I bent the tabs down and cut off the spikes with a dremel tool. I drilled
new holes for the bent-down tabs and used giant diameter bolts with thick
heavy washers - definitely mounted better than the stock seats were. My
head doesn't hit the top but I'm under 6', and it definitely is taller than
my stock seats, maybe an 1" or 1.5". The bottoms of the seat cushions do
rub the carpet a bit, but I can still move the seats forwards and back.
By the way, how much did you pay for the Miata seats?
At 08:30 PM 3/1/2003 -0800, Tom Hendricksen wrote:
>Last week I finally followed up a suggestion from one of my co-workers
>and called a friend of his about a set of Miata seats for my Datsun.
>The guy had several sets and the price almost knocked me out of my seat
>- less than half eBay.
>
>Needles to say I picked up a nice pair and tonight I set one in the
>drivers seat. At first it seems too high, but I see I can gain about an
>inch if I modify the lower rail with the mounting tabs and let the front
>bolts go through the floor.
>
>Can I just cut the front tabs off of the front of the seat rail and use
>the mounting bolt in the front? Assuming that is OK, can I bend the
>rear mounting tab flat without harming the seat rail?
>
>I am hoping it comes down far enough so my head does not rub on the
>hardtop, and I am not sure about the cloth top since I only have a frame
>at this point.
>
>
>Tom
>69 2000
>Portland
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