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What would you do? (Recaro question)....
RedRobin:
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Having bought Jonny's Recaro Sports seats, I now need to change the fabric from R32 dark grey to Interlagos to match my back seats.
I love the Interlagos and so changing the back seats is not an option I will consider.
I have found a local car upholstery specialist and he can do whatever I want. My options are : -
1) - Buy complete GTI Interlagos covers at £570 incl vat and have them fitted for £240 (a much fiddlier job than you realise).
2) - Source (not easy) and buy some Interlagos cloth and have it professionally sewn into my .:R covers for £320. But the .:R logo would remain.
So, assuming I can actually source some Interlagos fabric, the choice comes down to paying several hundred pounds more to have the GTI logos instead of the .:R logos. The .:R logo is quite subtle and I often wear the baseball cap VWRacing gave me which has a big .:R on the front (they are officially allowed by VW to use the .:R logo). "R" also stands for Robin or RedRobin but that wouldn't be so good if I ever sell my car.
Would you be put off buying my car because of the .:R logo on the Recaro Sports seats?
I could wait forever just for some cheaper second-hand Recaro Sports GTI covers, so it's not a realistic option.
The GTI badging is obviously the best and most appropriate but the cost!
What would you do? I'm currently undecided (unusual for me!)
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MongyUk:
Save the money, I would never be bothered, they look amazing as they are. The money would not be buying you anything, buy curry and beer with it instead. :drinking:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: MongyUk on April 10, 2009, 12:17:19 am ---
Save the money, I would never be bothered, they look amazing as they are. The money would not be buying you anything, buy curry and beer with it instead. :drinking:
--- End quote ---
....Thanks for the quick response :happy2:
Are you saying save my money and don't even get Interlagos cloth, or just go for option 2?
Btw I don't drink beer (or any alcohol anymore) but I know what you mean. The money would go on my VWR engine mount or V-Power.
JPC:
I would probably go for option two to be honest if the rest of the covers are in good condition. it does seem mighty pricey to do it the other way.
and i like the R! ;) but is "GTI" worth the extra money? thats a personal thing! ;)
BeezerDiesel:
Option 2 I think, but is there no way you can use the interlagos from your GTI's existing seats sewn into the Recaros? Then wait for a set of second hand or new old stock standard GTI covers to become available for your old seats which I assume will be kept in storage.
You would then easily recoup much of the cost when eventually selling the GTI in future by taking the Recaros out and selling them seperately to the car (putting the originals back in obviously).
This method would save you time and money right now and the R logos are just fine as they are. The R is just Volkswagen racing's badge so pretty appropriate considering the modifications to your car and who did some of them! The R is also likely to appear next in a Golf with a 2.0 engine which will probably have inferior performance to your car too!
Is that any help or just 5 A.M typed twaddle? :confused:
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