Stolen Seats!! Any Ideas
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From: Falls Church, VA
Some ******* decided to break into my 03 evo and steal my recaro seats and many other things. Have a solution and money to fix and replace everything, except the seats. I don't know if anyone has checked the price of the Recaro seats from the dealership...$7000 a god damn seat!!! I guess you really get what you paid for. Insurance only gave me $500 a seat, and not one junkyard has a good used pair. Any ideas/solutions for the fix?? I wanna get back in my pride and joy and rip some vettes and stangs ha ha!!! Anything ideas would help. Thanks
Mine were stolen last week and Progressive was getting ready to pay a $12,000.00 tab. After looking around at options I decided to save them some money and settle for some brand new all-leather Recaro sports for $1,300.00 each.
In return they waived my deductible, including fixing the internal scratched panels and the broken window and they're happy to do so and pay only a $ 4,261.27 tab rather than the $ 12,000.00 which it books as.
You need to call then up and talk to a manager. And then after you get made whole, you need to get a non-flybynight insurer.
Last edited by wjamyers; Feb 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM.
http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...layCatalogid=0 theres the cost of Evo 8 seats. You need to buy the 2 pieces plus all the hardware and brackets which comes out to like $6,000 for the front set.
Last edited by 19DB794; Feb 19, 2009 at 07:49 PM.
I think the IX MR SE seats with the red stitching, and recaro in red stiching are the $7,000 seats! I was told by progressive that it is about 15k to replace mine I was amazed.
Actually the IX MR seats may be non-replaceable, unless you are able to get them out of a wrecked MR or someone is selling them. They were made by recaro specially just for the IX MR.
I would second the suggestion to call back the insurance company and speak to someone of authority. $500 will not cover seats and rails without going into unsuitable or unsafe products thus creating a very dangerous situation.
Play the safety card with your insurance company.
If you don't get any satisfaction, I would consider working through the managerial hierarchy.
Contacting a lawyer and documenting the entire process (names, dates, etc. of calls, email, letters, etc.) is also a very good idea.
You're the victim of a crime. Don't let your insurance company victimize you a second time.
Good luck.
Play the safety card with your insurance company.
If you don't get any satisfaction, I would consider working through the managerial hierarchy.
Contacting a lawyer and documenting the entire process (names, dates, etc. of calls, email, letters, etc.) is also a very good idea.
You're the victim of a crime. Don't let your insurance company victimize you a second time.
Good luck.
Last edited by CoachG; Feb 20, 2009 at 09:45 AM.
