MikeB
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Netherlands
There's simply no "complete Clubsport S bucket front racing seat".
Volkswagen doesn't offer complete seats. They're sold in dozens
of bits and you'd have to assemble them. That said, the spares
required to build one seat are about 2500 € or so.
That's one of the reasons why used Euro R/R32/Clubsport buckets
sell for so much.
Even if you purchase a Recaro Sportster CS they base at $1499 and go up from there.
Airbag light is the least issue. Actually it's anon-issue if you have access to
VCDS.
While we're talking about it, it's worth mentioning that the Clubsport buckets
don't come with side airbags. While I do own a Clubsport with those seats I'm
not afraid at all, since I'm convinced the bigger side bolsters provide a similar
protection against side impacts, along with the seat belt keeping me effectively
'in' the seat, thus avoiding contact with the door in that case. You don't know
for sure though, and if you do, it's little late.
Your question is excellent, but I cannot provide a qualified answer.
We still lack a side by side comparison of both GTI/CS and CSS DPs.
I don't even have any hope we'll ever get that, since there are just
400 made of this car and we'd need one owner modding his CSS and
share pics (sadly very most people don't do this). If I had a CSS I'd
leave it 100 % stock to be honest.
That said, stock DPs are rather expensive when purchased new. If
I were you, I'd look for aftermarket stuff with a high quality metallic
cat. Someone recently even suggested to just swap the cat while
retaining the rest of the stock DP.
From experience I doubt VW is using a metallic cat on the CSS since
they also don't use one on the R, S3 and TTS.
Lastly, bear in mind that Euro DPs only come with one cat, while NA
spec means two cats if I remember right.
That said, stock DPs are rather expensive when purchased new. If
I were you, I'd look for aftermarket stuff with a high quality metallic
cat. Someone recently even suggested to just swap the cat while
retaining the rest of the stock DP.
I looked up the DP part number on CARS245 and it is a SEAT part number.