RS Recaro seats

[tomglibbery]

After spending 2 years in an SLK55 and realising that I am sick of having a car that is only fun when my licence is in immense danger, I'm in the process of buying a Eunos RS. I briefly owned a Eunos last year so I can't wait to get back into one.

The RS I'm getting seems like a nice car and is very close to stock. Unfortunately the original Kevlar Recaro seats are missing and I'd love to return the car to stock. I've done a lot of googling and searching but I can't find a set of seats for sale anywhere. Does anyone know of a set for sale, or know if there is a very close equivalent that I could look to get instead?

[ikarl]

Originals are like hens teeth!

Nest bet is to keep an eye on mx5nutz and the mx5 for sale Facebook pages.
Also, set up a notification through eBay for anything mx5 rs related.

Sorry, not sure of equivalents, hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction

[tomglibbery]

I'll keep an eye out, thanks for the help. I have feeling that this is going to take me a long time!

[VladD]

Is this the one from Goodwood Sportscars, looks like a nice example.

[tomglibbery]

VladD said:

Is this the one from Goodwood Sportscars, looks like a nice example.

Yes it is, nice spot! I've been following his stock for ages and this seemed like exactly what I was after. Initially I thought I wanted one of his pristine fresh imports, but given that it's going to be for track use and general silliness a pristine car seems like a stupid purchase!

[VladD]

tomglibbery said:

Yes it is, nice spot! I've been following his stock for ages and this seemed like exactly what I was after. Initially I thought I wanted one of his pristine fresh imports, but given that it's going to be for track use and general silliness a pristine car seems like a stupid purchase!

Excellent choice, have fun with it.

[ikarl]

If using it mainly for track work, probably any decent hardbacked buckets would suffice - could you ask Goodwood if they can try and source from Japan some original seats?

[BigTom85]

Originals are rare and sell for very strong money when they do come up, like £1400 strong!

Lots of seats will fit without much work - anything from an Elise take your fancy?

[tomglibbery]

BigTom85 said:

Originals are rare and sell for very strong money when they do come up, like £1400 strong!

Lots of seats will fit without much work - anything from an Elise take your fancy?

Now that is an idea I like! I've always been a fan of the Elise seats and I'm sure there's plenty about I could pick up fairly cheaply. How easy a job would it be to fit them?

[VladD]

tomglibbery said:

BigTom85 said:

Originals are rare and sell for very strong money when they do come up, like £1400 strong!

Lots of seats will fit without much work - anything from an Elise take your fancy?

Now that is an idea I like! I've always been a fan of the Elise seats and I'm sure there's plenty about I could pick up fairly cheaply. How easy a job would it be to fit them?

Lots of people have already done the change. Do a Google.

[ikarl]

pretty sure there's a thread on MX5NUTZ re elise seats

also think if you check the group buy section, you can get the required brackets reasonably priced

[ex1]

tomglibbery said:

After spending 2 years in an SLK55 and realising that I am sick of having a car that is only fun when my licence is in immense danger, I'm in the process of buying a Eunos RS. I briefly owned a Eunos last year so I can't wait to get back into one.

The RS I'm getting seems like a nice car and is very close to stock. Unfortunately the original Kevlar Recaro seats are missing and I'd love to return the car to stock. I've done a lot of googling and searching but I can't find a set of seats for sale anywhere. Does anyone know of a set for sale, or know if there is a very close equivalent that I could look to get instead?

Have you actually sat in any? They are crap. I couldn't believe how uncomfortable they were and was amazed someone would actually give me £1k for a worn out pair. Save your money and get some MK2 Elises ones.

[tomglibbery]

ex1 said:

Have you actually sat in any? They are crap. I couldn't believe how uncomfortable they were and was amazed someone would actually give me £1k for a worn out pair. Save your money and get some MK2 Elises ones.

To be honest, as a 'larger' gentleman I strongly suspect that I'd find them horrible! It's just me being fussy and wanting to be able to return it to stock in the future.

I think for actual track use/fast road driving the Elise seat option is fantastic and I'll definitely keep my eye out for some tidy ones. Thanks all :-)

[ex1]

tomglibbery said:

ex1 said:

Have you actually sat in any? They are crap. I couldn't believe how uncomfortable they were and was amazed someone would actually give me £1k for a worn out pair. Save your money and get some MK2 Elises ones.

To be honest, as a 'larger' gentleman I strongly suspect that I'd find them horrible! It's just me being fussy and wanting to be able to return it to stock in the future.

I think for actual track use/fast road driving the Elise seat option is fantastic and I'll definitely keep my eye out for some tidy ones. Thanks all :-)

As a larger gent you may find you can't actually sit in them! They are designed to hug a small japanese man and don't have much give.

[buccal]

Bizarrely I'm in a similar position! Have had a CLK 55 for over 6 years which I'm keeping but have been looking on and off for an RS Limited.

Have you driven a few yet?

I can never make up my mind if the lack of performance would just be too much for me to live with. Would need to swap out the suspension too so by that time I wonder whether I would be better with a modded mx5 rather than an original RS.

As for the seats, I love the recaros

Edited by buccal on Wednesday 24th August 11:47

[VladD]

The MX5 Restorer has a RS for sale. £9,500 is not cheap though, but it could be a good investment.

link

[Actus Reus]

buccal said:

Bizarrely I'm in a similar position! Have had a CLK 55 for over 6 years which I'm keeping but have been looking on and off for an RS Limited.

Have you driven a few yet?

I can never make up my mind if the lack of performance would just be too much for me to live with. Would need to swap out the suspension too so by that time I wonder whether I would be better with a modded mx5 rather than an original RS.

As for the seats, I love the recaros

Edited by buccal on Wednesday 24th August 11:47

I went through a similar thought process and, in the end, bought an NA 1.8 S-Special from a poster on here (and Nutz), as I knew I'd probably modify it a bit and so a £2k project car was fine (and totally rust-free).

2 years later though, and the lack of power is bothering me a bit - so it's either turbo, or get rid. Since I bought the car my income has risen a bit so I find myself able to afford an s2 Elise, and so that's probably the route I'm going to go down and, due to a lack of garage space, sell my '5. Been a great car to own - and with a GCF roll bar and Meister R suspension one that's been really good fun to punt down B-roads - I'll miss it for sure. Hell, just writing this makes me think that I should keep it.

[tomglibbery]

buccal said:

Bizarrely I'm in a similar position! Have had a CLK 55 for over 6 years which I'm keeping but have been looking on and off for an RS Limited.

Have you driven a few yet?

I can never make up my mind if the lack of performance would just be too much for me to live with. Would need to swap out the suspension too so by that time I wonder whether I would be better with a modded mx5 rather than an original RS.

As for the seats, I love the recaros

Edited by buccal on Wednesday 24th August 11:47

Ive not driven an RS at all actually, but I've driven a few different Eunos' so I'm confident I'm happy.

There's a very nice RS for sale at the moment here:
http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C778239
Seems cheap given the condition!

The lack of performance is worrying me, but there's always the option to fit a supercharger!

[chasdad]

Actus Reus said:

I went through a similar thought process and, in the end, bought an NA 1.8 S-Special from a poster on here (and Nutz), as I knew I'd probably modify it a bit and so a £2k project car was fine (and totally rust-free).

2 years later though, and the lack of power is bothering me a bit - so it's either turbo, or get rid. Since I bought the car my income has risen a bit so I find myself able to afford an s2 Elise, and so that's probably the route I'm going to go down and, due to a lack of garage space, sell my '5. Been a great car to own - and with a GCF roll bar and Meister R suspension one that's been really good fun to punt down B-roads - I'll miss it for sure. Hell, just writing this makes me think that I should keep it.

if i had the cash id buy it back. That was one of two i shouldnt never have sold. If you know someone with a garage store the old girl

[declasm]

Pretty sure they're very similar to (if not exactly the same as) the seats in the Mazda RX-7 RZ (like mine) or Spirit-R so you could broaden your search to look for those as well.