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Recaro Seat Install Mod

Recaro Seat Install for '98 VW A3 GTI

My installation of a Recaro Orthpaed driver's side seat in my early '98 VW GTI VR6 went pretty easily from the instructions, but when I finally got the seat all in, I found that the only positions the seat could put in were all the way back and one stop forward from that.

It turned out that the outside rear seat guide was hanging up on the track it slides into.....there was some metal where there wasn't on the original VW seat. The track had little upside down wave tips that were hitting. So I ground a notch out of that outside read seat bracket (on the forward side of the bracket only) to clear them. Here is a side view and 3/4s view of the seat bracket.

Stewart Dean - sdeanulster - Legalese follows:

While I made this modification carefully, I make no representation of the fitness of it for your car, using your skills and equipment. You follow these instruction at your own risk.