My 3rd recaro seat just arrived today.
Its a Signo, DOM 10/5/07
I can tell you all that the 2nd seat, the Como was a DOM of 9/14?/07 and it was maybe 50% better than the original como, which was DOM 7/07 .
The Como that was DOM 7/07 was absolutely WORTHLESS in the lockoff/belt guide.
The como DOM 9/07 was a bit better. It tried to hold the belt, and actually ground down when I tugged from the buckle side.
The Signo I have yet to try outside. The grooves do not look any different, deeper, or tighter. But I can't know til I try it with the seatbelt.
another interesting thing to note...
In my Signo manual from today, I noticed that in each paragraph at the heading of each installation section, it mentioned that a locking clip must be used with non locking seatbelts, but there is never a picture of a locking clip, neither are there instructions on how to use one. Its simply not demonstrated, and the pictures show the installation exactly as before.
I still REALLY worry that someone is going to sit the seat in the car and assume those beltguides hold.
And they renamed the RF lockoffs RF "Belt clamps".