[s-cars] RE: RS6 and Recaro

[TM]

Colin-
I think we're talking about the same seats- the Recaro Trend are the
same as the
Audi Recaros and they are available in a side airbag version and can be
ordered
in OEM finish. I would simply get the non-airbag seat or see if you can
order the
airbag seat through Recaro NA.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: ccohen5 [mailto:ccohen5 at compuserve.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:49 AM
To: TM; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RS6 and Recaro


The seats I was after are not real Audi seats.  Very nice full Sport
seats that have the harnesses to be fitted to the A6, 5 Series or Merc 3
and 4 series.  If you give them the interior code, they will also
deliver in your original finish.  It seems that you must use a drop
shipment technique to a European who will dismantle them sufficiently to
meet a parts definition and hide or remove the explosives for the air
bags.  Then ship it to the US.  My estimate of cost is about $2000 per
seat to do this whole exercise making it a formidable indulgence!

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "'ccohen5'" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:52 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Fw: RS6 and Recaro


|
| Colin-
| My suggestion is not to even bother w/ gettin the "real" Audi Recaro
| seats, but rather to simply get the Recaro Trend seat and have it
| custom-upholstered in OEM leather.
|
| The rear bench can obviously be imported w/o any problems, so you get
| the OEM rear "Recaro" bench and then have custom-upholstered (by
| Recaro) off-the-shelf seats.
|
| Taka
|