The demise of the Koenig/Scheel seat, has been greatly exaggerated. |
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The demise of the Koenig/Scheel seat, has been greatly exaggerated. |
davesprinkle |
Nov 11 2004, 12:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 2,943 Region Association: None |
I just spoke with a representative of the US importer for Koenig seats (Tunig Zubehor, 805.526.9577) and found that the Koenig 914 seat (previously manufactured by Scheel, originally designed by Recaro) is still being manufactured in Germany. It can be special ordered with a 4 or 5 week lead-time. The seat costs 249 Euros, which means that here in the States, we can expect to pay about $375, once Uncle Sam, Fedex, and the current lousy exchange rates all take their cut.
Check out the Koenig web-site: http://www.koenig-sitze.de/ When you get to the site, click on the seat icon labeled "Speedster". That link will take you to another page with two seat pictures. Both seats appear to be identical, differing only in the shape of the headrest. The observant 914er will notice that the captions on the pics are swapped. Although I don't speak German, I feel comfortable making the assumption that "Der legendare 914er sitz" means "The legendary 914 seat" and should be associated with the picture on the left, which has the proper headrest shape. But enough picking nits -- I'm glad it can still be purchased. |
JmuRiz |
Nov 11 2004, 12:50 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,488 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Cool, I have a pair of these seats and I was trying to contact the american rep to ask him a question.
-The question was what is the frame of the seat made of, steel or F/G (the tops of the seat are rather narrow for drivers with wide lats) I guess the factory GT seats with the 'wave' shape in the upper part of the seat were there for a reason, -also how do you remove the headrest once it's installed (mine went in but can't come out for that GT look) ...perhaps you could ask your contact for me, since I can't seem to get intouch with them. Other than the two problems listed above they are great snug seats! |
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