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  • scrowner

    Dec. 12, 2008 4:18 p.m. scrowner New Reader

    racerdave600: Thanks for the nice discussion! I will be sure to have an inspection once it all is installed.

    So, FIA is a good thing to have on the seat. I am still after the simple solution for mounting these seats will little car hacking. Has anyone here used the Corbeau Miata seat mounting with a Cobra (Imola S) seat?

  • billy3esq

    Jan. 28, 2009 5:39 p.m. billy3esq Dork

    Tom Heath wrote:

    I'm using a seat from memoryfab.

    Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but how much lower is the memoryfab seat than the stock seat?

  • Tom Heath

    Jan. 28, 2009 5:59 p.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

    billy3esq wrote:

    Tom Heath wrote:

    I'm using a seat from memoryfab.

    Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but how much lower is the memoryfab seat than the stock seat?

    My w.a.g. is about 1.5". I didn't measure, because I'm short enough that it wasn't an issue.

    The bottom pad is removable, so if you're close with a helmet you could likely gain another inch or so for competition. (Kevlar is way less comfy than memory foam, though, so I wouldn't recommend it as an everyday solution.)

  • billy3esq

    Jan. 28, 2009 9:55 p.m. billy3esq Dork

    Did you use their low brackets or the super low ones?

  • Tom Heath

    Jan. 29, 2009 5:28 p.m. Tom Heath Production Editor

    I'm using the super lows, and I'm very happy with them. I slide the seat every time I get in or out of the car, so the slider mechanism is seeing lots of use with no problems so far.

  • billy3esq

    Jan. 29, 2009 8:42 p.m. billy3esq Dork

    Thanks.

  • March 2, 2009 7:09 p.m. mikek

    Tom do you run the dual locking slider setup or their single locking rail?

  • scrowner

    June 12, 2009 3:07 p.m. scrowner New Reader

    Just to make a post as to my Miata seat progress, Cobra Imola S seats will not fit in my 97 Miata. I found a guy up in Michigan who sold Cobra seats. I told him I needed sliding mounts and he went off to design sliding mounts for the Cobra seats in a Miata. The problem turned out that the Cobra Imola S seats have a large "wing" near the head of the seat. This "wing" will stick out of the car - can not close the door if the window is up. The guy who worked on this is:

    Jim Huston Motorsports Seats & Accessories 8058 Kentucky Avenue South Bloomington, MN. 55438-1248 (952) 944-2381 http://www.MotorSportSeats.com

    Great guy to work with.

    So I am back to searching for another seat.

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