible to the steering wheel the outer shoulder bolster does rub on the door card, if this becomes an issue I might move the seat mounts to the left a little, even so I'm much happier as my head is now 2" further away from the roll cage........passenger side outer shoulder bolster just clears the door card

 

When I'm finished I've got some new seat covers to go on the shells  

 

I'll get pics of the modded seat mounts over the weekend, basically all that's been done is cut the rear ones down and make U shaped dropped sections in the front mounts

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Here ya go....

 

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In an effort to get the drivers seat as central as possible to the steering wheel the outer shoulder bolster does rub on the door card, if this becomes an issue I might move the seat mounts to the left a little, even so I'm much happier as my head is now 2" further away from the roll cage........passenger side outer shoulder bolster just clears the door card

 

When I'm finished I've got some new seat covers to go on the shells  

 

I'll get pics of the modded seat mounts over the weekend, basically all that's been done is cut the rear ones down and make U shaped dropped sections in the front mounts

 

nice prodrive seats! 

You can also use Bride seat rails. That should solve the offset of the seat. 

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Right then, better late than never........modded seat mounts, not pretty but effective, I cut them down when I had the previous seats fitted and needed to widen the U shaped dropped section in the front mount to accommodate the Recaro side mounts 

 

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  • 3 weeks later...

A little update re. the drivers seat and its bolster rubbing on the door card

 

I slotted the rear bolt hole for the outer seat mount inward by approx 1/8 of an inch and then squared the seat mount to the inner sill before drilling the front bolt hole in the extended dropped U section

 

Repositioned the inner seat mount square to the outer one and drilled the front bolt hole for it, fitted the seat....and the outer bolster now just clears the door card, like the passenger one, and the steering wheel feels and looks just as centred, possibly better than before too, to the seat

 

Happy days :-)

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