Recaros in 5th Gen Prelude

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:11 pm

I had Evo Recaros in my old Sir which now belong on LLL's Type-S. I have to say that they were more comfier then the standard prelude seats, they held you in better plus looked a lot better.

To fit them, I got the back of the bolt bits extended by nearly an inch. The metal fabricator did this for me in 20 mins.

leefentonsheard · Post by **leefentonsheard** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:16 pm

JDM-BB4 wrote:The dc2 recaros in my 4th gen were far superior to the standard seats. Much more supportive all round.
If I took a fast corner I would slide around in the standard seats, and there ws no support around the shoulders.
I still count it as the best mod I did in all the years of prelude ownership.

so true I love my seats hplds me in so much better than the old ones

ziyaan · Post by **ziyaan** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:06 am

my recaros were the best by far

gem85fred · Post by **gem85fred** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:54 am

Nitin, did you use the evo rail's to fit the recaro's in ur prelude Sir?? i have the same evo 6 seats with evo rails but havent had the chance to fit um yet,

W1ggz · Post by **W1ggz** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:25 am

I had the civic type r seats in mine we just cut the prelude mounting bracket off and welded them to the rails on the type r seats. They were a little to high tho as the civic rails are taller than the preludes

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:56 am

S2000 seats. The absolute shizzle.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:15 am

gem85fred wrote:Nitin, did you use the evo rail's to fit the recaro's in ur prelude Sir?? i have the same evo 6 seats with evo rails but havent had the chance to fit um yet,

I took the old rails off. Added a metal plate with some other rail from another honda. That wasnt long enough so added another inch of metal plate to align the bolts. Ill get some pictures later on.

K4MR411 · Post by **K4MR411** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:18 pm

Did a bit of chopping and changing with the seats. In the end tho, they didnt fit but i know what needs to be done. Its only off by an inch at the back, where the bolts go. Also i noticed that the seats dont sit straight, they point towards the headlight.

Thinking of getting a frame built which fits the prelude, and then have the dc2 rails welding to it. Might be a good opportunity to grind the dc2 rails so it wil sit as low as possible.

gem85fred · Post by **gem85fred** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:10 am

nitin_s1 wrote:
gem85fred wrote:Nitin, did you use the evo rail's to fit the recaro's in ur prelude Sir?? i have the same evo 6 seats with evo rails but havent had the chance to fit um yet,
I took the old rails off. Added a metal plate with some other rail from another honda. That wasnt long enough so added another inch of metal plate to align the bolts. Ill get some pictures later on.

Cheers nitin, pics would be handy

when you say the old rail's do you mean the old prelude rails or the old evo 6 rail's?
btw, soz to hijack the thread K4MR411,

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:02 am

EVO rails were removed. I had a metal plate welded so that the seat would sit higher in the car (I'm small

) and then I had some old civic/delsol rails welded on the bottom of that. Civic rails were all matching to the preludes chassis but only needed an extra inch at the back. I'll get some pics later and thn you will see.