Corbeau Clubsport.
£300 for a pair, with sliders and side mounts. ****** excellent. Cannot be beaten for the money.
@16Klappe has pics of them in his old S3.
Corbeau Clubsport.
£300 for a pair, with sliders and side mounts. ****** excellent. Cannot be beaten for the money.
@16Klappe has pics of them in his old S3.
only for fat people
you keep goin on about these
are they that good??
they look great!
what are they like for support?
Im desperate for a set of these but they are on back order
Jardo. Looking at those pictures of your s3 has made me want to get some. I will be using the standard seatbelt though. Think I could mount the buckle to the side frame?
Or would you advise against having these buckets and using the oem seatbelt.
Also, even though you're drilling into the subframe I take it they still come on rails that will slide forward and backwards?
Corbeau Clubsport.
£300 for a pair, with sliders and side mounts. ****** excellent. Cannot be beaten for the money.
@16Klappe has pics of them in his old S3.
yea you can still use a lap belt, Jardo has his like that currently in his mk2. feels OK.
Dude, I don't wish to be rude here, but you're repeating questions that you've already asked in this very thread, and I've already answered for you a few posts up.
Also, this isn't meant to be rude to Jardo, but you're best off asking me about the fitment of Jardo's S3 seats, seeing as it was me that installed them whilst he watched
it's OK dude, I understand your caution. So many questions get repeated I forget which have been answered in full in which threads!
On the stock S3 setup, the inner buckle is part of the seat frame on the seat itself. When we did the seats, we drilled through a VERY solid part of the stock subframe to attach the eye bolt for the harness lap strap. You can do exactly this with the stock buckle, although it'll require cutting off the old seat and drilling the steel tab to mount it.
In an A3 or golf, the standard subframes slide within the runners in the shell. S3's are very different, and the subframes are in a fixed position in the shell, with a slider on the recaro seat itself. the buckets go in in exactly this way, with the double locking sliders on the base of the seat bolting to the subframe.
You get all the fore and aft adjustability of the stock seats, but no option to tilt the seat at all.
The angle is also fixed by the bolt position through the side mounts. This can be altered, but only by undoing 2 bolts and refitting in a new location, not on the move at all.
Air bag light will come on, and at this point your air bags will no longer be functional. this is a risk that only you can decide if you are willing to take.
I assume I need a friendly garage to look past the airbag light then?
Quick search and I found this:
"Airbag Resistor Guide for VW MKIV R32
Resistors needed to defeat Airbag Warning Light when removing airbags for motorsport.
Not recommended if you are going to use your car on the street at all.
Steering Wheel Airbag resistor is 2 ohm .5 watt
Seat Airbag resistors needed is 4.7 ohm .5 watt Passenger Airbag resistor needed is 4.7 ohm .5 watt Curtain Airbag resistors needed is 4.7 ohm .5 watt Seat Belt Tensioner resistor needed is 4.7 ohm .5 watt
To defeat the airbag warning, use a 4.7 ohm 1/2 watt resistor for all airbags. Except the steering wheel where you use a 2 ohm . 5 watt.
This is from a PDF guide Ive had for a few years now. Worked everytime on my A3"
Lol, Jardo, that's my picture!
You can fit the seat with the standard belt. I wouldn't be 100% confident in it though, there would be quite a big gap between your lap and the belt because of the sides of the seat which form the "bucket".
When I first did the subframe (I was one of the first people to use these seats, recommended them to Jardo, then they really took off so it seems!), I mounted the standard seat belt clip/bracket from the standard seat. I then changed my mind and got harnesses.
I have pictures of the various steps I took to mount the rails/harnesses to the S3 subframes (including the picture Jardo pinched), if you want some more detail.
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This is what I plan to follow, and ive heard you can also cose the individual seal airbags out using Vag com, so the dash and steering wheel air bags still work but it recognises it doesnt have seat air bags any more.
No idea how to do it, but a quick google search came up with a few guides to coding out airbags.
Im going to order these seats as well they look awesome and look comfy, and if they are reccomended by Nick and Jardo then they must be good!
Nick thanks for all the info on this thread, should make fitting these easy enough to do
Now just the long wait untill they come into stock
Jenno if you're in Australia (I think you are), you'll want to be careful as technically it's illegal to remove any airbags. Meaning your car would be unroadworthy and could cause insurance issues if you come to claim...
if it's only the seats you're removing, you can use a resistor to fool the system into thinking they're still there, and the other will then remain active.
I havn't a clue what resistor you'd need, as I've removed my air bag system entirely.