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Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:39 pm
by drennan
Ah ok cheers man I'l look into that as I'm getting bored of my comps may have to change. I've never seen leather with the tartan. Look forward to seeing them finished :D

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:53 pm
by Jibbon
Love those seats! They look almost identical to the rs4 recaros, never thought about the corsa seats! Was it difficult to make/fit the custom runners?

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:07 am
by 9N3 Turbo
6N2 GTI 00 wrote:Loving the new seats mate and ofcourse the Brembo calipers

The stopping power should be immense with those fitted on 323's 8)
Cheers mate

to be fair the 312's i have now with the Tarox pads are far to much :D

When breaking from high speed it stops no messing, i'm talking if you hit them to hard you may hit the windscreen so i can only imagine that with the Brembos and slightly larger discs i may have to fit the 256mm rears to help compensate for the extra disc diameter.

When i first joined this forum others had mentioned that with 312mm fronts and std rears the car had heavy front breaking but once the 256mm rears were fitted the breaking felt more balanced.

I now understand what they meant so want to fit 256mm rears.

Another thing on the list of things to do. :(

One thing is i can only do one thing at a time

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:18 am
by 9N3 Turbo
drennan wrote:Ah ok cheers man I'l look into that as I'm getting bored of my comps may have to change. I've never seen leather with the tartan. Look forward to seeing them finished :D
Go for it wheels make the car and too many polos with comps. Lovely wheels but cant be going to shows and we all got the same wheels lol

The Golf Edition 30 came with half leather, tartan centres & red stitching that's where i got the idea.

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Was going to do this to my std seats but i just couldn't hold back the need for my new seats so will do it to these instead.

I also cant wait to have it finished but think it will be a while yet. :(

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:26 am
by 9N3 Turbo
Jibbon wrote:Love those seats! They look almost identical to the rs4 recaros, never thought about the corsa seats! Was it difficult to make/fit the custom runners?
Cheers mate

Very easy to fit.

The Corsa frames have a shorter width than the Polo, so got four plates made (2two per seat) that bolt to the frames then into the vw bolt holes :mrgreen:

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:01 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Some guy in the for sale section has some 256 rears for sale mate

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:00 pm
by 9N3 Turbo
6N2 GTI 00 wrote:Some guy in the for sale section has some 256 rears for sale mate
Thanks fella.

Need to recuperate some funds first so probs be after Christmas before i can sort those.

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:47 pm
by Plautos
Did you weighted the stock seats? How much they weight?

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:48 pm
by drennan
Ahhh I see looks good! That was it keeps the trademark tatan. I had a look at those adapters didnt relise they wer so cheep, I dont know what made be belive they were so expansive in the 1st place. I have a white gti the comps are getting powdercoated white on wednesday. I'l keep then for winter then source new wheels me thinks. Cheers man! Keep us updated :D

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:05 pm
by Jibbon
Thinking about it, do the plates raise the height of the seats much compared to the standard ones? Also how is the Driving position in general?

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:05 pm
by 9N3 Turbo
Plautos wrote:Did you weighted the stock seats? How much they weight?
I have no idea?

But the new ones are lighter :lol:

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:08 pm
by 9N3 Turbo
Jibbon wrote:Thinking about it, do the plates raise the height of the seats much compared to the standard ones? Also how is the Driving position in general?
The plates i used are around 5/6mm think so yes they do but that's ok coz i am only short lol.

+ the seats have adjustable height so can be adjusted as per the standard seats.

For me the driving position is great and all the people i have let sit in them and test drive the car have had no issues.

Not saying this is the only way to do it it was just the way i was happy to do it.

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed, New seats page 9

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:07 am
by Instigator
Plautos wrote:Did you weighted the stock seats? How much they weight?
i know the back seat weighs about almost 35Kg :wink:

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed & Recaro CS

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:50 pm
by Gtipluc
Any updates on this mate been looking regular in hope there is but doesn't seem to be owt yet, keep up the good work though

Re: Black Polo GTI, 6 Speed & Recaro CS

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:24 pm
by 9N3 Turbo
Gtipluc wrote:Any updates on this mate been looking regular in hope there is but doesn't seem to be owt yet, keep up the good work though
There are but i need to take some pics and upload.

Due to my son arriving 8 weeks ago i am strapped for time but will get some pics up over the weekend.

Thanks