BMW seat transplant to a 912?

[adam912]

I saw a very nice set of BMW 325iS seats transplanted into a 2002 yesterday, and it got me to thinking about whether these seats could be mounted in my 66.

It's a long-since non original car, my daily driver. I have a beat-to-death Flo-Fit driver seat in the car now, just wondering if the BMW seats could be adapted to the stock 66 seat rails?

thanks!
Adam912.Out.
'66 912, coming up on 500K miles. T4 motor, 2.2 liters, S suspension.

[70tangerine]

325is as in e 30 chassis?


never have seen those in early car, but I have seen recaros from an e21..much much more period......good seats are now under 1k or so per pr.

[adam912]

QUOTE never have seen those in early car, but I have seen recaros from an e21..much much more period......good seats are now under 1k or so per pr.[/QUOTE]

I agree, just discovered those older seats and I like them a lot.
Question is, are the BMW seat bases compatible with a 912's sliders?

[70tangerine]

dont know

but I am sure it can be done at good shop

[Dezzmo]

I picked up a set from a 320is (not sure what year) and installed them in my car. I had to use seat adapters to mount them because the seat base on the 320is Recaros is much narrower than our stock 911 seats. The pic that I have isn't a good one but shows that you can do it.

[adam912]

Tim can you share what adapter you used?

[Dezzmo]

https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog...pg5.htm#item14

I think Weltmeister makes them. I cut the base of the seats to mount the adapters but I think I did this to keep the seats slightly lower than stock. It was awhile ago when I did this and I believe it was the only way to get them to fit.

[adam912]

So do you still have use of the slider with this setup?
Does the seat/slider mount on top of this adapter plate?

[Dezzmo]

Yes, I still use the stock sliders which are mounted to the seat over the adapter plates.

I'll take some pics for you tomorrow Adam.

[Dezzmo]

Here are a couple of pics to show you what I did.