Painting/dying Recaro's

[maardak@yahoo.ca (Mardak)]

The guy said they were from a  MK2 Scirocco, but maybe he's
misinformed...  So if they're from an A2 Jetta, will they fit ok in my
81 MK1 Scirocco?  I remember someone mentioning that MK2 Scirocco seats
work in a MK1 (but not the other way around), but I don't know about
A2...  Any way to find out for sure what car these came from?

Thanks,

Mark.

--- Diamond Dave <dbarwick@sprynet.com> wrote:
> Sounds like you are describing the Recaro interior from the very low
> production Helios Blue Wolfsburg Edition Jetta GLI. Those are very
> uncommon
> seats, but still that pattern must be dreadful to match with any
> other
> interior pattern.
> 
> As for Dying or recovering, that all depends on your standards. I
> have only
> seen one decent restich. It was done on a local PDX car for sale a
> few
> months ago advertised on the VWvortex. Here is the link to Dean's
> page where
> he goes into detail about getting the job done:
> http://www.vdubn.com/vw/77rabbit/interior/Front_seats.jpg
> The tough part is getting the fabric to lay correctly on the foam.
> The other
> tough part is getting a quality fabric. Yet another tough part is
> finding
> someone that can do a decent job on automotive seats that don't
> belong in a
> Bronco or in a boat.
> 
> But since you've got $50 seats, you've got nothing to lose. There is
> fabric
> dye available that won't come off on your clothing. Just go to an
> upholstery
> shop.
> 
> Good luck. Document your job with photo's and then let us know how it
> turned
> out.
> Diamond Dave
> 88 Scirocco http://scirocco16v.com/profiles/david_b.htm
> 84 Jetta GLI
> Portland, OR
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Mardak
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:13 PM
> To: Julie Macfarlane; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Painting/dying Recaros
> 
> 
> Then they're not $50 seats anymore :)  Anyone got a source for
> quality
> covers that won't be prohibitively expensive?
> 
> Mark.
> 
> --- Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Forget it. Get the seats and buy new covers for them. You can then
> > specify
> > the correct colors and they will look good.
> > The other stuff is like applying house paint with a brush to your
> > car.
> > Blechhh.
> >
> >
> > >From: Mardak <maardak@yahoo.ca>
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: Painting/dying Recaros
> > >Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:56:15 -0400 (EDT)
> > >
> > >I can pick up a mint set of MKII Recaros for my MK1 for $50, but
> > they
> > >are VERY blue...  The vinyl is all blue, and the fabric is mostly
> > blue
> > >and black IIRC.
> > >
> > >Has anyone dyed seat fabric or painted vinyl seats?  I'd like to
> > make
> > >em all black.
> > >
> > >There's a line of products available at Crappy Tire that claims to
> > do
> > >the above, but "how well" is what I'd like to know...
> > >
> > >How about applying a die to the fabric?
> > >
> > >Anyone, anyone?
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >
> > >Mark.
> > >
> > >
> >
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