recaro buckets in a 911 help please!

[cragswinter]

ok, as some may know my new steed is on it's way & on eof the first jobs i'm tackling is the ionterior.

the plan is to fit recaro spg/pole positions in leather & have the seat facing re-trimmed in the cars orig pascha material.

here's the pascha interior as it is at the moment:


& grabbed from tripe's speedster build over on IB.com here are some recaro's, re-trimmed in houndstooth:


so, as above but with the pascha centres, cool eh?

now, the idea was to go for the rear seat delete with a cage, & i may stil go for that but we really like the rear seats in the 911, not to use as seats as such but when they're folded flat they are great for using as storage when touring. so i'm thinking for the time being i might leave the rear seats in place & just put the pole positions in, trimmed to match & then we can utalise the rear space.

so is there anyone out there who has either done this, or have the recaro seats fitted & can post a picture of what access is like to the rear with the front seats pushed fully forward.

now, i do NOT intend to carry passengers, merely squashy bags in the back but i obviously would like to know if this is even possible?. any RS owners that can show what access is like? i'm just thinking out loud but hopefully i might be picking some pole positions up on sunday & i'd like to get this next part of the build completed.

thanks in advance

[markiii]

so have you found a supplier of the original Pasha cloth?

[cragswinter]

markiii said:

so have you found a supplier of the original Pasha cloth?

yes southbound have limited stock available

[993AL]

More Pasha Here if you need it Craig

Lovely car!

[boxsey]

No problem in storing bags behind the recaro PPs in my 964. Getting a person in the back is a completely different issue though - I got in once (I'm pretty small) and nearly couldn't get out again.

[cragswinter]

993AL said:

More Pasha Here if you need it Craig

Lovely car!

well thanks for posting that, i can feel the credit card twitching already!

[majordad]

Squashy bags even need to be small to fit tru the gaps.

[sleep envy]

cragswinter said:

so is there anyone out there who has either done this, or have the recaro seats fitted & can post a picture of what access is like to the rear with the front seats pushed fully forward.

now, i do NOT intend to carry passengers, merely squashy bags in the back but i obviously would like to know if this is even possible?. any RS owners that can show what access is like? i'm just thinking out loud but hopefully i might be picking some pole positions up on sunday & i'd like to get this next part of the build completed.

thanks in advance

have fixed back in the gt3 and in the RS - access is ste at best

you have to straddle both seats on your knees to feed things through between the middle of the seats if they don't fit between the B post and the seat back when slid right forward

eta - got get an idea, slide the current seats right forward - that's what you're left with

[cragswinter]

sleep envy said:

eta - got get an idea, slide the current seats right forward - that's what you're left with

Hmm that's what I was thinking, though I don't have the car with me at present so I can't even do that. I also wondered if recaro sliding mounts would possibly have even less travel than the standard runners

[GT Two]

it will be rubbish for access with Pole positions on recaro runners.

[cragswinter]

thanks lee, you on pole's or spg's? any chance of taking a quick photo with the seat fully forward?

[GT Two]

cragswinter said:

thanks lee, you on pole's or spg's? any chance of taking a quick photo with the seat fully forward?

SPG's Craig. My car is at JZM but will be back next week hopefully.

I will have a dig through my pics, I might have something already.

[GT Two]

This pic shows the seat quite far forward, I think the seat will go another 3". Enough space to squeeze small bags behind the seats but not enough for anyone other than children or midgets to use the back seats.

http://www.cagedcar.com/Gallery/files/page1-1014-f...

This pic shows the gap although a close up, I forget the roll cage tubing size but if you know this you could work out an approximate size of the gap. SPG's are a good bit narrower.

http://www.cagedcar.com/Gallery/files/page1-1080-f...

[graemel]

These shots are with the seats fully back. Hopefully you'll get the gist. Better access through the centre of the seats for smallish bags. A good mate did manage to squeeze in the back to clean the inside of the windows. He is very very skinny and looked like a contortionist. But he would not be beaten, no shoes on of course.

[OlberJ]

Craig, seeing as it's "only" the passenger seat, how about rigging up a tilt action on the subframe?

You'll then get much better access but only through the passenger side.

[cragswinter]

OlberJ said:

Craig, seeing as it's "only" the passenger seat, how about rigging up a tilt action on the subframe?

You'll then get much better access but only through the passenger side.

Olber me ol' mucker I thought exactly the same, however as the most important co driver I've ever had will spend the most time in that seat I think I'd be a bit nervous of a lash up.

I think the thing is I'm not afraid of doing away with the rear bench it's just it does cone in handy....

[Leigh996tt]

cragswinter said:

ok, as some may know my new steed is on it's way

Oooh, I've missed this. What flavour,

[Gary11]

you can squeeze a sproglet through the gap sort of below the upper part of the seat when its pushed fully forward,not easy though.