Anyone know what these seats are and where I can find them?

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:38 am

See this thread I started a while ago. In the end, the easiest option is to go the Mazdaspeed seats. As I've mentioned numerous times over, they're the perfect compromise between complete sportiness and driving comfort. They're much more comfortable than the factory NB8A seats, that's for sure. And since Rupewrecht on AstinaGT frequently sells them, they're reasonably easy to get a hold of.

BadBong · Postby **BadBong** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:55 am

true marcus - i was just hoping that there might be a pair of seats that have all the Pros of Mazdaspeed seats but are 100% geniune leather (which those seats are not... i believe the leather bits are no real leather??)

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:17 pm

BadBong wrote:true marcus - i was just hoping that there might be a pair of seats that have all the Pros of Mazdaspeed seats but are 100% geniune leather (which those seats are not... i believe the leather bits are no real leather??)

That's correct, but I was originally searching for leather as well. Having used these, I'm not concerned with it anymore. The stuff on the Mazdaspeeds is vinyl around the sides with mesh in the middle. The good thing about this is that you don't slide around on the seats like you would with leather (unless you got suede or some such) when you're on the track. The vinyl is just as easy to clean as leather. It's just the cloth parts which are a bit trickier to clean, but they're not overly difficult to do anyway.

In the end, if it's comfort you're after, these are certaintly a good option. As for the leather, you won't even notice you aren't sitting on it. You can "feel" the "leather" with the vinyl parts, and you won't even notice the cloth bits because you'll be firmly seated on those bits

mhj · Postby **mhj** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:11 pm

there are cheap leather seats in the "parts for sale" section of this forum...theyre a bit ratty( particularly the drivers side).. but also very cheap$250.... i was going to get them and retrim them...but im out of action for a while....so check them to see if they suit

enjoy

BadBong · Postby **BadBong** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:18 pm

they're NB8A leather seats unfortunately... i might as well just retrim my own.

If someone has NB8B seats for cheap, i might think about it...

Juffa · Postby **Juffa** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:41 am

Here is a thread from the big forum.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.ph ... light=seat

And another one, this time on fitting Honda S2000 seats.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.ph ... light=seat

There happens to be a pair of S2000 seats on flea bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/honda-s2000-seat ... 286.c0.m14

There is also the range of seats from AutotecnicA.

http://www.autotecnica.com.au/seats.html

I assume you have considered that an engineers certificate maybe required?

J

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:28 am

Careful with the S2000 seats. The seatbelt is mounted to the seat itself which in a accident, will cause extra force to be put through the seat runners.

When swapping seats you should always aim for the same seatbelt mounting location.

philz · Postby **philz** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:09 pm

NB seats buckles are mounted at the seat/rails? not at the transmission fire wall...

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:45 pm

Did not know that sorry, just assumed they were the same as the NA. By all means, S2000 seats then

Szemen · Postby **Szemen** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:26 am

Only NA6s have the seat buckle on the transmission tunnel. NA8 onwards have it on the seatrail.

zawrilla · Postby **zawrilla** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:33 pm

Depending on how I feel about the SE seats when the weather warms up, there's a chance I will sell them and replace them with something a bit more sporty and just fabric material.

However, this will only happen if I really don't like how the seats feel in the warm weather.