[TR] What Year Miata Seats Fit TR6

[Foster, Stan (HP IT)]

Thanks for the clarification Bob. Mine are mid-90's and I know we have some
later ones in the club but I didn't realize there were versions that don't fit
so that is good to know. Do we know what time period we need to avoid ?

Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Danielson [mailto:75tr6 at tr6.danielsonfamily.org]
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:35 PM
To: Foster, Stan (HP IT); William Brewer; Triumphs
Subject: Re: [TR] What Year Miata Seats Fit TR6

Stan......... when you get to the later seats, they're too wide across the
shoulders and interfere with convertible top's bracket. Ken Hiebert bought
the wrong ones for his car and ended up doing so serious modifications on
the bracket so that his top will go up and down.

But you're "spot on" about the speaker recommendation. With the headrest
speakers you can actually hear the radio with the top down at 70 mph.

Bob

Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection,
Toyota 5 speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org

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From: "Foster, Stan (HP IT)" <stan.foster at hp.com>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:43 PM
To: "William Brewer" <wsb1960tr3a at att.net>; "Triumphs"
<triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] What Year Miata Seats Fit TR6

> Bill, I think they will all fit although there are differences in the
> fabric
> used over the years and the later car seats don't have the speakers in the
> headrests but they may be retrofittable. In any case the earlier seats (90
> to
> 97) with speakers need the factory speakers replaced with small full range
> speakers like these:
>
> http://www.3rdstrategy.com/Miata.htm
>
> The factory speakers only work well with the Miata audio system.
>
> The Miata seat rails will need adapting to use the standard TR6 floor
> holes.
> Most of us built/bought brackets to achieve this after a slight
> modification
> of the Miata runners. The mod is described in some detail in the Williams
> book
> on improving your TR6, TR250, TR5
>
> Brackets often advertised on eBay.
>
> Stan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of William Brewer
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 11:36 AM
> To: Triumphs
> Subject: [TR] What Year Miata Seats Fit TR6
>
>     I am looking at some used Miata seats and thinking about putting them
> in
> my TR6. They look good. Do all year Miata seats fit in?     TIA,
>     -Bill in Tehachapi
>
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