To Recaro or not to Recaro?

[HeavyAssault]

I'm speaking on experiences with other Ford products and how those parts were designed. For example a front "chrome" grill has a VERY thin coating to give it the chrome appearance. While it's not easy to remove some people reported serious heat exposure that caused the "chrome" to bubble up eventually peeling off. Underneath was not any sort of metal at all.

 

[BigCarrot]

Could you please share pictures of the seats, dash and door inserts?

This is all I have on my phone. The doors look the same from what I can remember.

 

[BigCarrot]

I always Recaro, even when I'm sitting at my desk.

 

[lawdog]

SIAP, but this was in an AutoWeek review, for those concerned about the dimensions of the Recaros in the '19:

"With a focus on rough terrain, bolstered Recaro buckets probably aren’t on the top of your dream rig’s parts list. But they should be. The new Recaro seats in the ’19 Raptor have a fairly wide base and a relatively wider back -- wider than my 6’ and 180-pound frame could totally fill -- so bigger folks should have no problem fitting comfortably. Still, despite having some wiggle room, the seats hold well when going around rough terrain and loose road surfaces and give you enough support that you won’t feel like you’ve spent the day in a paint shaker."

The Recaros I had in my twin turbo B5 Audi S4 were probably the best seats I've ever had.

 

[EMPAC623]

SIAP, but this was in an AutoWeek review, for those concerned about the dimensions of the Recaros in the '19:

"With a focus on rough terrain, bolstered Recaro buckets probably aren’t on the top of your dream rig’s parts list. But they should be. The new Recaro seats in the ’19 Raptor have a fairly wide base and a relatively wider back -- wider than my 6’ and 180-pound frame could totally fill -- so bigger folks should have no problem fitting comfortably. Still, despite having some wiggle room, the seats hold well when going around rough terrain and loose road surfaces and give you enough support that you won’t feel like you’ve spent the day in a paint shaker."

The Recaros I had in my twin turbo B5 Audi S4 were probably the best seats I've ever had.

I’m a bigger guy and they are perfect


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[FordPerf Addict]

Shocking how many dealers are stocked with 19s without recaros I do not get it.
Take a stupid hood sticker off and throw recaros in . I have seen only 1 dealer stock with recaros and ive looked quite a bit online locally


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[EMPAC623]

Shocking how many dealers are stocked with 19s without recaros I do not get it.
Take a stupid hood sticker off and throw recaros in . I have seen only 1 dealer stock with recaros and ive looked quite a bit online locally


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Probably cause it was delaying orders and they wanted stock. Plus all blue interior can be buyer specific


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[lawdog]

Probably cause it was delaying orders and they wanted stock. Plus all blue interior can be buyer specific


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I do wish they had more than one color option. I like my orange accent interior quite a bit more than I even thought I would...breaks up the black/grey monotony nicely, IMO.

 

[shelteredraptor]

Recaro gets a good bit of licensing money so Ford can use them. They also spent a lot of
R &D money to make sure they hold up well. Recaro makes an excellent product. I have them in my CTSV where they are a 3400.00 option and worth every penny.

 

[ToucanLife]

The recaros break in after about 1500 miles and you sit deeper in them

When I first traded in my 17’ for a 19’ there wasn’t a massive difference - now they hold you nice and tight

And for anyone claiming alcantara wears worse than the cheap bonded leather ford uses over time, I’ll take alcantara over that stuff anyway