Seat question

[Tim the Teacher]

Will seats from pre 99 fit into an 03? Anything special about the rails?

[trickyrix]

I think the floorpan is the same and the seats are interchangeable.




I think...

[Titus]

+1

[Tim the Teacher]

I found a pair of 95m's that I am going to buy tomorrow and recover like TrickRix.

[trickyrix]

Copy... you're gonna love 'em.

[Radio-Active]

If you are going to buy some to recover, I have a set of black cloth NA seats that I think came off a 94 for $100

[Tim the Teacher]

I don't think they are as comfortable as those 95m seats and the look of Trickyrix's gave me a woody.

[Tim the Teacher]

What would be your preference for recovering with leather like Tricky?

95M seats or 2000 cloth seats

[trickyrix]

Aren't the '99-00 seats supposed to be garbage? From what I've read, the '01+ NB seats are much better.

Of course, that's just all hearsay from me... I'm sure somebody with actual experience can chime in.

[POS Racing]

Aren't the '99-00 seats supposed to be garbage? From what I've read, the '01+ NB seats are much better.

From my experience I think you got that back wards. The '99 had better seats than the surfboards in our '02.

I still like the standard NA seat (with the boom boom deals) the best but I am currently biased!

[Jiggerachi]

Before you pay for some frames, I have the old leather seats out of my 94 taking up room in my garage. I know you like the 95M seats better, but you can have these if you wanted them, I need to get them out of here.

The leather is trashed but you are reskinning them anyway.

[Tim the Teacher]

Thanks for the offers and advice. Suzan has not been comfortable in the car since I installed those Roadsters for daily driving and since I got them out I want to make it all better. I'm going to look at the 95's this afternoon.

[altiain]

All NA/NB seats should bolt directly in to any '90-'05 chassis. The seat mounting holes did not change locations from '90-'05. The only thing to be careful of is that the earliest NA seats had a female seatbelt end that mounted to the transmission tunnel - this was relocated to the right side of the seat in '94 (iirc) and stayed there through '05.

I had NA seats in my '99 Sport for awhile. They were a lot more comfortable than the stock '99-'00 seats, and they bolted right in. In my personal opinion early NA seats (longer thigh cushion) > later NA seats > 01+ seats > '99-'00 seats (which sucked). None of them are as comfy as the seats in the RX-8 though.

[trickyrix]

From my perspective, the '95M seats are a lot more comfy than the standard '94 seats. They sit a little lower and the bottom cushion seems more supportive. If I'm not mistaken, later NAs ('96-97) shared the '95M bottom cushion, but kept the old-style one-piece backs - at least it looks that way to me.

New covers will make a surprisingly big difference in the way the seats feel. The new leather is quality stuff and actually grips your butt - unlike the shiny painted crap that covers the stock seats. Also, there's a thin layer of padding on the backside of the new leathers that makes the seats feel nice and cushy, but they remain firm and supportive underneath.

[Tim the Teacher]

What you are really trying to say is that your ass is happy?

[trickyrix]

My ass has a big smile on it.

[Tim the Teacher]

My thanks to Rogue for parting with his 95M seats.

Placed the order a few minutes ago for the seat covers. Black gathered with silver as the contrasting stitch. Now the wait begins....

[trickyrix]

Black gathered with silver as the contrasting stitch.

BIG PIMPIN'...

[Tim the Teacher]

I could be the love child between the King of Bling and Trickyrix.

[POS Racing]

I could be the love child between the King of Bling and Trickyrix.

Really love child?? How about their Grandpa...