tomhasana2
New Member
Hi all,
Have been searching through the forum to try to find if anybody has previously put Recaro seats into an A2. I have found a few threads about S3 Recaro seats requiring modification to the baseframes, as well as other seats (TT, etc.) that can be made to fit with modifications to the baseframes.
I like the idea of a seat swap, but am not keen to modify baseframes for safety reasons so I continued searching through google in Spanish, German, etc. to see if any other forums had successfully installed Recaros, and while doing so, came across Spanish sites selling Recaro baseframes for the Audi A2!
www.ckcautosport.com
I contacted Recaro UK from their main website including the links to the Spanish sites selling the A2 frames, Recaro then forwarded my message to their main UK importer (https://www.capitalseating.co.uk/) who replied (February, 2021):
"Thanks for the information. That's interest – the part numbers the Spanish dealers are quoting were ones used by RECARO for the baseframes when the A2 ones were under development, but we never received any direct confirmation from them that they had been completed. But apparently they have been!
So it appears we can source them for you. These are priced at £230.00 plus VAT per seat and normal lead times on baseframes is currently around 4-5 weeks approximately.
If you would like to place an order, please contact our sales office on 0116 216 9910 and we can get that arranged for you."
Hopefully this should open up more options for front seat swaps with minimal modification. Will update this thread if/when I purchase and install.
Does anybody have experience fitting these baseframes?
Thanks,
T
Have been searching through the forum to try to find if anybody has previously put Recaro seats into an A2. I have found a few threads about S3 Recaro seats requiring modification to the baseframes, as well as other seats (TT, etc.) that can be made to fit with modifications to the baseframes.
I like the idea of a seat swap, but am not keen to modify baseframes for safety reasons so I continued searching through google in Spanish, German, etc. to see if any other forums had successfully installed Recaros, and while doing so, came across Spanish sites selling Recaro baseframes for the Audi A2!
RECARO BASE AUDI A2 8Z 1999–2005 PILOT & COPILOT
MANUFACTURER: Audi MODEL: A2 TYPE: 8Z YEAR: 19992005 SIDE: DRIVER & PASSENGER REFERENCE: REC86.66.26 ORIGINAL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT REMOVED: YES RESISTANCE CABLE INCLUDED: YES REMARKS: REMARKS 2:
www.ckcautosport.com
I contacted Recaro UK from their main website including the links to the Spanish sites selling the A2 frames, Recaro then forwarded my message to their main UK importer (https://www.capitalseating.co.uk/) who replied (February, 2021):
"Thanks for the information. That's interest – the part numbers the Spanish dealers are quoting were ones used by RECARO for the baseframes when the A2 ones were under development, but we never received any direct confirmation from them that they had been completed. But apparently they have been!
So it appears we can source them for you. These are priced at £230.00 plus VAT per seat and normal lead times on baseframes is currently around 4-5 weeks approximately.
If you would like to place an order, please contact our sales office on 0116 216 9910 and we can get that arranged for you."
Hopefully this should open up more options for front seat swaps with minimal modification. Will update this thread if/when I purchase and install.
Does anybody have experience fitting these baseframes?
Thanks,
T
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