TheTurtleshead Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) Right, so I drove Geo's old car back to it's owner Mr. Trdsupra last night.(AKA chris) Parked it up nice and safe overnight and then jumped in my own car to go out. Geo's old car has a set of lovely red alcantara recaro speed seats, that I have fallen in love with whilst working on it! Now on the first bend that I threw my car into hard, I fell out of the seat! I have stock seats and I forgot I was lacking bolsters. After a quick google this morning, I found a guy close to me on ebay, who is selling recaro speeds from an Integra,(Same spec as supra recaro's, i.e. smaller bolsters). He seemed to have a few different sets, so I gave him a call and arranged to meet him at his lock-up today. Now, no BS, he must have had 20 sets of recaro's in there, all from Honda's, civics, integra's etc… They're mostly red like the ones I got in the pictures, but there were a couple of black sets with red stitching. There was one really perfect black pair, but I decided on red. He also had some slightly later model recaros from type R's and other hondas that were a bit special as well. He let me look through the pile and pick two that I thought were in good condition. They were a tiny bit dirty, but after a good clean up they have turned out to be proper minters! If anyone is interested PM me and I will give you his contact details. Now all the seats weren't mint, but there were more than a good few serviceable sets there, and a few good candidates for retrims which would probably come cheap. Anyway, here are my two new children! The pictures don't do them justice, only fault is a tiny little fabric catch in the bottom of the drivers seat! Now I just need to find some nice low mount rails! (Hint!) My stock leathers will be up for sale shortly. The Marks in the bases of the seats are where they were stacked on top of one another. They will fade as with the weight off, and some usage, the foam will go back into shape! Edited July 28, 2012 by TheTurtleshead (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris2o2 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Nice find. For mine, I'm annoyed that Toyota chose a really cheap fabric rather than pure black Alcantara/suede for their Recaros. Why should Hondas get nicer stuff? Or is it just because most Honda drivers are more concerned about appearances than performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross C Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Awesome. Geo's seats were fantasic to sit in. Great wee find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Awesome mate, i did my research on these and they were pretty much identical to the ones we get in the supra, all they need is rails, although being a little expensive for rails, you can pick seats like that up for pennies, i got mine via IanW off the DC2 forum, for £350 a pair. I think when i get another supra, im going for the Blue ones out the DC5 Just think they look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 You missing one vital part, what is he pricing a set at? Maybe interested in your stock leathers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra joe Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 They would look good in a white car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIE Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Nice. I want.. but funds are needed else where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Lovely seats, but I'm afraid the bolster foam will never regain its original shape. They go like that because the foam has collapsed. You can order new bolster foam inserts from Capital Seating though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 They would look lovely in my car, let's swap!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sleepy-D Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 these seat looks mint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaLKeRR Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Back when i had my civic i had recaro's on ek9 rails cost me £375 and they had bolster wear in the standard place but the rails made it worth so much more you could probably get a set cheaper than that without the rails, and blue dc5 recaro's require a bit of a deeper pocket!, the yellow ones are the most expensive last time i looked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleshead Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 (edited) Lovely seats, but I'm afraid the bolster foam will never regain its original shape. They go like that because the foam has collapsed. You can order new bolster foam inserts from Capital Seating though The bolster foam is great! I was talking bout the base, it has a pressure mark from something being rested on it. Edited July 29, 2012 by TheTurtleshead (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Nice little find that. They look in very good condition and they'll look great in the right colour car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 They look in very good condition, have always loved the honda recaro's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige-rz Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I like them a lot. They cleaned up great. Do you mind me asking how much they were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Like. Obviously Sets generally go for £350ish without rails, though obviously this can go up or down depending on condition. You can get Recaro Speeds from Capital Seating too, though they're not identical to the DC2 seats (incidentally they're something silly like a grand a piece from Mr H). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleshead Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thanks guys i'm well chuffed. I always thought red seats were a bit crap tbh! However Jamesy'sBride Lo-Max's in the Do luck changed my mind big time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 pm'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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