James Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 My boss has a Carrera 4S and gave me a run home from work on Friday. I noticed how much I liked the seats (both for comfort and also styling). I've found them online to be these: What I'm wondering is if they are available to buy (profile etc.) without the Porsche badging? I know that Recaro make OEM seats for many cars (Supras, DC2s etc.) but on their site they state: You may be aware that your car or other cars you have seen have Recaro manufactured seats as standard, these are known as Original Equipment (OE) seats. Unfortunately we are unable to provide the Recaro OE car seats as these will be specifically manufactured by Recaro for the car manufacturer and they are not released for aftermarket sales other than through the car dealerships. However many of the seats that you will see on this website may match and be very similar to (if not the same as) some OE seats. We recommend that you look at our range of aftermarket racing seats, sport seats and ergonomic car seats and see if you can identify the seat that you are looking for. I was just curious as to whether anyone knew which ones the Porsche seats are? If they are even Recaros?! I originally wanted Brides but have been told many times of poor build quality for the price? The Recaro range looks pretty vast and seem to be rated highly. Any help greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Recaro seats are always good but they are generally quite heavy. The brides etc don't feel like much because they are so lightweight I would guess. As for the seats I'll have a look. They look lovely with pretty decent head clearance by the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 A quick search shows very different seats in the 4S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I like the look of them bad boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 GT3 RS seats? http://www.vincecianci.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/2010-porsche-gt3-rs-interior1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 They might be bud , those above are the ones that came up as Carrera 4S Recaros when I did a search myself. Though, thinking about it, I think they were flatter at the bottom? More like these: http://img.ca.cars.cozot.com/pics/ca/2011/08/21/2006-Porsche-911-CARRERA-4S-2006-20110821035031.jpg which also come up in my latest search! More searching shows these (which I'm pretty sure are in fact the right ones):- http://www.caporsche.net/images/carspreviouslysold/911/MexicoBlue06Sunroof/900w/39.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Yeah maybe the first ones are GT3RS seats? At £2500 each, they are definitely out of any budget I planned for seats unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'd struggle to fit in with these badboys in, they sit pretty high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Knock yourself out http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3423931.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Top ones are a 997 GT option seat. Those are in leather. The ones you probably sat in (pictured in post #6) will be 997 "wrap around" seats, again, an optional extra. Ill see if I can get you a part number..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cossack Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 They might be bud , those above are the ones that came up as Carrera 4S Recaros when I did a search myself. Though, thinking about it, I think they were flatter at the bottom? More like these: http://img.ca.cars.cozot.com/pics/ca/2011/08/21/2006-Porsche-911-CARRERA-4S-2006-20110821035031.jpg which also come up in my latest search! More searching shows these (which I'm pretty sure are in fact the right ones):- http://www.caporsche.net/images/carspreviouslysold/911/MexicoBlue06Sunroof/900w/39.jpg i had a c4s and i can confirm these are very similar to the seats i had, the original posters seats are not std ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ive looked at those reclining buckets myself before and Ill tell you now that to buy individally will cost you best part of 5K each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 It is definitely the seats pictured in post 6 - ignore the picture in the first post! I take it the design is exclusive to Porsche rather than Recaro offering them as a 'regular' seat? They felt great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 A quick search shows very different seats in the 4S? They're 997 GT2 seats iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ah didn't see the seats you were actually referring to was those. The seats in post one as I said previously are mega money as there full CF. No idea about the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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