Recaro Seat In R33 Gtst

[mikel]

my R33 GTST has a recaro driver's seat that I can't slide back far enough.

Before I pull out the seat to have a look, has anyone had experience shifting the seat on the rails?

It looks like it "could" be mounted much farther back.

I want to keep the factory wheel with airbag so a smaller wheel is not a great option

cheers

mike

[mikel]

I pulled out the seat on the weekend.

The seat itself bolts to two steel plates - one on each side. One of these has the seatbelt buckle attached.

These intermediate plates then bolt to the bottom rails, that has the adjustment and bolts to the floor.

I had two options

1) Move the seat backwards on the intermediate plates. This only required 6 holes to be drilled in the intermediate plates (3 each side)

2) Move the intermediate plates backwards on the bottom rails. This required 6 holes but they needed to be tapped for a thread (two different sizes)

I went with the first option and managed to move the seat back about 55mm without compromising the position of the seat belt buckle. Even though the seat belt buckle is 55mm forward from where it was my fat gut means it's still in an appropriate position.

It's changed the whole feel of the car, as I can now use the wheel without my legs being in the way, and heel toe on downshifts.

Looking forward to the track day on 2 Feb.

cheers,

Mike