Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #162
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   From: Al Jenab 
Subject: Seat Request
   Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 09:12:50 -0400



Has anyone out there installed an aftermarket (driver's) seat in their car?  I'
ve got a roll bar in mine, and when I have my helmet on, it sticks up slightly
above the bar.  I can't get a higher bar without losing the ability to put the
soft top up and down.  I'd like to install some competition belts (5 pt.) but
that's not a very good idea given the situation.  Not to mention the fact that
I'd have to slice up my stock seat to make a hole for the crotch belt.  I'm
also tired of getting bruises from bracing myself against the door panel and
seat back.  I have a permanent bruise (going on a year now) on the mid-outside
part of my back where the big metal frame in the stock seat has decided to
burrow.

I'd like to know if there are any competion/aftermarket seats available which
lower the driver's seating position a couple of inches.  If so, I could get
one and the belts and feel a lot better about blasting around on the track.
Anybody have direct experience with a Sparco, Corbeau, etc. racing seats?
The key here is reduced butt-height, pardon the expression.  I don't want to
get a new seat if it won't allow me to use the belts.  And I can't use the
belts if I don't reduce my head height.  Any insight will be geatly
appreciated.
-Al