Recaro's with air bag sensor
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sorry all...didn't see this thread until just now.
The seats are Recaro Sport out of a 2007 Mitsu EVO MR Edition. I got them for a song from an EVO forum member in Boston. I had a Subaru forum member go by in person and check them out and then ship to me. Many sell on eBay but buyer beware...easy to miss faults in pics alone.
you'll need a few things....seat brackets from Wedge Engineering or Speedware (where I got mine). I wish the seats sat higher with the Speeware brackets, but, I'm 6'2" and I can now fit with a helmet on for track/auto-x time. It seems the Wedge brackets sit higher, but there's an 8 week wait for them so plan accordingly.
I preserved the stock passenger's side weight sensor/OC3 system for the dash airbag. You'll lose the side-impact bags with this (unless you want to import the Euro spec seats for big $$$$$$$$).
donor OC3 mat from a junkyard seat (for mid '05+ cars):
Recaro cushion removed with the OC3 mat spray-glued on and sensor buried in the foam (pigtail through the seat bottom)
I used pink zipties instead of the hogrings to reattach - much easier to work with and just as secure
reassembled with the OC3 mat ready to plug in:
and installed:
The seats are Recaro Sport out of a 2007 Mitsu EVO MR Edition. I got them for a song from an EVO forum member in Boston. I had a Subaru forum member go by in person and check them out and then ship to me. Many sell on eBay but buyer beware...easy to miss faults in pics alone.
you'll need a few things....seat brackets from Wedge Engineering or Speedware (where I got mine). I wish the seats sat higher with the Speeware brackets, but, I'm 6'2" and I can now fit with a helmet on for track/auto-x time. It seems the Wedge brackets sit higher, but there's an 8 week wait for them so plan accordingly.
I preserved the stock passenger's side weight sensor/OC3 system for the dash airbag. You'll lose the side-impact bags with this (unless you want to import the Euro spec seats for big $$$$$$$$).
donor OC3 mat from a junkyard seat (for mid '05+ cars):
Recaro cushion removed with the OC3 mat spray-glued on and sensor buried in the foam (pigtail through the seat bottom)
I used pink zipties instead of the hogrings to reattach - much easier to work with and just as secure
reassembled with the OC3 mat ready to plug in:
and installed:
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no, not necessarily. there was no need to cut anything on my install. I went by the dealer and had them deprogram the seat airbags.
I unbolted the MINI seatbelts and moved them over to the new seats. That takes care of two of the plugs per seat. The third is the OC3 mat, which I kept. The extras were the heated seat option and seat airbags, which remain unplugged.
I unbolted the MINI seatbelts and moved them over to the new seats. That takes care of two of the plugs per seat. The third is the OC3 mat, which I kept. The extras were the heated seat option and seat airbags, which remain unplugged.
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Ok, you're talking two seats. I just did the driver side and spliced in a resistor to keep the passenger airbag live. If you don't mind losing both sides, then you wouldn't need the resistor or any harness hacking. I know two different seats doesn't look as cool, but I honestly would not be able to live with myself if a disabled airbag could have saved the life of someone riding shotgun in an accident.
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JCW looks good but I would rather keep 7g in my pocket ... so , by installing it the way you did it you are loosing heated seats option right ?
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yes, the heated seats and the side airbags that come in the OEM seats. I'd like to find some donor heated seats to try to extract the elements, but, with alcantara on these Recaro's and working from home now, the cold mornings aren't so often and not as bad as the full leather seats I sold
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