do the seats get all crumpled up or something, according to many users on the site it happens, so should i just opt for the recaros?
sorry if this has been answered already

 

the recaros are packaged with the limited slip diff. also......... you cant beat that deal... it will cost at least 3 times that to do it later.

 

that doesnt help lol, i know it comes with lsd and a upgraded suspension from what i heard
but the seats!

 

no suspension upgrade........... but how can you beat that price for the upgrade.. those seats cost 1500usd each aftermarket. Lsd would be 1500 plus install. And yes they will hold up much better than the ss seats. There is a reason many top of the line cars use recaro seats.

 

the leater seats wear very quickly

 

11 months and 17k miles on my non-recaro's, and they are more worn than my former '98 GTP's seats with 105k miles. Similar comparison with all the paint chips up front, too (along with some peeling on the door edges).

 

Had my SS since 4/05 and I have the G85 pkage so I have the Recaro's and they still look brand new, no signs of wear...

 

I didnt get the package because i love the 2-tone leather

 

Leather streches and contracts. It will actually return to almost factory tension if you do not sit in it for a long period of time.

 

I sold my standard SS seats after 1 month and got Recaro's from a 05 Ion . The standard seat looked aweful after 1 month . The Recaro's after 8 months look brand new still and they had some use before I got them .

 

i think the recardos are ugly! looks like your sitting in/on a box. the reason i didnt get lsd is b/c of them. my leather, w/ blk inserts have a bit of wrinkling but it seems to be fine as long as you keep the leather protectant on them! i wipe them down every 10 days minium. you can tell when they need it. you loose that slippery feeling when your getting in and out.lol.

 

The general consensus is that both these issues were fixed for the 2006's, no?

 

First of all my fellow canuck it's "Recaro's", not "recardos" or "retardos". Not ONE person who's sat in my seats or seen them had anything bad to say about them. In fact, almost everyone in the OCC who doesn't have these seats wants them. So to answer the original thread, you definitely want to consider the Recaro package if you're planning on buying one of these beasts!!

 

wups my bad! just my opinion. i kinda get a star trek vibe from them. lol. no offence and nothing against star trek.

 

I wish they had recaro seat option for the SS 2.4

 

recaros will last alot longer, plain and simple.

 

ya i ordered the recaros n e ways lol
i do love the 2 tone leather but LSD is sick
and recaros are tighter

 

The leather seats wear like all leather seats do not more not less... it is what happens when you buy leather... does your shirt wrinkle when you sit down ??? Yes.... so why would leather seats be any different. The recaros are pretty sweet looking and if you have the money and want a higher payment go for it....

 

its worth every penny if you ask me.

 

Yup. Wouldn't order the car without them. Plus, you need the LSD on a FWD car with this much power. It is a "must have"!

If you can only afford one option, get G85.

 

i cant be that far out in left field, im i?

 

No, like you said, everyone's entiteled to their opinion. But, as you can see, not too many who support your opinion.

 

however, the insert part of the seats (the colored part) isn't even leather. it's a form of vinyl, that's why it rumples so badly and never reutns to it's original shape. vinyl stretches but does not return to its previous form. the outer black parts are leather and they appear to wear just as normally as any other leather seats (minus the high end cars). because of that, though, i really wish i had gotten the recaro's, and i'm still thinkin about buying them. however no one is selling them out of their ss's and the only one's i've seen are from redlines, so they're blue, and i have a red car.

 

I love the leather seats. To me they look much better than the Recaros. But like any leather they strech.

 

What makes the Recaro's ugly? I think the colored inserts are way too much, the Recaro's give a much cleaner looking interior. The mesh matches the rest of the interior's silver...

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