You can do a foamectomy on them on 96/97's. Remove the seat, loosen the seat bottom cover from the rear. Use a breadknife to cut the bottom of the foam that sits in the dished out seat pan. Then put it back together.
Ken Bogart ----------------------------------------------------- 96 Montego Blue FFS Coldside (His) 97 Black & Tan (Hers) 90 Crystal White (sons) ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.miatacare.com http://www.cincimiata.com http://www.bcchallenger.org MiataMail.com list owner On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Brad Franks <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that only works to '94. The 95 and up cars had a laminated seat > foam that makes this much more difficult. Or maybe it was the '96 cars that > had those seats... > > I wrote one of the articles on Miata.net on removing seat foam for taller > drivers. > > Brad > > > On 03/12/2012 09:25 AM, Steven Loe wrote: > > Unless you're prepared to go with a racing seat (and the attending > reduction of comfort), foamectomy is the way to go. To do this, you remove > the cover to the seat, remove some seat foam, and put the seat cover back > on. > > I've done this to the seat in my '94. I'm about 1.5 inches lower than > stock. And it's comfy. Search miata.net for 'foamectomy'. > > > -Steven > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Abbott, Cameron" > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > *To:* "Wiseman, Curtis J" > <[email protected]><[email protected]>; > "Helsel, Walt" <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; Bill Cardell > <[email protected]> <[email protected]>; > "[email protected]"<[email protected]> > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2012 10:13 AM > *Subject:* Miata Seat > > Hopefully this is an acceptable place to ask this question – I am > looking at swapping out my driver seat and want to find a seat for my 95, > that will allow me to sit lower in the car (I hit my head on the hard top) > and allows for the seat to be adjusted for a smaller driver (not fixed to > the floor). Suggestions? > > Thanks, > *Cameron* > > *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** > *This message (including any attachments) contains information that may > be confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to > receive for the intended recipient), you may not read, print, retain, use, > copy, distribute or disclose to anyone the message or any information > contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please > advise the sender by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original > message (including any attachments). > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing > [email protected]http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >
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