Best seats for an NA

[Osmoliver]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a bit of guidance on what to do about the seats in my Mk1 Mx-5. I'm a little over 6 feet tall and am struggling to deal with the standard seats. My head brushes the roof when the top is down and my neck is in line with the top of the seat.

I've done a bit of searching and older forum posts appear to suggest Lotus Elise seats are a good fit for the Mx-5. However, the cheapest set I can find are £300 on ebay and they're rather tatty, other are £700 plus. At the £300 price point, I could buy brand new Cobra Monaco sport bucket seats. This would also give me the option to fit a harness at some point in the future too.

I'm sure I'm not the only person to have had height or comfort issues in their Mx-5, so I'm hoping there's plenty of advice out there.

Ollie

[skinny]

Most bucket seats will need to go onto a fixed frame that mounts directly to the floor and not use the sliders otherwise will be higher (or at least, no lower) than standard. Fine if you don't need to share the driving with short people

[Sad Weevil]

I had Elise seats on purpose-made runners in mine for a while, but sold them on as they were uncomfortably hard, and sat not much lower than the standard seats. I'm 6' with long legs. I'm using the standard seats again now, but with the "foamectomy" done (do a search on the various mx5 forums). You can gain several inches of headroom this way, and the seat holds you in much better. Plus, it's free.

[anonymous-user]

I defoamed the standard seats and they work very well.

[Baskey]

As above defoaming the Seats is easy and works well

If you want a bucket use a sparco sprint. These bolt onto the standard drivers side runners so you can still adjust your seat.

[Osmoliver]

Thanks for the replies.

I think I'm going to attempt a foamectomy at the weekend and see if that gives a better driving position. I'm always happy to try free solutions first!

[mad4amanda]

I put mk2.5 heated leather in ours very comfy too

[NicCTR]

Just posted this on another thread re: seats

https://www.gsmperformance.co.uk/mazda-mx5-mk1-mk2...