The Recaro Seat was purchased with low miles from a 2017 ST3 in an accident. From the pictures I thought the only damage was the airbag seam but upon visual inspection after having paid for the seat and shipping, I later discovered the frame and track was severely bent from the accident. The leather and foam were still in excellent shape so I decided to rebuild a Recaro ST3 seat using the frame off of a Focus SE. Note: ALL MK3 Focus seat frames (upper and lower) excl. RS are essentially the same for 2012-2014 and 2015-2018 model years.
Parts:
2017 Ford Focus ST Recaro Black Leather ST3 Driver Seat Power Adjustable
1) Remove Leather Material upper Seatback
* Hold down Velcro so it doesn’t unadhesive
* Careful pull side plastic off orange tabs L&R
* Slowly move up leather seat back cover
* Headrest Pins / Holders can be removed frame
* Push a locking pin on each headrest pin on top
* Carefully remove Leather Seat back cover
2) Remove Upper seatback foam
* Be careful when maneuvering foam
* May or may not need to remove airbag first
* The Recaro upper seatback foam is only found on ST3 Focus ST so be careful not too damage!
3) Remove Lower Seat Foam and Leather together
* Various clips all underneath the foam
* The Recaro lower seatback foam is only found on ST3 Focus ST so be careful not too damage!
4) Remove Lower Seat Plastic bolster mold
* The black plastic lower seat bolster found underneath the leather and foam is what will transform the SE or ST1 seat to an ST3 Recaro seat.
* The piece is held in by four rivets
* Reinstalling can either use new rivets or nut and bolts.
* This piece is also rare to find so don’t break!
5) Remove any other parts you wish to transfer over to Manual Seat (support springs, lumbar, heated wiring, etc.)
2017 Ford Focus SE Manual Seat
1) Remove upper seatback cloth and foam as shown in steps above (slightly different clips than ST)
2) Remove Lower Seat foam and cloth
3) Install plastic seat bolster found on ST3
* I used four nuts and bolts but it’s best to rivet
4) Install Lower Seat Recaro ST3 foam with Leather
5) Install Upper Seatback Recaro ST3 foam
* May or may not need to uninstall airbag
6) Install Leather Seatback cover over foam inside out slowly moving downward pushing in clips and pressing down Velcro
Wiring
This part was tricky because I installed the final seat in my 2014 Focus which uses completely different wiring than a 2015+.
* If your vehicle is a 2015-2018, reuse the manual seat wiring harness
* If your vehicle is a 2012-2013, there may be a occupant pad sensor that needs to be installed
* If your vehicle is a 2014, then you’ll need to use wiring harness from a 2014 Manual Seat...including airbag wiring harness (yellow), Seat belt buckle (Violet), Seat track sensor (Orange). Note: Since the seat I used has a 2015+ seat track sensor I used the sensor location of the 2017 seat and lucky enough the harness was the same for 2014.
Installation in vehicle
The fun part of getting this seat in between the driver door without ruining the seat and/or scratching the paint. I recommend pulling seat track all the way forward and reclining seat forward. Realign track holes to mounting holes on floor and install. Finally reconnect car main harness to seat. Test move seat forward and back, up and down, and recline.
Future plans is to wire up the heated seat and lumbar support.
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