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Old 03-19-04 | 12:16 AM
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Alternative Seating

Looking at seats... Want black leather. Need to widen my possibilities...

What seats have you had in your 1st gen? How hard/easy were they to install?

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Old 03-19-04 | 12:23 AM
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Its just a matter of measuring and bolting them down. I dont know if you will be able to find seats that match the wholes. If you find like a porsche at the yard that hasnt been rained in those are always nice for seats. Just measure to make sure they fit first.
Old 03-19-04 | 12:32 AM
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Looking at some Sebring seats. From a 98. They are 20 inches wide by 20 inches deep, by 35 inches high. Integrated seatbelts, and drivers seat is power. Sweeet. Guess I need to measure... Still hoping I can get the 2nd gen convertable seats I saw, but wanted to broaden my search in case I don't.
Old 03-19-04 | 12:52 AM
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Yeah. Just measure and bolt. Power sebring seats would be nice.
Old 03-23-04 | 01:14 PM
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Anyone put Miata seats in theirs? How easy were they to adapt? Found some nice ones locally... Haven't gone to look yet...
Old 03-23-04 | 01:29 PM
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replica Mazdaspeed racing seats show up on ebay all the time for under $400 a pair. They look pretty sweet.

There are also Mazdaspeed 4 point harnesses for under $100.

I plan on getting a set of both for my car, should look pretty sweet.
Old 03-23-04 | 03:28 PM
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Your best bet it to go with some seats out of an FC. There is a hump in the floor on the passenger side (from the cat I believe) so some seat frames will take a fair amount work to fit. FC seats can be installed by just swapping the rails from your current seats.
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