[MR2] MkII Seat Considerations

[James]

Ken,
That's exactly what I was hoping to get some input on.  I've heard that
about the Recaros, but then I've also heard that in the last year the MkIIs
were imported into the states, Recaros were an option.  They were supposed
to essentlally be the same as SRDs and Speeds.  I don't know what sliders
those installations used, but I heard on a UK MR2 side that Bride rails are
very low profile and put the seat down lower than its stock location.  Do
you recall what installation hardware you used in with the SRDs?

Getting down lower would be just fine with me, even with the stock
seats.  I'm 5'9" and while I'm not bumping against the T-Top glass with a
helmet, I'm definitely bumping against the surrounding T-Top structure.  I
wouldn't be breaking any glass, but it's definitely annoying.

James

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Ken Blake <ken at soundkwest.com> wrote:

>  Hi James,
>
>                 No problem. One thing about the Recaros that I will caution
> you about: they use a set of aftermarket slider rails that raise the seating
> position significantly. I had the opportunity to try a Recaro SRD in my 93T
> for a day, and was bumping my head on the t-top glass, with the insert out.
> I’m 6’ tall, with my height pretty evenly distributed between legs and
> torso. If I had been wearing a helmet, I would have had to either recline
> the seatback, or risk breaking the glass.
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> Ken
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> *From:* James [mailto:seawa.anon at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:58 PM
> *To:* Ken Blake
> *Cc:* mr2 at mr2.com
> *Subject:* Re: [MR2] MkII Seat Considerations
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> Thanks Ken,
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> I checked out Classic Soft Trim because of Loki; there's a shop close to me
> here too.  As it turns out, I think they're the ones who put leather in my
> Subie when I bought it and it looks great, and has been holding up well
> too.  They seem to know what they're doing more than the other folks I
> talked to (there's also a local Katzkin supplier here), and were able to
> quickly print me out a sheet on what they could do for an MR2.  They also
> loaned me two batches of fabric samples for me to match colors with what's
> in my interior.
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> I'll ask them about Alcantara, as the "suede-like" samples they loaned me
> didn't look very suede-like at all.  He DID say though, that they were
> getting in some new material that they didn't have samples for yet.
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> My plan was to keep the original tan color of my seats, but Classic Soft
> Trim can't come close to matching it.  Katzkins can come closer, but I don't
> like the difference in color between what would be the suede center section
> and the leather outer portion.  There's a MR2OC write-up on a
> Leatherseats.com instl though, and it said that light-colored fake-suede
> tends to stain very easily, and will even darken from contact with blue
> jeans, etc.  That's when I starting thinking about Recaros again (Recaro
> Speeds), but I guess if I could deal with black Recaros, I could instead
> just go with a darker color from Classic Soft Trim and save a lot of money.
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