Broke my Recaro RS seats !

[rs4al]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 10 April 2019 at 08:39

[MX-5 Lazza]

Not sure how you managed that but, IMO, if those captive nuts are the only things holding the seat into the car there is no way I would try bonding them back on unless I could get it done professionally and up to at least original standard. In an accident that seat is supposed to help to keep you alive but if the mounting points are weak it will just detatch and then you are loose in the cabin. Not good at all.

[renaultgeek]

I saw someone making replicas of these seats and I was put of by the fact that I don't know what might happen in a crash.
Then I thought, surely the seatbelt holds you in place?

[MX-5 Lazza]

Did you see the pictures of the big pile-up in the MX5 racing a couple of weekends ago? One of the cars that was hit from both ends actually finished with a bent drivers seat. On a road car with no helmet and seat belts rather than harnesses and a seat that is no longer fixed, I I'd hate to think what the outcome might be. Seatbelts are barely enough to keep you in your seat as it is!

[GC8]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Did you see the pictures of the big pile-up in the MX5 racing a couple of weekends ago? One of the cars that was hit from both ends actually finished with a bent drivers seat. On a road car with no helmet and seat belts rather than harnesses and a seat that is no longer fixed, I I'd hate to think what the outcome might be. Seatbelts are barely enough to keep you in your seat as it is!

I was looking at the light blue car today.

[renaultgeek]

rs4al said:

It only took one turn of the ratchet to break loose the nuts so I can only think they were glued on and the glue has gone off over the years. Looking at how they were bonded on, I don't think it was much of a structural thing.

The nuts have a spreader plate around them.

Edited by rs4al on Thursday 24th October 20:13

Thos seats only weight something like 4kg each yeah, wouldn't have very much momentum in a crash, would it?

[MX-5 Lazza]

It's not about the seats having momentum. It's the driver who has a lot of momentum, and the seat belts are designed to keep you sitting in the seat in an accident. However, if the seat breaks free the seat & seat belt can't do their job.

I'm not saying they can't be fixed. What I'm saying is that expert advice should be sought rather than just glueing the nuts back on with a blob of Alraldite.

[GC8]

Id contact Recaro. Being the UK concessionaire doesnt necessarily equate to being an expert in any respect.

[Monumental]

Just buy another pair, probably pick them up cheap on ebay