Installing Recaros in my fox

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 6, 2009

At a quick glance, I had a feeling this wasn't going to work...

The more I looked at them, and thought about how the hell this would work, I finally thought of something. I measured the bracket that holds the sliders on the recaros...

Its 15 inches from bolt to bolt. Then I measured my 89s factory seat...

Its about 14.5. So my thinking is that if I mount the 89s brackets with sliders onto the Recaros, the bolts on each side will be off by .25 inches. The metal part that gets bolted to the carpet on a fox are pretty large, and I'm pretty sure those holes can be enlarged without problems. I have a friend bringing me sets of brackets with sliders this weekend.

I already removed the Recaro's brackets.

Hope this works!

youngkow · May 6, 2009

What car are those recaro's from? If they aren't the ones that came in a car from the factory, won't the bracket kits fit?

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 6, 2009

youngkow said:
What car are those recaro's from? If they aren't the ones that came in a car from the factory, won't the bracket kits fit?

They didn't come in any factory car. They were in a 82 volvo the last 8 years however. They are in beautiful condition and only set me back $400.

Here's two stickers I've found on the underside...

1993SSP · May 6, 2009

Been there, done that with the recaros. I managed to get the stock seat brackets on the recaros and bolt them in the car, wait until you try to sit in them, best I recall it was all furked up! I ended up having to order brackets and sliders specifically for a mustang to make them work correctly.

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 6, 2009

Really? Well damn! I guess its no harm in my trying though. My friend was gonna throw the seats away, and he's coming into town anyway. I will give it a try.

How much did the brackets cost you?

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 6, 2009

Seat Source > Bracket List

DAMN, $75-100 each for a bracket? At that price, I WILL be making the stock brackets work.

91ghp5.0 · May 6, 2009

For the Recaros in my car, I believe I had to get Fox specific sliders and brackets. It's still a pain to make it work, but totally worth it. I've done it on 3 different fox cars so far.

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 6, 2009

Where did you get them, and how much?

GroverDill · May 6, 2009

Like I told you in PM Kevin, the Corbeau base and sliders work mint.

Hell you could likely sell the Recaro sliders and recoup most of your money.

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 6, 2009

GroverDill said:
Like I told you in PM Kevin, the Corbeau base and sliders work mint.

Hell you could likely sell the Recaro sliders and recoup most of your money.

If you know of anyone giving away free reacro or corbeau brackets for a mustang, please let me know.

Until then, I think I will try modifying what I can get for free.

GroverDill · May 7, 2009

That set up is going to be too tall for a fox, the sliders should be bolted directly to the seat base.

91ghp5.0 · May 7, 2009

Nevermind!

1991notchbackLX · May 7, 2009

so... what's the plan for those halo headrests??

Nova · May 7, 2009

enlarging the holes will work. i did it on my car. adding some washers won't hurt though, just in case the worst happens. i even reused the stock seat to bracket bolts on my aftermarket seats.

808Gt · May 8, 2009

im doing the exact samething in my car too, I am redoing my brackets etc. for my lx recaros im useing a 6way power brackets from a 04 mustang though ...

I have also the corbeu brackets and works fine too , but ill post up pic's wen Im done with mine....

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 8, 2009

GroverDill said:
That set up is going to be too tall for a fox, the sliders should be bolted directly to the seat base.

Thats my fear. If so, the mustang mounting brackets may be cut, and welded to the recaro sliders. Time will tell.

1991notchbackLX said:
so... what's the plan for those halo headrests??

I'm just test fitting these with my 89. The plan is to put the recaros in my 93 coabra that has black interior. It's factory seats are perfect, and I want to store them, and keep them in that condition.

GroverDill · May 8, 2009

Good luck Kevin, let us know how it turns out.

Kevins89notch5.0 · May 10, 2009

Got the sliders.

My fault, but I forgot to tell me friend to bring the 8 bolts that hold the sliders to the seats, so I'll be making a trip to lowes tomorrow.

AJspony · May 10, 2009

YOU can do it! I have Recaros installed from a Daihatsu originally. At the time unfortunately did not have good pics taken. I used manual foxbody tracks and ended up welding some one inch angle iron to the tracks to widen them. Then drilled up through angle iron and using grade 8 hardware into Recaro holes. Best mod I ever did. Recaros were $400 of Ebay.

Might be a pic on my blog.

89stang1 · May 10, 2009

Love them seats i had them in my 86

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