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    What are these seats?

    These are the seats that were in my sons 320i that got totaled. Guy stopped by to look at them and said they were not E21 seats, possibly a very old BMW seat or Porsche.... No factory head rest on it.
    Any info is appreciated! Thanks

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJqifJvi9BI

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    They're reupholstered recaros, looks like. I'm not sure why, but it looks like someone upholstered over the holes for the headrests. Can you take photos of the reclining knob? Should be unique to the seats if it's the e21 ones
    -John

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    For some reason I can’t upload photos. Text me and I’ll send you the pics of the knobs. Thanks Brett
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    To upload photos you may need to reduce the resolution. Too high a resolution, too many pixels, too much storage, it gets rejected. With my camera, I set it for low resolution for pics I intend to upload to forums.

    Don't be too optimistic about the value of the seats, look like they need a lot of work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Somjuan View Post
    They're reupholstered recaros, looks like. I'm not sure why, but it looks like someone upholstered over the holes for the headrests. Can you take photos of the reclining knob? Should be unique to the seats if it's the e21 ones
    If they were factory Recaros, then they should have a sticker on the side which I cannot see from the video.



    Maybe it's gone now ?

    But it definitely looks like they covered up the headrest holes.


    Bimmerod

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    Doesn't it say Recaro under the knob?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sgtfury40 View Post
    Doesn't it say Recaro under the knob?
    There is not anything under the Knob, only on that rear plastic cover and along the frame rail.



    Bimmerod

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    My bad. I was looking at the posted pic of the seat thinking it was his seats. I can see in the new pic that there is a tag on the rail and under the knob.

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    The seats I have definitely need a better job done on the upholstering. The stickers are gone as is the plastic around the back adjustment knob.

    What would be a reasonable asking price?
    Thanks

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