How hard is it to swap seats?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
11/13/2019 at 20:07 • Filed to: None

Let’s say I had a pair of seats out of an NA Miata, without sliders, that I wanted to put into my Mazda5. What would I need? How easy should this be? Is this a bolt-in thing, or is there likely to be fabrication involved ?

DISCUSSION (5)

Cash Rewards > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/13/2019 at 20:25

Measure the bolt holes pattern and compare it to what you might find at fab9 tuning or someplace like that. I could measure mine tomorrow if you like

WRXforScience > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/13/2019 at 20:34

Seats are either super easy bolt-in, or frustratingly difficult requiring custom brackets and/or fabrication.

Dave the car guy , still here > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/13/2019 at 21:06

Like Cash Rewards says its all about measuring. You might luck out because many times a manufacturer keeps a standard track width and length across more than one platform. From one Mazda to another in a non-electric seat might be easy. If it had seat heaters or airbags it would be another issue. I’ve swapped seats in a few older cars in under 30 minutes.

AestheticsInMotion > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/13/2019 at 21:20

The more important question is... Are you sure you want to go through the trouble for NA Miata seats? They’re not the worst in the world by any means, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call them good.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/13/2019 at 21:45

I would guess some brackets will need to be made to adapt the NA seats to your Mazda five rails. Those NA seats are probably going to be considerably narrower. This is usually accomplished with a few prices of flat bar and wee bit of welding. Any shop should be able to do the fabrication for an hour or two of time.