Lotus seat in a Z4C
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:27 pm
So, after a lot of endless waiting for beige m-sport seats to come up (and at the right price, whatever that means) I finally got disappointed.
Then I thought of it twice and I actually didn't want to spend well over 1k (including shipping) and went and bought 2 RX8 seats.
They're ok seats but wanted something that would actually hold me in place in -what I call- spirited driving on b-roads.
Months went by with no action. I almost lost my interest in driving my pretty lady due to the outrageously despicable standard leather seats. (I also blame my recently acquired miata a bit for falling in love and cheating on the zed, but don't tell anyone.. )
Almost immediately as I bought my 2004 1.8 miata (daily, sort of..), I bought a Lotus Elise seat for it and loved it.
Really really really loved it. Not too aftermarket racy for my liking and I happen to fit in them simply perfectly. Surely, they're on the hard side but this can be taken care of, plenty of information on the web for enhancing them (I did it too with great success)
I had sat as a passenger in my mate's RHD Lotus Elise S1 in 2 Alpine Eurotrips so had previous experience.
Being 6.1'' I had no other choice, actually.
So I thought, why not on the Zed???
After hours and hours of searching through the forums, I found nothing. Precious threads (like this; viewtopic.php?f=26&t=4474 and it's corresponding threads) and posts but not what I was looking for.
Bring it on, then..
removed battery, measured everything, bought aftermarket sliders, used AutoCAD for the drawings and pantograph for the cuttings of the 5mm thick steel and after some try and error (mostly, regarding the exact seating point lengthwise) I finally got it right.
Enough with the talking..
Then I thought of it twice and I actually didn't want to spend well over 1k (including shipping) and went and bought 2 RX8 seats.
They're ok seats but wanted something that would actually hold me in place in -what I call- spirited driving on b-roads.
Months went by with no action. I almost lost my interest in driving my pretty lady due to the outrageously despicable standard leather seats. (I also blame my recently acquired miata a bit for falling in love and cheating on the zed, but don't tell anyone.. )
Almost immediately as I bought my 2004 1.8 miata (daily, sort of..), I bought a Lotus Elise seat for it and loved it.
Really really really loved it. Not too aftermarket racy for my liking and I happen to fit in them simply perfectly. Surely, they're on the hard side but this can be taken care of, plenty of information on the web for enhancing them (I did it too with great success)
I had sat as a passenger in my mate's RHD Lotus Elise S1 in 2 Alpine Eurotrips so had previous experience.
Being 6.1'' I had no other choice, actually.
So I thought, why not on the Zed???
After hours and hours of searching through the forums, I found nothing. Precious threads (like this; viewtopic.php?f=26&t=4474 and it's corresponding threads) and posts but not what I was looking for.
Bring it on, then..
removed battery, measured everything, bought aftermarket sliders, used AutoCAD for the drawings and pantograph for the cuttings of the 5mm thick steel and after some try and error (mostly, regarding the exact seating point lengthwise) I finally got it right.
Enough with the talking..