Recaro Fabric Choices

Alto101

I am looking for some feedback on the various options for the Recaro Sportster CS. I am thinking I want to stay away from vinyl since it gets really hot here so I need to decide between the Nardo/Arista option or leather. Is the leather good quality and worth the extra cost?

The other decision is heat or non-heat? I do like having heated seats but am not sure it is worth the extra weight and cost. Any feedback from owners would be great.

Thanks!

JARblue

What are the end goals for the car that are causing you to have trouble deciding between heated seats or not?
I think you are going to have to make this decision on your own

Either your doing time attack where weight savings is a high priority so heated seats are irrelevant.
Or you're not doing time attack so the extra weight of heated seats is irrelevant.


Or, like me you live in Texas, so heated seats are irrelevant regardless of the goals for the car

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Alto101

You make excellent points! I don't have a Nissan Z yet (will be ordering the new Z later) but have a 2017 Infiniti Q60 which is way too heavy so I keep focused on weight. I come here since this community is much more track focused which is how I am modifying my Q.

In this case, you are right since I am only doing HPDE the extra weight won't matter. We do get plenty of cold nights here in NC so the heated seats do come in handy a couple of months a year.

JARblue

If the seats are anything like the Z seats, they are simply 4 bolts and a few connectors for air bags and the like - i.e. pretty easy to swap out.
So if you have the storage room, you could consider buying a set of track seats and a set of heated seats for cruising.

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danegrey

are you looking at the aftermarket Recaro Sportster CS or the ones that came in the NISMO?

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Alto101

Aftermarket seats. I would consider the Nismo set if I could find a good set available near me.

danegrey

ok, now I bought those seats about 4 years ago, great seats, wear well, but they do not have an air bag in them, I also had to get recaro seat rails to install them (I did not do the install). I got the Vinyl Black/Diaamica Black seats.

Vinyl is only on the outside edges, I am quite please with the seats, the most comfortable I have ever had.

so do you homework and review

Here is how it looks
http://www.the370z.com/members/daneg...ortster-cs.jpg

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Alto101

Thanks for the feedback and the picture. I don't think I care about losing the air bag but maybe I should? I would guess the Q60 has too many airbags anyway :P

Ventruck

Not the most helpful post, but I have a pending install on the leather version. Might be installed sometime in the next month. Got other stuff happening in the same shop appointment so I haven't even gone to check it out yet while the other parts haven't arrived yet.

I'll try to get back to this thread after it happens if you are still undecided.

Alto101

I am leaning towards the leather with heat option. How long did it take to receive the seats after ordering?

Ventruck

I think it took my shop about a couple weeks to receive.

Alto101

I have ordered the seat and mounting hardware, ended up going with Leather with heat.

To keep the airbag light from coming on, I know I need to have a resistor installed. Is there a specific resistor required for Nissan/Infiniti or will the Recaro Universal resistor wire work?