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Originally Posted by Big Damo
Though, something that made me laugh was we had a 1999 DC2 Type R Integra come in, one of the mechanics reccomended new seats because the Recaros are starting to get wear marks on the sides of the seat, he goes to spare parts and gets a quote for 2 recaro seats from Spare Parts.... $12,000.
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yup. Recaro Sr3's from memory. A tighter fit than the Dc5's. You can get repair kits for the side bolsters on line. It is a real bugger getting the unique mesh trim.
Rarest of the rare is the Sunlight Yellow coupes with the matching yellow Recaros (available for only 1 year here?)
when I had mine retrimmed I had extra padding put in and the side frame bent in to hold me tighter (it worked for a few months until a couple of fatties jumped in the drivers seat). The stock seats are a bit of a pain for daily driving but I find them a bit too loose for track work. They are big, heavy suckers too, but if I wanted to change to something like 1 piece brides I'd have to get the car reregistered as only a 2 seater.
Experienced guys rest their weight on their hand placed on the door sill, line up their bum then lower themselves. This takes a lot of wear & tear on the side bolsters.
I found out that you can still get replacement Type R windcreens ($800 ish) and replacement B18 short blocks ($5000ish) too. And if anyone has a new set of factory option metal foot pedals, I'll buy them.
The original JDM cars were corner weighted for a jap driver only at 55kg (or maybe 60kg). I'm 65-70kg and I don't know if the export models were corner weighted for a heavier amount. USA market cars were about 150kg heavier than ours.