My battery is bellow seat as well in a stainless box welded in .the seats are now in and fit well. The seats have a piece off 50 X 50 box section to support the rear mounting as i have used the Mazda runners . The box section makes the seat sit at a sensible position on landy seat box which slopes .I have hinged the passenger seat at the front for access to the battery box . You can easy get stuff in and out but battery removal includes seat removal (4 bolts).I've a pair of Mk1 Mx5 seats that I'm looking at fitting in our 1986 Ninety, not quite an S3 but similar....
only issue I can see is that access to the voids below the seatbox will be problematic - on the Ninety the battery lives below the passanger seat unlike S3's underbonnet
Rich.
Hey, I've got some MK1 MX5 seats for my 90 that I'm looking to fit, do you by chance have any tips/suggestions/photos of how you did this? As far as I can see the rails are slightly too narrow to clear the battery cover tray so I'm a bit stuck...
Far better to recondition the original seats. Retrim kits are available, and if the covers are in a good enough condition you can just get the internal foam parts. Decades of age and drivers' arses sliding in and out causes the foam to crumble and go lumpy. When they're in a good state they are actually quite comfortable, and then you don't have to mess about fitting in alternatives that don't fit properly and impede access to the battery...I've a pair of Mk1 Mx5 seats that I'm looking at fitting in our 1986 Ninety, not quite an S3 but similar....
only issue I can see is that access to the voids below the seatbox will be problematic - on the Ninety the battery lives below the passanger seat unlike S3's underbonnet
Rich.
