actually im gonna get white stitching on the MS seats to match the rest of the interior ( shift boot, lights in doors and footwell, console covers, and soon my passthrough painted, and the lights on the headunit.)

 

i have sat in the mazdaspeed3 seats before plenty of times. They are wider, but either way all stock seats are garbage...

 

do they have side airbags? I think the stock seats are too wide ('07 cloth) but would like to keep my airbag. Thinking of putting on the seat cover and maybe stuffing the bolsters?

 

lookin' pretty good gr3ddy, grats on them

 

Likewise.

But that is pretty crazy looking, nice.

 

Yea, without spending a ridiculous amount on racing seats, which none i like and none look as good IMO or say mazdaspeed, this is the best i could come up with

It says SRS airbag on the tag, so i am assuming so although its not a seperate looking unit like the rx8 seats so im not sure... i havnt done any wiring yet so i will let you know.

Thanks man

Tell Bryan i wont have his bar in time and im sorry!

 

looks sick man... congrats!

 

i would think those seats would be plug and play.. and if they were not connected you would have an airbag light!

beers

 

where can i get them?

 

yea i do for now, the connectors are very different, but im sure the wires are there and possible. Just have not fooled with it yet i will update when i do

from Paul at mazmart if he has any left, or if you wanna wreck a mazdaspeed 3... :P

 

Well not my style but it looks ok.

 

I actually like the stock seats better.... But this is unique none the less.

 

Nice, but I also like the stock seats better.

Now if you had the MS aftermarket seats from Japan, then I really would be jealous!

I always wanted a pair of the Type-F. But Mazdaspeed doesn't make them anymore because the are going to introduce the Type-N.

So now I can't wait for them to get the Type-N out. This press release is from '07, but as far as I can tell they aren't for sale yet. Pricey too!

http://www.mazda.co.jp/accessories/m...s/2007/01.html

 

yea i dont like those seats at all. they look like cheap ebay seats IMO... atleast the ones i have were cheap price and look quality.

Btw, have you ever actually sat in seats other than stock? Or you just saying the stocks are nice, because i thought they were too until i sat in these :P

 

To each his own.

To answer your question, yes I have also test driven the MS3. The MS3 seats look nice, but seemed to sit higher than the RX-8's seats, maybe it's different when mounted in the 8.

But do not confuse the real JDM Mazdaspeed seats with cheap eBay knock offs. I have sat in many kinds of seats including Recaro, Bride, and the JDM Mazdaspeed seats. I often go to Japan for business trips and have sat in the MS seats in an aftermarket shop and I do prefer them to stock. That's where my interest in the MS seats came from. The MS seats provide way better thigh support than either the MS3 seats or RX-8 seats. The quality is top notch, they are very comfortable and offer support/grip of race oriented seats. The MS Type-F seats are similar to Recaro Speeds but smaller, as they can also fit a Miata.

 

Ah that all makes sense, but like i said in an earlier post, aside from spending a fortune on racing seats (MS included) These are a wonderful choice. I also noted that yes, it does sit higher but thats because of the bracket mounting. i found out that the brackets for the most part sit the rails about an inch off the floor, plus an entire separate bar for the mounting brackets connected to the slider bar... its like they put a set of rails and welded them to the existing sliders... not sure why?

I am thinking about removing those bars and welding brackets straight to the sliders to drop some height, however the way they are now is just high enough to help me see better over the hood, yet low enough where i still have plenty of room to move around. not that im moving around anymore :P

 

man those seats are ugly.

 

you fat bastard... i know where you live!!

 

you're just jealous of my car. haha

 

seats do look nice but i like my leather

 

you havnt done auto-x or track event in leather yet, have you :P

 

leather sucks.

 

nice seats man! glad to see you got them in.

 

only $800? You should sell your stock seats. You would be able to get back your money easy....

I have the leather black/red combo, and each one of my front seats is worth $1700! I would say the cloth version would probably be worth at least $600-700 each.

 

actually i had brown/black leather in there and cloth in the garage, second time ive swapped.. but both sets are for sale if anyone is interested!