Lowered seat adaptors for Recaro Trendline etc

JON FOZ · Nov 22, 2015

I've been meaning to design these for quite a while but kept getting sidetracked.Now with a bit of a push from a few fellow members I've managed to get some prototypes.

Ive designed them to be a direct replacement for existing Recaro adaptors.

I trial fitted the adaptors last week before the pre-tensioner bracket was sorted and the adaptors powder coated.

The 30mm drop is definitely noticeable.

Im going to fit the finished prototype tomorrow and get some pics before seeing what interest there is for these.

cheers

Miller · Nov 23, 2015

Oooh looks good I'll definitely be interested

benny.c · Nov 23, 2015

I've been waiting for these. Provided it retains the seatbelts without the need for resistors etc, then I'm a definite.

Philfree · Nov 23, 2015

I'll be interested as well. Do you plan on making both sides?

JON FOZ · Nov 23, 2015

They are designed to use your existing pre-tensioner.

Ive got 3 sets of prototypes at the moment,both driver and passenger.

Im going to fit one tomorrow and get some pics.

cheers

JON FOZ · Nov 24, 2015

these give a 40mm drop over Trophy adaptors and 30mm on Recaro aftermarket and VBD adaptors

benny.c · Nov 24, 2015

Good stuff

dablk · Nov 24, 2015

Been nagging Jon for months on cliosport to get these designed up. Pleased to see your good to go mate

Kyle beresford · Nov 25, 2015

I'm 100% interested in this!

JON FOZ · Nov 25, 2015

Will be placing an order this week as I've had good feedback.

numbers will be limited.

prices are £250 for a driver and passenger set outright or £150 in an exchange basis with Recaro adaptors.

benny.c · Nov 26, 2015

Will you be selling driver and passenger sides separately?

JON FOZ · Nov 29, 2015

Maybe,what are you looking for ?

oknights · Dec 6, 2015

Hi, i'd be interested in a drivers side set.. if you could do them with harness plates or a captive nut (7/16" UNF thread.) to accept harnesses?
Let me know what you think...?

JON FOZ · Dec 12, 2015

oknights said:
Hi, i'd be interested in a drivers side set.. if you could do them with harness plates or a captive nut (7/16" UNF thread.) to accept harnesses?
Let me know what you think...?

There is a captive but on the inside for pre tensioner,what else would you need ?

benny.c · Dec 12, 2015

JON FOZ said:
Maybe,what are you looking for ?

Just the driver's side really.

JON FOZ · Dec 13, 2015

benny.c said:
Just the driver's side really.

Should be be able to do you a drivers side only.

they are currently getting folded so hopefully not too long now

jon

JON FOZ · Jan 7, 2016

Just received the first batch of VBD Lowered Recaro adaptors.

These will be limited availability unless demand is high enough for a second run.

price is £250 outright or £150 on an exchange basis with standard Recaro adaptors.

Delivery to mainland UK is £16.

Any fees to be covered.

Collection welcome from Prescot,Merseyside.

dablk · Jan 8, 2016

Evening all,
after a monthly badger for ages from myself and Steve with the Mega Turbo Trophy
JON FOZ finanly told me my set had arrived. Now the reason Steve and i have been badgering is we run Recaro sporsters on orginal trophy brackets. They do actually sit a bit higher then orginal Recaro Trophy trendlines. So I figured the best person to get to sort this was Jon as he had mentioned doing these lower ones in the past. My biggest criteria was they needed to retain the orginal pretensioners. I'm 6ft2 so already struggling in a Clio.

So here are some photos folks. Yes most will have Recaro Trendlines but the info is worth sharing.

Renault Trophy subframes are 10cm taller apparently than recaro aftermarket ones/Jons old ones I believe. So the drop here was even more exagerated for trophy owners.

In the car the drop is much more noticeable than this photo suggests.

Jon has designed these for a few varties so there a few holes. For Trophy Trendlines and Sporsters. The holes used are
the single at the back and the slotted at the front.

I am still running the seat spacers too.

Tensioner Cable Minor issues.
The tensioner cable now has to run around the front of the subframe. I have let Jon know this. if you massively bothered then a simple 30 seconds with a grinder would create a notch to be able to run it thru the middle once more without it being crushed.

For Trendline owners:-
Jon explained that you will probably have to mod your slider bar otherwise it wont be able to be pulled up to allow the seat to slide. Although i didnt fit my orginal seats at all, i can tell this will defo be necessary. It's an easy bend and Jon has a guide for it.

For Sporstster (steve) owners:- with my seat fully back I gained 5 cm between the top edge of the seat base and the bottom of my steering wheel. which was ideal. No slider bar issues as standard

My own position is noticable better. More relaxed without feeling like i have slammed it too the floor. I can even run a click closer to the wheel.

Nice one JON FOZ

Philfree · Mar 4, 2016

JON FOZ said:
Just received the first batch of VBD Lowered Recaro adaptors.

These will be limited availability unless demand is high enough for a second run.

price is £250 outright or £150 on an exchange basis with standard Recaro adaptors.

Delivery to mainland UK is £16.

Any fees to be covered.

Collection welcome from Prescot,Merseyside.

You have a PM

oknights · Apr 26, 2016

Do you still have these available?
thanks

Oli