Recaro Seats - Smart Car of America Forums : Smart Car Forum

NikyTwotones · 07-23-2008, 10:44 AM

Hello All,
Has anyone added recaros to their car yet. Im looking for Seat brackets and have not been able to locate them anywhere...
Thnx

NikyTwotones · 07-24-2008, 05:12 PM

Thanks for all the views.. I spoke to recaro today. they all suggested i call a few of their partner companies which Make brakets for cars which recaro does not. all the other companies requested my car be at their facility so they could charge $$$$$ and make the brakets.. i think im just going to tool around in my body shop with the mig welder. If i actually go through and make brakets ill post the photos.. if anyone has a solution please PM me. thnx.

**jwight** · 07-24-2008, 05:15 PM

Sounds like an interesting project; you might want to check the Canadian and EU forums to see if anyone has done this and has some info to share. If they haven't, there's probably a reason.

smartune · 07-24-2008, 05:17 PM

Most setups that I have seen use the stock brackets off of the stock seat, you need to build an adapter between the rails to mount the new seat, though.

**jwight** · 07-24-2008, 05:34 PM

Not Recaro, but these guys have an extensive line of seats and brackets:

Sparco Motor Sports Inc.
1852 Kaiser Ave.
Irvine, CA 92614
No 1 in The WORLD
Tel. 800-224-RACE
Fax. 949-797-1755

rawlusÂ® · 07-25-2008, 07:32 AM

the leather seats are pretty comfortable IMHO - not sure why recaros would be wanted or needed other than the bling factor.

Smart Enuf · 07-25-2008, 07:38 AM

Does Recaro make seats with air bags, or were you planning to forgo the air bags?

RussBarnes · 07-25-2008, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rawlusÂ®

the leather seats are pretty comfortable IMHO - not sure why recaros would be wanted or needed other than the bling factor.

I used to design boats and one thing I learned fast was that there was no "perfect" seat design. If we could hit 80% we were happy. Well I am outside of the 80 percentile with the leather seats in my smart and I have owned a lot of cars. If I could get better fitting seats I would too and who cars about the airbags, I grew up before bicycle helmets, warnings that coffee is hot, seat belts, etc.....I'll take my own chances.....

rawlusÂ® · 07-25-2008, 08:37 AM

i hear you - i had PRP make custom racing-style suspension seats for my off-road jeep. they took my various measurements and made a one-off set - the passenger side is even slightly different as wife is much shorter than i am.
i'm not discounting special seats for special situations - but i see the smart as an economical daily driver - not a race car or performance machine.
maybe it's just me.

will the smart even run if airbags are disabled? i don't know the answer. aren't the OEM seats designed with other safety measures too? metal backplates or something?

VinceLA · 07-26-2008, 12:10 AM

Check Wedge Engineering > SEAT BRACKETS