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Okay I've noticed some of you have changed your Z3 seats and I would like to do the same as I find them hard and uncomfortable. I have a pair of MX5 seats which are better for me but obviously the runners are totally different so how do you get round the problem of fitting different seats? Reckon the car will go faster as well, can't believe the weight of the Z3 seats
Okay I've noticed some of you have changed your Z3 seats and I would like to do the same as I find them hard and uncomfortable. I have a pair of MX5 seats which are better for me but obviously the runners are totally different so how do you get round the problem of fitting different seats? Reckon the car will go faster as well, can't believe the weight of the Z3 seats
Cheers
Least cost -
-strip the Z3 runners off so that just he bottom part of the runner can be removed and bolted to the floor.
- now take your mx5 seats and chop off any brackets attached to the runners.
- now put the mx5 seats in place.
- never done this particular mod but with s fair bit of luck tyou should be able to fix the mx5 runners to the remants of the BMW runners. It will require welding and depending on the overlap perhaps some additional brackets.
The main problem was that the base of the new seat is very narrow , and i could not find a pair of universal runners large enough that would bolt to the seat and also to the floor of the Z3 , i ended up attaching the runners to the seat base and then bolting two pieces of steel plate at 90 degrees across the runners to attach to the Z3 mounting points , hope this helps , Geoff .
The main problem was that the base of the new seat is very narrow , and i could not find a pair of universal runners large enough that would bolt to the seat and also to the floor of the Z3 , i ended up attaching the runners to the seat base and then bolting two pieces of steel plate at 90 degrees across the runners to attach to the Z3 mounting points , hope this helps , Geoff .
Thanks for that, I have been thinking along those lines whilst at work today.
Love the seats by the way, very tasty
The main problem was that the base of the new seat is very narrow , and i could not find a pair of universal runners large enough that would bolt to the seat and also to the floor of the Z3 , i ended up attaching the runners to the seat base and then bolting two pieces of steel plate at 90 degrees across the runners to attach to the Z3 mounting points , hope this helps , Geoff .
Looks superb, what are they or where did you purchase them?
