Recaro Pole Position ABE fitting

Barty said:
[ref]Wursle[/ref], gave it a watch just now, thanks for sharing! Interesting to see your ideas and findings when it comes to fitting the seats.

Any thoughts on how you could overcome the rubbing issue? Ive got a mate with these in his Z4 where they don’t rub, but that’s because they’re on a custom made floor adapter frame, putting them even lower into the cabin. Ideally I’d run sliders too, but if they rub that way I might have to reconsider that. Would they rub without the sliders too? So straight mounted onto the floor adapters.

On a sidenote, good to see another green machine getting t some love :thumbsup:

Hey Barry,

Glad you enjoyed the video and yes there is a faint rub. So funny you mention about different floor mounts sitting it lower, I had some old e46 drift works side mounts kicking about and decided to give the passenger seat a test fit. These were even better and only slightly touched. So much so it wasn’t even noticeable with no impression on the seat. The issue I had though was actually getting on the nut on the tunnel side rear. It was incredibly difficult to get on and took about 1 hour to mount just 1 seat 😂 I have found a semi work around which isn’t perfect but atleast saves the rubbing for when I’m in the car, whenever I get out I slide the seat forward a few clicks and to prevent any contact, I am relatively tall (and wide) and found this an okay compromise for now until I find the perfect solution of no rubbing. I hope this helps, I will be releasing a new video soon on my thoughts of having the Recaro Pole position ABEs and how they compare to the competition
 
Thanks [ref]Wursle[/ref], sounds good! Am I right in thinking you’ve now got E46 floor mounts and side mounts, on a set of sliders?

Looking forward to the comparison :thumbsup:
 
Barty said:
Thanks [ref]Wursle[/ref], sounds good! Am I right in thinking you’ve now got E46 floor mounts and side mounts, on a set of sliders?

So I am using the E46 Sliders from Gosling Racing on the drivers side and just some driftworks mounts on the passenger mounted to the floor 😁

Looking forward to the comparison :thumbsup:
 
Hello, I just discovered this forum! it's a mine of information for my z4 e85! I will install two recaros they look really good well done
 
nitsuj said:
Hello, I just discovered this forum! it's a mine of information for my z4 e85! I will install two recaros they look really good well done

They are amazing seats! please post pics when you do your install!
 
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