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mysterygti
17-01-2008, 04:49 PM
i have a 51 plate gti 1.8t, so does a freind and we both have the black non leather seats with red cloth, his are branded recaro, mine arent, yet the seats are exactly the same.

any idead?

cheers
ste

dubcruiser
17-01-2008, 10:59 PM
Your car will be a newer build car than your friends. VW stopped fitting the Recaros as standard GTi Turbo seats in 2001. Even though the cars are both on a 51 reg, they could be up to 6 months or even longer apart in terms of actual build dates. It was down to cost savings....

mysterygti
18-01-2008, 12:46 AM
oh ok, i think its also something down to the fact ive just found out my car came from ireland?

thing is though, the seats seem identical in look and feel.

dubcruiser
18-01-2008, 06:03 PM
Irish build may of been different. The materials used were the same for both style seats. The difference is where the headrest is on the top of the seat. On the Recaro, there is a indent where the headrest comes out of plus the headrests are a slightly different shape.

vwbora-driver
19-01-2008, 12:00 AM
i dont think they make any vw's in ireland! i would say the seats are the same just not printed for some reason

samchatt
19-01-2008, 10:36 AM
Could they of just ran out of thread to spell Recaro hahaha

dubcruiser
19-01-2008, 10:39 AM
No there is no factory in Ireland, but the build specifications for different markets vary a lot.

mysterygti
21-01-2008, 10:33 AM
No there is no factory in Ireland, but the build specifications for different markets vary a lot.

well thats what i thought, and to be honest they are identical seats, just without the recaro wording stitched in.