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The GT2 seats referred to in this thread are folding bucket seats and are the only version offered by Porsche that fold. But they only fold forward, not backward. The Recaro Sportster CS seats fold both forward and backward (i.e., recline). I had a pair of CS seats in one of my aircooled cars as well as in a BMW wagon. They are fantastic seats, provide commensurate support to the GT2 seats as well as more adjustability. The calculus changed tremendously with the recent crazy appreciation of the GT2 seats and has made the Recaros a relatively great value prop now. I wasn't aware they are available with side airbags. I wonder how they function and integrate with the car's native airbag system.
I just read that a side airbag option was available on the Recaro website- but there was no further information to explain it.
BTW, the company history is quite interesting:
"The company was founded on 1 October 1906 by Wilhelm Reutter as Stuttgarter Carosserie und Radfabrik."
"In 1963, Porsche acquired the car body factory. What remained was renamed to Recaro (REutter-CAROsserie), and focus was shifted to high-end seats."
Hi Rennlist. Just bought a set of 991 buckets, transplanted 997 weight sensors/harness/module, and mounted them in my 997. I get implausible signals to all 4 sensors and they show offline when I try to do a system test/calibrate in PIWIS. A helpful post above led me to believe a vehicle handover procedure may wake them up. Any other paths you would recommend I explore? Thanks!
10-25-2023, 06:09 PM
