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When at the Mazda dealership for a oil change I asked Mazda about how to get these seats, instead they recommended going to lseats.com , but I’m not looking for covers, I want the seats themselves! Does anyone know anything about these seats? Or if I could call Mazda corporate and get them?
The white (AKA parchment) seats were installed in the special edition Shinka versions (2005 and 2006) but my 2007 Stormy Blue also has the light interior, probably the only way to get those seats now is to purchase one of those cars and strip the interior. I doubt Mazda sells them anymore.
This link should help you figure out which cars have the light interior you are wanting.
Special Editions In 2005, Shinka as a trim was basically a GT with the unique Black Cherry Mica exterior paint, parchment color leather interior, upgraded shocks, and a few minor items like satellight radio and a eurethane foam filled front crossmember
In 2006, the major option packages were converted to official trim levels, and were largely the same. Shinka was retained, however Black Cherry Mica was not. Shinkas could now come in a number of different colors, however of those colors, only Copper Red Mica was available on the Shinka.
In 2007, Shinka was dropped, however the 40th Anniversary Edition was released. It was basically the same as the Shinka of prior years, only a unique Metropolitian Grey Mica color exterior, with an orange/brown interior. All other Shinka special items transfered to the 40th.
In 2008, the 40th was dropped, and not replaced by anything 'Special'.
In 2009, Touring was dropped, and R3 was introduced. R3 was the first significantly different trim produced for the RX-8, including some of the driver features from the GT trim, but not including the main 3 GT items that increase weight. So no leather, no heated seats, and no moonroof. The seats were rather expensive Recaros, and the exterior bodywork was changed rather noticeably from the Sport and GT trims. They also got unique 19" wheels. The R3 was only available in a few colors in each geographical region. The US got Velocity Red Mica, Sparkling Black Mica, and Aurora Blue Mica. Only Aurora Blue was not available on the GTs and Sports. Canada, Japan, Australia and the UK got Crystal White Pearl R3s, with one of the other colors as well (varies, and I am unsure which countries got which)
The 2009 trims remained largely unchanged through to the final production year: 2011.
They look good but hard to keep clean. You could always have your seats reupholstered to look like that. There are shops that can make yours look like that if you can’t find the seats online. Would think they are around 2nd hand. Not sure if you can get new and through Mazda wouldn’t be cheap.
Last edited by CaymanRotary; May 22, 2020 at 05:05 PM.
apparently they were referred to as sand parchment, I saw an official Mazda document the other day while looking for something else and can’t find it now, figures ...
well I have a set along with the Shinka center console if anyone is looking ...
