Cloth recaro interior

[ausgolfer 0]

As the heading says, am after a cloth recaro interior

 

I'm not sure if there is a difference between early and late style interiors but my car is a 92 early. Sorry ultra noob.

 

Show me what you have and are willing to part with? Cheers.

[Jim 2]

If your car is a G60, then it will have the early interior. Hope that helps :)

[Portent 0]

As above, you will have an early style. The seats are identical but you may need door cards if the seat trim is different in pattern to your current cards. The door cards are slightly different for early cars as the window switches are in the card itself rather than in the door pods like on later cars.

[ausgolfer 0]

Thanks guys, did early cars ever come with cloth or leather recaros?

[Goldie 2]

In the brochure i have for august 1990 you could get the ultraviolet style recaros... No mention of leather though.. This could well have changed by 1992 though...

[Portent 0]

If you are trying to keep it period then it will have to be the ultra violet cloth recaros. The black cloth recaro was only on later cars.

 

Also, in case you see any for sale, Corrado recaros are not the same as Golf ones. The Golf had bigger side bolsters and the seat base sat higher (but will fit). Also the Golf recaro has electric one way adjustment but the Corrado version has two way.

Edited December 4, 2012 by Portent

[BILLCOR 1]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/vw-corrado-sitze-elektrisch-RECARO-stoff-blau-ausstattung-g60-vr6-16V-2-0-/160920558210?pt=DE_Autoteile&fits=Model%3ACorrado&hash=item25779cda82#ht_1216wt_1158

[C5 OEM 0]

http://www.ebay.de/itm/vw-corrado-sitze-elektrisch-RECARO-stoff-blau-ausstattung-g60-vr6-16V-2-0-/160920558210?pt=DE_Autoteile&fits=Model%3ACorrado&hash=item25779cda82#ht_1216wt_1158

 

2 Recaro front seats (left and right) - without the electric seat consoles

[BILLCOR 1]

2 Recaro front seats (left and right) - without the electric seat consoles

 

Woops

 

Theres another set, same seller

[ausgolfer 0]

Cheers guys. I was aware of the difference between the golf and rado ones.

Are all rado ones electric? And is there a structure difference between early and late recaros? Aside from the obvious trim. I'm not really want to go period. Maybe a retrim though.

 

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Ps. Can a mod please change this to the interior section. Seems I have too many questions for the wanted section. My bad.

[Portent 0]

I don't think there is any fundamental difference between recaros in late and early cars, apart from the trim pattern (early = ultraviolet pattern, late = ultraviolet or black geometric pattern)

 

Ultraviolet pattern (this is from a Golf but gives you an idea of the pattern):

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d92/aquablue27/My%2520car%2520thread%2520pics/IMG_4560Medium.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php%3F183113-The-ultimate-recaro-seats/page3&usg=__bLQO66TosBqxDtxLiqwoKqPl7P8=&h=600&w=800&sz=48&hl=en&start=7&sig2=6lLAkkbyhWpEMI3S6t3TOA&zoom=1&tbnid=WkyOWE9Wy2RRJM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&ei=Hz6_UJrBMOnq0QGPxYDoBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcorrado.net%2Bultraviolet%2Brecaro%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

 

Black cloth:

http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?56282-Storm-grey-VR6-I-was-blind-and-now-I-can-see!/page5

 

Yes the Corrado recaros are electric:

* Electric height adjustment.

* Electric seat back adjustment.

* But manual forward/back adjustment.

* Cloth recaros are not heated but OEM leather recaros are.

 

The movement switches sometimes don't work and are obsolete - but they usually just need taking apart and cleaning (had to do this to one of mine - works perfectly now).

 

The loom for movement is simply two wires (live and earth). The earth goes to any suitable earihing point (there is one by the drivers foot) and the live goes to a constant live busbar on the back of the fuse box (ensure you fit an in-line 20 amp fuse). I wired mine up and it was quite simple and only fiddly because there are so many wires in the back of the fuse box. Grab the loom from the seller if you can but if you can't then it is simple to make your own (although knock the price down accordingly).

 

If possible check that all movement works before buying them. Also make sure all switches and the plastic trim on the base is present. All parts are now obsolete so extremely hard to find.

Edited December 5, 2012 by Portent

[C5 OEM 0]

I don't think there is any fundamental difference between recaros in late and early cars, apart from the trim pattern (early = ultraviolet pattern, late = ultraviolet or black geometric pattern)

 

Ultraviolet pattern (this is from a Golf but gives you an idea of the pattern):

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d92/aquablue27/My%2520car%2520thread%2520pics/IMG_4560Medium.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php%3F183113-The-ultimate-recaro-seats/page3&usg=__bLQO66TosBqxDtxLiqwoKqPl7P8=&h=600&w=800&sz=48&hl=en&start=7&sig2=6lLAkkbyhWpEMI3S6t3TOA&zoom=1&tbnid=WkyOWE9Wy2RRJM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=143&ei=Hz6_UJrBMOnq0QGPxYDoBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcorrado.net%2Bultraviolet%2Brecaro%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

 

Black cloth:

http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?56282-Storm-grey-VR6-I-was-blind-and-now-I-can-see!/page5

 

Yes the Corrado recaros are electric:

* Electric height adjustment.

* Electric seat back adjustment.

* But manual forward/back adjustment.

* Cloth recaros are not heated but OEM leather recaros are.

 

The movement switches sometimes don't work and are obsolete - but they usually just need taking apart and cleaning (had to do this to one of mine - works perfectly now).

 

The loom for movement is simply two wires (live and earth). The earth goes to any suitable earihing point (there is one by the drivers foot) and the live goes to a constant live busbar on the back of the fuse box (ensure you fit an in-line 20 amp fuse). I wired mine up and it was quite simple and only fiddly because there are so many wires in the back of the fuse box. Grab the loom from the seller if you can but if you can't then it is simple to make your own (although knock the price down accordingly).

 

If possible check that all movement works before buying them. Also make sure all switches and the plastic trim on the base is present. All parts are now obsolete so extremely hard to find.

 

Are the door cards on the black ones just plain...? do they differ from standard cloth...?

[Portent 0]

Are the door cards on the black ones just plain...? do they differ from standard cloth...?

 

As far as I'm aware they are the same as standard black cloth. When I bought my recaros from harryc we didn't bother swapping door cards because ours were both the same. I've never seen door cards with the geometric pattern either.

 

EDIT: I've just found a thread on all the cloth interiors below. It seems there is a thrid cloth type too; grey with a red pinstripe:

 

http://direct.the-corrado.net/showthread.php?26730-later-corrado-recaro-CLOTH-interior/page3

Edited December 5, 2012 by Portent

[Goldie 2]

i though the ones with the red stripe in were from a Mk2?? Ive never seen a rear corrado bench matching them although it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

 

I agree with you about the door cards, all black cloth interiors on a late car, whether recaro or otherwise have the same cards..

[jamie_300 0]

someone had a bench for sale on edition i think? But the other way of telling is the sides of the seat the sides very pronounced on a golf's recaro but on a C there are more subtle!