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Does anyone have a link to the "how to / what's needed"?
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On Apr 2, 2019, 11:34 PM, at 11:34 PM, Rye Livingston=
<ryel@mac=2Ecom> wrote:
>Yes, I installed Miata seats in my TR3A last year=
and they are great=2E
>=C2=A0Yes they are more comfortable, but for me I w=
as even more concerned
>about the flex in the stock seat=2E During some spi=
rited driving,
>including the autocross at Triumphest, when going around a =
hard corner
>seat back would flex and roll and virtually pour me out of the=
seat=2E =C2=A0I
>was trying to stabilize myself by holding on to the steer=
ing wheel, but
>it was the stock banjo style and it would flex too=2E =C2=
=A0I'm running a 7/8"
>front sway bar,=C2=A0205/60R15 Goodrich Tires on=C2=
=A06 1/2" Panasport Wheels, so
>the car is=C2=A0corning really well,=C2=A0b=
ut the stock seat just wasn't working,
>and same for the passenger seat=2E =
=C2=A0In a weekend rally with my son and as
>passenger I was holding onto t=
he outside of the door to keep myself in
>place in the turns=2E
>
>So I ins=
talled some Miata seats=C2=A0and got a Moto-lita steering wheel
>which does=
't flex, and it's transformed the whole car=2E =C2=A0Just amazing=2E
>
>Thi=
s is a photo along California Coast least year after I installed the
>seats=
and steering wheel, and was going up to the All Triumph Drive In,
>in Sale=
m Oregon=2E =C2=A0There is a sheep skin cover on the passenger seat for
>Di=
xie Dog who was my co-pilot=2E She that brown blob=C2=A0rolling around in
>=
the sand=2E
>
>
>Rye
>PH: 530-FIND-RYE
>
>On Apr 02, 2019, at 04:21 PM, Dav=
id Friedlander <forzion7@gmail=2Ecom>
>wrote:
>
>Hey all you purists out th=
ere, cover your ears!
>
>Will a TR3A accommodate Miata seats like a TR6 doe=
s?=C2=A0
>Looks like the components necessary to rebuild TR3A=C2=A0
>seats =
from scratch add up to a fair amount of $$ but=C2=A0
>not a great deal of c=
omfort for the money=2E I seem to=C2=A0
>recall that TR6's would take a 199=
7 or prior Miata model=C2=A0
>year seat but what about the TR3? Anyone done=
it?
>
>Any feedback (OK, most feedback=C2=A0 :- ) ) appreciated!
>
>Dave F=
riedlander
>Maine
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how to / what's needed"?<br><br></div>
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<div class=3D"gmail_quote" >On=
Apr 2, 2019, at 11:34 PM, Rye Livingston <<a href=3D"mailto:ryel@mac=2E=
com" target=3D"_blank">ryel@mac=2Ecom</a>> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb=
(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Yes, I installed Miata seats in =
my TR3A last year and they are great=2E Yes they are more comfortable=
, but for me I was even more concerned about the flex in the stock seat=2E =
During some spirited driving, including the autocross at Triumphest, when g=
oing around a hard corner seat back would flex and roll and virtually pour =
me out of the seat=2E I was trying to stabilize myself by holding on =
to the steering wheel, but it was the stock banjo style and it would flex t=
oo=2E <span style=3D"color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetic=
a Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal;=
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orpha=
ns: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-=
space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: a=
uto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: in=
line !important; float: none;" data-mce-style=3D"color: #000000; font-famil=
y: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15p=
x; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-=
spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-t=
ransform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webk=
it-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color=
: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;">I'm running a 7/8" fro=
nt sway bar, 205/60R15 Goodrich Tires on </span><span data-mce-st=
yle=3D"color: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, =
Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: =
normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align=
: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widow=
s: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-st=
roke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; flo=
at: none;" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: SFNSText, "Helve=
tica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style:=
normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: norma=
l; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none=
; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-a=
djust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255=
, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">6 1/2" Panasport Wheels, =
so the car is corning really well, but the stock seat just wasn't=
working, and same for the passenger seat=2E In a weekend rally with =
my son and as passenger I was holding onto the outside of the door to keep =
myself in place in the turns=2E</span></div><div><span data-mce-style=3D"co=
lor: #000000; font-family: SFNSText, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sa=
ns-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; f=
ont-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-widt=
h: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: inline !important; float: none;=
" style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: SFNSText, "Helvetica Neue=
", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; =
font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphan=
s: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-s=
pace: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: au=
to; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); f=
loat: none; display: inline !important;"><br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></span></=
div><div>So I installed some Miata seats and got a Moto-lita steering =
wheel which does't flex, and it's transformed the whole car=2E Just a=
mazing=2E</div><div><br></div><div>This is a photo along California Coast l=
east year after I installed the seats and steering wheel, and was going up =
to the All Triumph Drive In, in Salem Oregon=2E There is a sheep skin=
cover on the passenger seat for Dixie Dog who was my co-pilot=2E She that =
brown blob rolling around in the sand=2E</div><div><br></div><div clas=
s=3D"x-apple-signature">Rye<br>PH: 530-FIND-RYE</div><div><br>On Apr 02, 20=
19, at 04:21 PM, David Friedlander <forzion7@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:<br><=
br></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"msg-quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,s=
ans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family=
: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;">Hey all you =
purists out there, cover your ears!<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" s=
tyle=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #00=
0099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: =
large; color: #000099;"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;" data=
-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; colo=
r: #000099;">Will a TR3A accommodate Miata seats like a TR6 does? </di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-ser=
if; font-size: large; color: #000099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic=
sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;">Looks like the comp=
onents necessary to rebuild TR3A </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" st=
yle=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000=
099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: l=
arge; color: #000099;">seats from scratch add up to a fair amount of $$ but=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family: comic sans m=
s,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-fam=
ily: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;">not a gre=
at deal of comfort for the money=2E I seem to </div><div class=3D"gmai=
l_default" style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large=
; color: #000099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;=
font-size: large; color: #000099;">recall that TR6's would take a 1997 or =
prior Miata model </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fam=
ily: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;" data-mce-=
style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; color: #0=
00099;">year seat but what about the TR3? Anyone done it?</div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-siz=
e: large; color: #000099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,san=
s-serif; font-size: large; color: #000099;"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_d=
efault" style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: large; c=
olor: #000099;" data-mce-style=3D"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; fo=
nt-size: large; color: #000099;">Any feedback (OK, most feedback :- )=
) appreciated!<br><br>Dave </div></div></div></blockquote></div><pre =
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