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Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 02-Mar-2005, 08:42am

Anyone know any dismantlers where I could get hold of a pair of MX5 seats and runners. Can't find any in Ireland and looks like I'll have to just track them down in the UK and pay for the shipping. Ebay has some but sellers don't wanna ship, they go for silly money and a lot of the time they don't have runners. Any help appreciated

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MX5 Seats

Posted By : Don Cook, 02-Mar-2005, 02:44pm

What a good choice Eddie. Why not contact Colin Lyndsey the TSSC GT6 chappie, his email is in the Courier. He obtained some in NI, he might know of a source. The black ones are great and have speaker capability in the headrests! Have you tried breakers yards? I got mine by typing "MX5 seats for sale" in google. Got mine for Â£50 a pair.

Fitting is not straight forward even if the runners are the same centres as the GT6. I removed the rear runner brackets and bolted short straight pieces drilled to line up with the floor holes. The front just need a bit of hacking about. It is tight though.

Type MX5 seats in the GT6 and Spitfire archives, just to the right, you should find info, here's a website to try http://teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/miataseats/inde...
or try google I found two!
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  Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 02-Mar-2005, 03:56pm
  
  thanks Don,
  tried all the scrappies I could find and ones in the north. Been around yards as well looking for suitable chairs from other cars but no joy. The one pair I did find in Ireland he wants 300 euro for them and there ain't no way I'm paying him that, on principle alone. I'll continue in my quest!! Thanks again
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    Posted By : Aidan Cunnane, 02-Mar-2005, 08:43pm
    
    Eddie,
    
    Have you tried Traynors in Tyrone? ph. 00 44 28 3889 1242 - they make great claims for having almost anything....
    
    Aidan
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      Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 03-Mar-2005, 12:19pm
      
      Yes they do make great claims and its not the first time they've disappointed!! Rang them first to be honest and had no joy must keep trying. Thanks
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        Posted By : Aidan Cunnane, 04-Mar-2005, 12:53pm
        
        The owner of All Spares on The Curragh in Co. Kildare thinks that he has a pair. He said to phone after 4.00 pm today as he should have had time to check by then. Make very sure that he completely understands what you're looking for so there are no misunderstandings - wouldn't like you to make a wasted trip.
        
        His phone number is 045 441453.
        
        Aidan
        
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        Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 04-Mar-2005, 01:16pm
        
        I got mine from Traynors, Â£100 the pair - I just dropped in at the counter and - hard hat on, of course - went looking for my own, so got an excellent set just into stock. There's also a guy on the Ballynahinch Road out of Dromore Co. Down sells modern sports cars, he might have a source. Traynors do sell a lot of modern sports convertible bits so it might be an idea to bring the car down some day and try out a few from various models - you never know what will fit!
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 07-Mar-2005, 12:11pm
        
        thanks a lot man I just got this now I'm afraid but will give him a buzz anyway. really appreciate it. Been around to few yards to see if any other seats would suit but no joy. thanks again
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 07-Mar-2005, 04:17pm
        
        he's got um!! 70 quid for the pair so thats great. Buddy of mine in Monasterevin is gonna get um for me and I'll use it as an excuse to go on the razz and drive up to collect them in a week or two!! Thanks Aidan
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 02-Aug-2005, 10:39am
        
        And disaster strikes, finally got the car back from the mechanic and was on the home straight. Car due to travel to the trimmers next weekend so was doing the final bits and pieces to it over the weekend, like the new tunnel cover inertia seatbelts etc, stripped out all the old carpet and went to fit the MX5 seats I got from the scrappy in Kildare a few months back. Got the old mangled seats out eventually and when I tried to fit the seat I discovered that it was too big!! It appears our scrappy was telling porky pies and the seats he gave me were not MX5 seats. So now I'm in a situation where I need to find a pair of seats by next week as the car is due to be fully trimmed next week. If anyone can help it would really be a life saver cos I'm about at the end of my tether with this project, anything that can go wrong has and at this stage I'm already about 2 months behind schedule and the car will end up ready just in time for winter. Thanks guys
        
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        Posted By : Colin Lindsay, 02-Aug-2005, 03:17pm
        
        In what way are they too big? I had a photo of a pair of MX5 seats featured in The Courier a while ago and should give you some idea of how they compare with the two you have. Don't forget the runners will require modification to fit the Triumph range.
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 02-Aug-2005, 03:44pm
        
        They are too wide to even fit in the well. The rails are nearly the full width of the seat as it turns out. miles out really, no amount of modification is gonna get them to fit.
        
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        Posted By : Jackie Forsythe, 02-Aug-2005, 10:55pm
        
        Pricy!!!! But covered...
        
        http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ca...
        
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        Posted By : Vin Poonwassie, 02-Aug-2005, 11:07pm
        
        Jackie,
        I believe that ebay seller is just selling the leather seat covers, or will need mx5 seats supplied on an exchange basis..... (quote: do not bid..) rather expensive though! - Eddie, can you post a pic of the actual seats you recieved in the post? interesting to see what 'they' thought were mx5 seats
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 03-Aug-2005, 08:04am
        
        Saw that ebay ad already and that is very pricey for just seat covers. I don't have any digi pics at the moment but will try and get some. When I was leaving the breakers yard I did see an MX6 and have a sneaking suspicion this is what he got them from. Haven't even bothered to ring him up cos it would cost more in petrol to return them than i paid for them, not to mention a days driving to get there and back. Think I'm gonna have to just get the trimmer to refurb my old GT6 seats, no other option at the moment, I'd say
        
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        Posted By : Jackie Forsythe, 03-Aug-2005, 09:28am
        
        http://www.mx5ocforum.co.uk/
        
        Try here, maybe post an emergency message requesting seats? This is MX5 owners club...some revamp interiors, so you might get some joy
        Jackie
        
        ps Here's one advert on there, so seats do come up (pricy)
        
        http://www.mx5ocforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=22683
        
        Sounds promising?
        http://www.mx5roadsters.com/forums/archive/index.p...
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 03-Aug-2005, 02:32pm
        
        Thanks Jackie I'll try that had checked through the for sale section previously but may try posting myself
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 12-Aug-2005, 08:05am
        
        Pair of seats on the way from the UK in the next few days. thanks jackie for the suggestion, I joinde the MX5 forum put up a post asking for seats and was offered about 4 sets. Cheers I'm nearly there now thank god!!!
        
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        Posted By : Eddie Skillington, 12-Aug-2005, 08:06am
        
        Pair of seats on the way from the UK in the next few days. thanks jackie for the suggestion, I joined the MX5 forum put up a post asking for seats and was offered about 4 sets. Cheers I'm nearly there now thank god!!!
        
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        Posted By : Jackie Forsythe, 12-Aug-2005, 08:17am
        
        That's great!!! Good luck with them
        
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        Posted By : Don Cook, 16-Aug-2005, 00:21am
        
        Couple of web sites showing how to fit them to a Spit.
        
        http://www.geocities.com/my79spitfire/my79spitfire...
        
        http://teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/miataseats/inde...