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has anyone tried those generic racing seats by axe or dad or 3a on ebay? its the next item in my interior project and i may reupholster them. wondering if anyone knows if the universal sliders fit on our cars or if we need to fabricate brackets for them.<p>btw which do you think would look good with a full black interior: light gray seats or red (i plan to get the recaro style where the seat is flat at the top)
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Re: racing seats
yes been done
universal sliders don't work
universal sliders don't work
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I did the 3a racing seats from ebay. <p>I really like them to tell you the truth. <p>You can't use the universal sliders, but thats okay because if you are somewhat creative all you do is:
-Match up the bolt holes on the racing seat with the bolt holes on the MX-3 seat.<p>-Get some (I think I used) 3/8" Spacers to bring the short side of the seat up to level, as the MX-3 seat has one bracket that sits lower than the other on each side.<p>-Drill new holes where the racing seat bolts line up with the stock seat mounts, and bolt it all together. <p>I might be able to get some pictures by Thursday if anyone will host them for me... or I could just email them to you? whichever works...
-Match up the bolt holes on the racing seat with the bolt holes on the MX-3 seat.<p>-Get some (I think I used) 3/8" Spacers to bring the short side of the seat up to level, as the MX-3 seat has one bracket that sits lower than the other on each side.<p>-Drill new holes where the racing seat bolts line up with the stock seat mounts, and bolt it all together. <p>I might be able to get some pictures by Thursday if anyone will host them for me... or I could just email them to you? whichever works...
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john, do the racing seats sit any lower than your stock seats?
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no they sit at stock height because you build them up to the correct height with the spacers. <p>If you remove your OEM seats from the brackets, you will see what im talking about. The mount on each seat that is closer to the door sits about 3/8" lower than the other mount of that seat, so you build it up to level with the spacers...
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Can u send me some pics... Im about to get some racing seats, but is concerning how to make them fit!!
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yep.. this weekend ill try to get some pics and send them out to you
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my seats seem to sit slightly higher....but not alot really. you can see at my link below how they sit.
<small>[ September 25, 2003, 12:38 PM: Message edited by: Darren Hyderman ]</small>
<small>[ September 25, 2003, 12:38 PM: Message edited by: Darren Hyderman ]</small>
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hi guys, here is some pics of my own racing 3A seats installed on my car. I really like them, they are great and the quality is good.
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well matched even the sony xplodes!. looks good tho red isnt my color personally. are they comfortable?
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nice man
looks really good
looks really good
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yeah they are really confortable
I am also fiberglassing my doors insert right now and will custom airbrush them with nice mx3 logo ripping out of the door, chrome style....
I am also fiberglassing my doors insert right now and will custom airbrush them with nice mx3 logo ripping out of the door, chrome style....
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Hell yeah to those 3A Racing seats! I saw those in Pep Boys last week. THeir $159 a pop and come with the brackets and all that good stuff, its awesome to see a pic of an MX3 with them. The fit nice and look good. I'm definately going up and getting a pair.