SCORE!!!!!!!!!

 

Fantastic find. I hate you.........

in a friendly way.

 

Didn't know you were in the market...I'll keep an eye out if you are.

 

Now for those adapters. eBay.de has them but quite pricey. dollar to euro doesn't help and shipping on top of that, ouch. Anyone have a pair laying about?

 

The only problem with those recaros is they need to be stripped and dyed beige to match the color in my car! Good find!

 

I can dream can't I...That is a down the road thing.

 

I have a set of those as well. Mine have power recline and heat and speakers in the headrest.
I got seat tracks on e-bay that were original equip to put those into a 107. Don't see them very often but they exist and no adapter required.

 

Excellent find. I checked the price of a new set of top line Recaro's a while back and they were like $9000.00. That's definitely after paint for me.

 

Good score, very hard to find, as I well know. A week ago I had the adapters lying around...

 

Yes you do.:thumbsup:

Look forward to photos!

 

I'm speechless.

OK what did they cost? We won't tell your wife.

 

OK what did they cost? We won't tell your wife.

I don't know my wife bought them for me.

 

Now I hate you too. In a friendly way.

 

nice find...I can't wait to see pics of them installed.

 

I've contacted Recaro USA and Recaro DE and 107 adapaters are NLA. So the plan is to take a pair of dilapidated seats, cut out the base frames and weld tabs to accommodate the Recaros. Will post photos of the process when that project comes to life.

 

Alright, two months later I've finally got to crackin' on the Recaro seat adapters. As mentioned before Recaro USA and Germany confirmed that the adapter brackets are no longer available. I have only seen two pair come to market in the past several years. There is a seller eBay.de who offers adapters but when I requested photos the reply was that photos were not available as the adapters are made to order and at 129 euros each plus shipping plus the shitty exchange rate, no thanks.

Bondavi has offered to pull his seats and photograph the adapters for reference but I couldn't wait any longer. The Recaros were just sitting so neglected, so beautiful and crying for attention.

So the project began. Made a trip to the local JY and pulled a pair of seat bottoms and bases from a CFC 560sl. Popped into the local hardware and grabbed some angle iron and one inch strap. Then the angle grinder, chop saw and MIG welder rolled out of the garage. The stage was set and the results were perfect.:thumbsup:

 

*cha ching!*

I'll still get you these photos of my adapters for future reference

 

Cool!:thumbsup:

 

Wow, they look fantastic, but no arm rest?

 

Who's got time for arm resting with all that five speed shifting going?:elefant:

 

Oh Yeah. They do look nice. Good job.

 

Encyclopaedia Germanica: Volume 107 has a new entry under the "Interior" heading.

 

Thanks! Once you go Recaro you'll never go back to regularo. lol

 

WOW those turned out amazing, im glad they made it to you in 1 pc. I was kind of worried about the packaging. Funny side story... i have a set of the adapters you had to search all over for.. they are fs right now . Want to get a second set just encase??

 

That looks absolutely stunning, good find and great job with the adapters.

 

Those look fantastic and I bet they feel even better.
Man now I have something else to lust after. Down the road a bit. Damn You!

 

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Good job. Looks great.

 

well done Henric!

 

48hp the seats and adapters look fantastic. I hate to show my ignorance but I know nother about recaro's but they look great. Are their specific models made to fit in a 107 and if so would you mind sharing the model #. It might be worth looking for a cou[ple years because they look so nice. Thanks for the pic's.

 

Tony. I think that his are Ideal C. I think they are period correct for his model. I may be wrong.

Stand in line. I too am looking for a pair.

 

Most any Recaro will fit a 107 but as Rowdie pointed out only a handful would be "period correct." The seat adapter or bases provide the compatibility. In other words, there were small handful of Recaro seats that topped the list in the early 80's and all were used by the high end tuners of the time. The two most popular top of the Recaro line were the fully adjustable electric models, Classic-C, Ideal-C. The slight differences between the Classics and Ideals are the switch panels and adj knobs. They were then followed closely by manual non adjustable Recaro LS and Trophies.

The seats mounted in my car a rare-ish sort of hybrid. Classic/Ideal seat backs( fully adjustable bolsters and upper back) with LS manual bases and manual adjust lumbar support via hand pumps. I thought this was a perfect seat because of the very limited options my roadster cockpit has. Aside for power windows my SL was delivered with very few create comforts. AMG even removed the cruise control! So I felt these were the perfect addition to the no frills interior. Meanwhile both the coupe and sedan have full elec Ideal-C's.

Rowdie I would snag the adapters a2 has listed if you haven't already! But then again you're more then capable of the mod I performed if you have a pair of OEM seats you're willing to sacrifice.

Good luck and happy hunting!