Recaro bolt-hole configuration - EVO7 to JZA70

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Recaro bolt-hole configuration - EVO7 to JZA70

Postby MrOizo » Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:20 pm

I am at the stage of fitting the Evo 7 Recaros in my car.
I was under the assumption that if your car had Recaro's factory fitted then it was all gravy to fit Recaro's from another car using your car's original rails - and i was wrong!

The ones i have, have been slightly modified and made to suit bride rails. Not a major problem as the privisions for the JZA70 rail bolt spacings are there, just have no thread.

In this picture, the seat is in the bottom, and the JZA70 rails are on the top.
The rear mounting point is all good but its the two front ones that are making my head hurt.

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I have thought about putting in some steel plate behind the seat's rail and having two tapped, correctly spaced holes in there to mount the JZA70 rails to it (The two front bolts).

Very basic pic showing what i mean, looking front on:

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Any other ways that i should go about this? Is there something that i could use? Dont really want to use nuts with washers.
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Postby h8wrxs » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:08 pm

tek screws?? :P

on a serious note though, i cant see any reason why what youve drawn up wouldnt work... but doesnt modifying seat rails require cert?
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Postby LEAKER » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:11 pm

h8wrxs wrote:tek screws?? :P

on a serious note though, i cant see any reason why what youve drawn up wouldnt work... but doesnt modifying seat rails require cert?


Only if they can tell they're modified ;)
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Postby Looonie » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:11 pm

*Carefully bogarts his two drivers recaro/bride seat rails for A70/Z20*

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