Need Help Installing Recaro Speed Seats Into EK Coupe

[MJB23]

I'm picking up a set of Recaro Speed's on Saturday and I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to mount them in my 98 coupe. They come with EG/DC2 rails already mounted to them but I don't think those will bolt up to my car. From searching I also found that my stock rails will kind of work but only 3 bolts will go in and I'd really prefer to have all 4 bolts installed on my seats for safety reasons. I don't want to spend $160 for each side to get MemoryFab seat rails and I can't find any Recaro ones for sale that are cheaper then like $250 each. Is there anyway that I can modify my stock rails by adding an extension bracket or drilling out a bigger hole to get the 4th bolt to bolt in? I'd prefer not to have to buy new rails since money is tight after buying these seats so any help on how to be able to use my stock EK rails or the EG/DC2 rails that are coming with them would be greatly appreciated.

[P-CRIDER]

Take your stock seat rails off an bolt them up to the recaros

[sean-john]

There u go

[MJB23]

Take your stock seat rails off an bolt them up to the recaros

I'm almost positive (at least from what I've read online) that if I do that then the holes won't line up properly and you'll only be able to get 3 of the 4 screws in. The two rear holes line up and then one of the front ones. I want all 4 holes to have bolts installed since seats being properly secured are pretty important in a crash lol.

If anyone's ever installed them and just swapped their EK rails and got all 4 bolts to install properly and shows me how then I'll do that but so far from what I've read it won't work to get all 4 bolts in without drilling out part of the rail or making an extension bracket (which I'll do if I have to but I would love for it to be easy and to just be able to bolt the rails on and then bolt the seats down).

[sean-john]

Why not try it on the pass side first buddy then there u go

[P-CRIDER]

bro trust me take ur stock rails an put them on they will all line up ive done it with my corbeau seats

[MJB23]

Why not try it on the pass side first buddy then there u go

That's what I planned on doing but I figured I would make a thread and if someone had an easier suggestion that is known to work then I would just do that first instead of having to remove a seat and swap rails a few times and fuck around with adjustments and stuff. I figured someone's had to of installed them before since they're basically the same thing as the JDM ITR seats and knew an easy way to do it.

bro trust me take ur stock rails an put them on they will all line up ive done it with my corbeau seats

Corbeau seats aren't exactly Recaro seats and like I said I've read a ton of threads where people said it doesn't work.

Like I said to Sean John I'm going to try it out on my passenger side first but I'm pretty skeptical that they'll just bolt right up based on what I read online.

[jdmjunkie9753]

they will bolt right up with no problem if you put your stock rails on the recaros, my cousin did it to his coupe last year with the same seats.

[sean-john]

There is nothing like first hand experience

[LS/Vtec]

bumps r us. Stop being a fag and just use the rails that are on them.

[LS/Vtec]

It's so easy I can't believe it's not butter!!!

[MJB23]

they will bolt right up with no problem if you put your stock rails on the recaros, my cousin did it to his coupe last year with the same seats.

Thanks man this is exactly what I wanted to hear. I wanted to hear/see some first hand experience from someone that installed them or knew someone that did instead of someone saying stuff like it worked for "x brand of seat so it should work with yours" because that's not really helpful.

Looks like it should be pretty easy to install then if the rails just bolt up and then the holes still line up with the Recaro's installed. I'm going to hopefully install them on Saturday when I get home (have to drive almost 2 hours to the other side of the state to get them but it's cheaper then buying them from Jersey and paying for shipping like the other set I was looking at) and after I get them installed I'll post some pictures in here. I think they should look pretty good in my black interior.

Here's some pictures of the seats the guy emailed to me. The driver's side one is in what looks to be mint condition and the only problem with the passenger side one is a few small tears but they are pretty small and not a big deal to me since I'm not going to be sitting in that seat. They aren't the greatest pictures since it's kind of dark but IMO the seats still look pretty damn nice for used seats. Here's the pics...

Stop being a fag and just use the rails that are on them.

Fuck off! If you don't have any useful info to add then don't waste your time posting in my thread. Oh and posting a picture of your seats (if that's a picture of your own seats) and saying it's as easy as butter doesn't help at all unless you post how you installed them.

On a lighter note lol, if those are your seats they look really nice and are super clean looking except for the fading of them, unless that's just the lighting of the picture. They look good in the car.

The black ones were actually what I really wanted but these ones are pretty nice and a decent enough price that I don't mind getting the red ones instead of black ones like the black w/ red stitching ITR ones or the black w/ red stitching Speed seats (since the Speeds are identical to the ITR's basically except for where Recaro is printed).

Edit:

Does anyone know of a place around Colchester/Norwich/New London/or Willimantic that's good at detailing cars? I want to get my interior detailed and cleaned up professionally once I get the seats installed since they'll probably need some cleaning and the rest of my car wouldn't hurt to get detailed. I can travel anywhere from the shoreline to the top of the state as long as it's on the eastern side of the state but I'd prefer something closer to home that's why I said Colchester/Norwich/New London/or Willimantic (I'm up there 5 days a week for classes so I can go like after class or something if there's a place near there) first but if there's a good place somewhere else on the Eastern side of the state then I don't mind driving.

[LS/Vtec]

Well you sir can go fuck yourself. I put my input before that post. Google shit. It's not hard.

[$$swizz$$]

lol

[$$swizz$$]

wtf dem seats look pink