Greetings all,
I just ordered a pair of Recaro ABE Pole Positions, from Gert Carnewal, for install into my '87 911 M491. While I adore the factory sport seats that are currently fitted, I'm looking forward to the more purposeful Pole Positions and the accompanying weight savings.
What I am not looking forward to is the seat and seat belt receptacle mounting trial and error. I have searched here and Rennlist and have not found definitive best practices for mounting Pole Positions in a late G Body. If anything, I've seen a lot of trials and tribulations (i.e. if Bill Verbug found Pole Position install challenging, including the Brey Krause option, that doesn't bode well).
Further exacerbating my install is that at 6' 2" tall, and long of torso, I would like to maximize headroom as much as practicable (my kingdom for a sunroof delete!!!). I'd like to maintain slider adjustability if at all possible, but I'll mount the driver's seat directly to the floor if that's the only option.
Gert suggests the aluminum Recaro side mounts and Recaro sliders, but I'm concerned about headroom. For the seatbelt receptacle he's suggesting the 964 RS bracket that mounts between the side mount brackets and sliders (raising the height of the seat further still).
One option that I have seen mentioned are the Southbound Trimmers side mounts.
https://www.southboundtrimmers.com/ Supposedly they mount the seat lower than the Recaro side mount. Can anyone with firsthand experience opine? Unfortunately, they won't ship to the USA, but I can work around that if their side mounts are, in fact, the right solution for my needs.
Any and all help, or tips & tricks, from the Pelican collective would be HUGELY appreciated.
The car is being built as a mildly wife-unfriendly M491 "Club Sport" hot rod streetcar...
