Miata Mailing List: September 1999, Message #330

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A picture of a Miata with Sparco Star seats can be found at our website:

http://www.members.tripod.com/~ks98/index.html

But the super sport looks better IMHO....show us the pix!

Greg

> Well gang,
>
> I had a set of Sparco super sport seats put in the rocket today. ( 5 hour
> install) The whole endeavor was quite tough. We used the universal sliders
> provided by Sparco. Had to make a custom "runners" that bolted to the
stock
> seat mount points and bolted the sliders to this unit. Very tight fit. If
I
> had to do it again, I would go with the star. It is sold as solution for
> "smaller" cars.........
>
> Just had to push it, eh ??
>
> The big ooops! of the day.......while pitching the seat forward to try and
> tighten down the back bolts......
>
>
> crack!
>
> broke the windshield.
>
> The shop that put in was very apologetic and shut me up by not charging me
> for the labor for the installation and throwing in a really nice JL audio
> sub...(earth shaking)...
>
> Now I gotta get the glass fixed........
>
> I will tel ya what, these seats are worth the spider web on the passenger
> side......OH MY GOD!! very comfy...........
>
> So now I have a pair of seats with built in massage  (sub) and a spider
> embedded in my windshield.....insurance is a beautiful thing...
>
> Geezer
>
> team crack
>
>