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I do have to say those seats are sick, and look even better in person!

 

The new Recaro option consists of Recaro upholstery and Recaro-specific foam over standard Mini seat frames. So you get to keep the stock height adjustment that previous 'real' Recaros didn't have, but I have to wonder if they will grip as well. Of course the foam could contain reinforcement or 'wings' embedded into it, but then again, maybe not.

However I chose to get my Roadster this summer rather than wait till nearly the winter to get the Recaro seats I had originally specc'ed, so I may be just convincing myself that I've done the right thing. It certainly was galling to see that the Recaro spare parts are only a few hundred dollars more than stock upholstery parts - so that's a very, very expensive name badge embossed into the upholstery.

 

That does not look half bad. It could be worse.

Thank God MINI finally put real seats in the car. I have a set of Recaro's in my Mini from a Mitsubishi Evo IX (9) and they are awesome seats.

They are 1,000 time better then the OEM "beach chairs" that Mini has been putting in cars for years.

 

Yep, love the seats!!

 

The seats look the same as the optional factory Recaros available in the regular hatchback.

 

Are these the same seats that were an option.... Then got pulled????

Somewhere deep in the Black Forest MINI spezielle Hochleistungs-Fabrik

Ja Hans.... Ve kep dem fur da JCW GP.....

 

The only thing they are missing is the holes for a real race harness.

 

These are the seats they should have used, but updated with the airbags.....

 

Nice! Like those seats.

 

Or better yet...:devil:

 

Red belts are awesome

 

Pulled only from the Coupe and Roadster. Available in the hatchback and Clubman.