Miata Mailing List: December 1998, Message #156

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Yes, the seats are different. The recline mechanism is on different sides,
for one thing, and it doesn't appear to be swappable. The '99 seat backs
are mirror images due to differences in the mounting hardware on each side
of the seat back.

At 12:51 PM 12/1/98 -0500, Alan Camhi wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Had the dealership look at my driver's seat and unfortunately they take no
responsibility for it's being uncomfortable.  They said I need to go back
to the dealership where i bought the car and have them see what they can
do?  Does this make sense.  I believe they just don't want to be bothered.
>
>So here's my question...........how easy is it to swap out the seats.  In
other words, put the pax seat where the driver's one is and vise versa?  Is
it just a matter of unbolting and switching?  Are the two seats different?
>
>This is just a temporary fix until i can get the seat either replaced or
replaired.
>
>Thanks for any advice.  Please let me know if anyone else has had any
problems with uncomfortable seats.  Feels like a big bump it pressing up
against my butt(no jokes).  I drive 60 miles round trip to work everyday
and it is very uncomfortable.
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Alan Camhi
>97 TP with 8k on it......go figure
>
>P.S.  I do not have headrest speakers so that shouldn't be an issue with
seat removal.
>











                                                                    
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