Advice on sliders and Brackets for Recaro's

[csouth]

I'm retrofitting some Recaro's from a VW into my Cutlass. I was looking around to find brackets and most recommend Wedge Engineering, for 2 seats brackets with sliders I'll be out @$350. Anyone know of a good alternative? Has anyone tried to fit a Corbeau bracket to different vendor seat, theirs are about $100 cheaper for 2. Any insight offered would be appreciated.

[JMitch19]

I ordered my sliders and brackets from wedge. It took longer to get my sliders and brackets than it did my seats. Normally this wouldn't be a surprise or a big deal then you take into consideration that my seats came via the slow boat from Thailand and it seems a little ridiculous. In the end I didn't even end up with genuine Recaro sliders. I got their universal sliders because they couldn't give me a ship date for recaro sliders. If I did it again I would order from http://www.motorsportseats.com/recaro/lxf.html I spoke to them a couple of times and they were really helpful. They will also give you a discount if you tell them you are a Pro-Touring member.

[Fesler built]

Call us up tomorrow and we might be able to help you out 480-748-2000 we have a few companies we deal with and might be able to save you some money. Thanks

[csouth]

I ordered my sliders and brackets from wedge. It took longer to get my sliders and brackets than it did my seats. Normally this wouldn't be a surprise or a big deal then you take into consideration that my seats came via the slow boat from Thailand and it seems a little ridiculous. In the end I didn't even end up with genuine Recaro sliders. I got their universal sliders because they couldn't give me a ship date for recaro sliders. If I did it again I would order from http://www.motorsportseats.com/recaro/lxf.html I spoke to them a couple of times and they were really helpful. They will also give you a discount if you tell them you are a Pro-Touring member.

Yeah, the price I stated above was for the the Wedge brand brackets and sliders. With Recaro sliders it would probably be @ $390. The reasonwhy Ithought about the Corbeau's is because the have a universal slider and bracket that are @ 110Ea and the can adjust the width which would probably be the only factor. The length listed on them was slightly longer than the Recaro LS-B I'm using.

[joeelutz]

I installed a set of Mellinium edition Recarros in my 67 wihout any brackets, just the sliders. I wanted the seats to set as low as possible. It really wasn't that hard, I just cut the adjuster handle in two and I either widened or narrowed it (can't remember which) so that the sliders were the correct spacing to match the stock seat mounting holes in the floor. I then only had to slot a couple of the holes in the sliders to bolt them directly to the stock holes in the floor. Then, if I remember correctly, I welded a couple of tabs to the top rail of the slider to match back up to the mounting holes on the bottoms of the seats. Sorry I got slack on the picture taking on that step. Anyway, the seats set perfectly level side to side and square to the car. They slide easily and feel just right.









I hope this helps. I have a bunch more Camaro pics on my facebook page. www.facebook.com/hotroddynamics under photos.

[csouth]

Nice Ride!.... I'm going to do some checkin this weekend to see if they would be too low without brackets.

[Chadman27]

I would buck and go with Wedge if they are willing to work with you and have something that for your setup that they would stand by. You gotta think, in the event of a crash what are all failure points... Chest against belts (harnesses?), seat rails/sliders, and then finally sliders through the floor pans (bolts and fastening into the floor pans)... I had Wedge on the phone and they were great to work with, by the way I'm not affiliated with them, so its not a shameless plug. They know their stuff and are great to work with.

[Chadman27]

Re-read my post, my point that I would like to drive home, that may have been amiss, is that safety is above all, don't skimp on something on the event of the intangibles.... hard to drive a car you love if ur a quadriplegic. Pay now, save later. Not a decision you would regret later.

[csouth]

I would buck and go with Wedge if they are willing to work with you and have something that for your setup that they would stand by. You gotta think, in the event of a crash what are all failure points... Chest against belts (harnesses?), seat rails/sliders, and then finally sliders through the floor pans (bolts and fastening into the floor pans)... I had Wedge on the phone and they were great to work with, by the way I'm not affiliated with them, so its not a shameless plug. They know their stuff and are great to work with.

Re-read my post, my point that I would like to drive home, that may have been amiss, is that safety is above all, don't skimp on something on the event of the intangibles.... hard to drive a car you love if ur a quadriplegic. Pay now, save later. Not a decision you would regret later.

I understand, I wasn't looking to save money for the sake of safety. I do think I may have found an alternative I never thought about. The old seats I took out were some type of Pontiac buckect. The brackect from the passenger side is manual and can is only and inch wider. It's like a universal bracket because they're 2 seperate rails with a springe release connecting the 2. I'm going to line up the 3 front holes on the existing brackets to the fornt holes on the GM brackets and drill out the rest. I'll mount the GM bracket to the seat and do a test fitment.

[Chadman27]

Sounds like a good plan :-) Let us know how it turns out!

[joeelutz]

I like that plan. That was the original plan on my car, but the Recarro sliders just worked out so easy.

[jpgolf14]

You can also make your own adapters pretty easily. Like everyone else said, just make sure you design them with all the crash loads in mind. And keep in mind, just because a company sells a product, doesn't mean its safe.

I made these adapters to re-use the OEM sliders. I have seem to many cases of aftermarket adapters raiseing the seats and didn't want to risk it.

These are Recaro LX seats.