Recaro Trendlines Vs Standard Seats / Subframes

[Rob Clark]

I have a question after attending RWS and falling in love with the look of the Trophy's and the odd 182 & Meggys with them fitted.
Do the subframes have the same operation as the normal RS ones ?
IE forward backward, up down (driver) and do they have airbags in as standard ?
I know a set recently went on ebay for ~900 which is average so was considering looking for a set from a scrapper from a trophy, 182 or meggy and was hoping a straight swap can be done with airbags & subframe ? is this the case ?

 

[Se7en172]

I doubt a straight swap would be on the cards! scrappys are quite knowledgable then it comes to car part prices. Well they are up with me anyhow!

 

[Rob Clark]

i didnt mean price wise, more that some robbed from a meggy (assuming 1*2 are identical) could be unbolted and reclipped without hassle and had the same operation as conventional seats

 

[Clio_Part_Timer]

Megane to Clio won't work.

I got a set from a Clio trophy and they went straight into my Mk1 V6 without any issue at all.

The do tilt forward and they've the extension bolster as well.

They don't come with airbags as standard.

If you've a Clio and you got them from a Trophy you wouldn't need to worry about switching any subframe they will just drop straight in.

 

[Rob Clark]

re meggy to clio, is that because of slightly different subframe / mounting position ?

 

[Clio_Part_Timer]

Can only assume so, not had experience with the 2 myself but someone on the V6 forum bought a set from a Megane and posted this...

**got the seats off Ebay, they were from a Megane 225. I was told they would 'drop right in a clio' -this was wrong. I ended up having to buy a set of resistors and Clio subframes from Capital Seating (very helpful).

Resistors: £14.47 each + VAT
Subframes: £89.36 each + VAT**