Jetta Recaros in my 4kq...

[Per Lindgren]

There is a 4kq owner who usually posts in the Audi forums on VWVortex
who has Recaro's in his car. I believe they were from a Jetta.

PerL
87 Cq

George Nimmer wrote:

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>I've been trying to find out if the Recaro's from an early '90's Jetta
>GLI will fit into my 4kq.  Having found no BTDT's, I took as many
>measurements as I could of my 4kq seat tracks and of the seats in a
>friend's Jetta (which doesn't have the Recaros).
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>Having measured everything and found them to be "pretty darn close", I
>took the plunge and ordered a pair of Recaros from Chris at Force5.
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>The driver's side seat is now installed, I'm pleased to say.  It was not
>as straight forward as I had hoped though...  There were some "minor"
>issues.  To begin with, I had to swap the seatbelt receiving ends from
>my original seats.  The ones on the Recaros were of the type that had a
>seperate lap belt and shoulder belt (two independant belts).  The second
>issue, which was more of a PITA, was that the two feet (which ride in
>the tracks on the floor) were designed for tracks that sat about 1/2
>inch wider apart.  Bummer.  To resolve this, I unbolted the subframe
>from the Recaros (six 6mm allen head bolts) and used a BFH to bend the
>feet inward about 1/4 inch on each side.  Not the most elegant solution
>to the problem, but it worked.  The final issue is with the height
>adjust on the seat.  It is manual on the original 4kq seats, but is
>electric on the Recaros.  I do plan to wire them up (someday) but until
>then, I needed the seat to sit at the correct height for me.  This was
>accomplished by removing the height adjust motor (three 5mm allen head
>bolts) and using vice grips to manually turn the "drive shaft" which
>goes into the adjuster.  Worked like a champ, but took a bit of trial
>and error (and test fitting) to get it to just the right height for
>me.   The sliding forward-backward seat adjustment is manual (not
>electric), and mates perfectly with the center track in the car - no
>mods needed.
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>After vacuuming the carpet (hey - when's the last time you cleaned under
>your seats??) and cleaning/regreasing the tracks, I'm pleased to say
>that the seat just slid right in.  So for the record, the Recaro's from
>an '89 Jetta GLI do fit into a 4kq, but they need a bit of
>"convincing".  ;-)
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>George Nimmer <george164(at)earthlink.net>
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