[s-cars] Re Manual seat parts for C4

[Donna Green]

  I think you want to look at A6's for the manual seat.  The manual  
passenger seat
is common, the driver side more rare.  My S6 had A6 power seats in  
place of the
Recaro seats and those comfort seats used the same base sled as the  
recaro, so
I think the hardware you need can be found in one of those C4 body  
A6's that are
so common in the salvage yards.

Tom

> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:05:44 EDT
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Manual seat parts for C4
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> Taka,
>
> I am trying to fit a Recaro Pole Position seat on the driver's side  
> with a
> slider because both my daughter and I use the car at the track.  
> Recaro in
> Germany sent a slider that bolts in, however, it is for a manual  
> seat. It uses
> the center rail on the manual seat C4s, and all of the lever  
> hardware. If you
> check the ETKA you will see that all the C4 cars from 1992 to 1997  
> had a choice
>  of seats. The only difference was the bracket that mounted to the  
> floor to
> accommodate the center rail attachment for the manual seat. When I  
> looked at
> my  car, even the carpet is pre-cut for the center rail attachment.  
> When I
> pulled  the carpet up from the driver's side the current bracket is  
> bolted down. I
>  didn't look on the inside of the driver's yet, but I would doubt  
> they would
> weld  it on there.
>
> This is why I am trying to find a junk yard in Canada. I know that  
> no  manual
> seat C4s came to the USA. I am hoping that Audi shipped some to   
> Canada. If
> this does not work I will try Great Britain.
>
> I have also been in touch with Wedge Engineering in CA about a  
> bracket.  They
> don't have one for the C4. They would need a car to build one. The  
> only
> problem here, is that the height of the seat might force my head  
> into the roof.
> You would have the base, then the slider, then the seat brackets,  
> and then the
> seat.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert