RE: The Poor Man's Recaro

[Gary Huff <ghuff@htech.com>]

that totally rocks, you get mass brownie points for being inventive.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Patterson [mailto:bpatterson@stanford.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 2:07 PM
To: Gary Huff
Subject: RE: The Poor Man's Recaro


>interesting, you have bragging right for about 2 months with that :) How
did
>you do it? where exactly do they go? details.... details :) come on you
know
>you wanna spill it :)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Patterson [mailto:bpatterson@stanford.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 1:03 PM
>To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>Subject: The Poor Man's Recaro
>
>
>Hey all -
>
>	A while back Pei Chung Ting dropped a post about stiffening
>the back support on the stock seats in his 88' 16v by pulling the
>seat, pulling the upholstery and installing a Taco Bell tray in the
>sucker. We hit Toxic Hell last night, committed 2 insignificant
>misdemeanors and stuck em in my seats. Gol durn if the things didn't
>help a ton. Waaaaay better lower back support and it cost me nothing
>(although if the Federales catch up to me I might have to do some
>community service or work the fryer at the Bell for a month or so.)
>He said you guys all laughed at him.... shame on ya. May your spines
>wither in your chairs for knocking the dude - I'll take my poor man's
>recaro any day over the way it was before. Heh heh....
>
>			Ben Patterson 86' 16v
>
>


All credit goes to Chung for this one since he showed me how to do 
it. Take the seats out of the car, pull the vinyl and padding off the 
tacks holding them to the bottom of the seat, and put the tray in 
(the good green ones, not the little brown crappy ones they use at 
some T.B.'s) with either side facing forward depending on how stiff 
you want the back to be. Put the vinyl and padding back on the tacks, 
hammer em down and put the seat back in. I'd try it with the tray 
facing both directions before reinstalling the seats so you know what 
you are getting. I wanted a lot more back support so I put it bottom 
facing forwards. Chung has his the other direction but it it's just a 
matter of preference. Taco Bell trays are bigger than most other 
places (thicker and wider) so I'd recommend those before hitting 
Burger King or KFC. I sorta laughed at Chung when he told me about 
it, but I gotta say it works pretty dang well for a stupid taco bell 
tray....


					Ben

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