Miata Seats and stock belts

Yap stock belts work with stock seats.

I have been looking for new seats for my super rare Classic Red 1990 Miata. And many aftermarket seats are designed for 4 or 5 point belts which I have read suck for a DD.

So what do folks do? Do they trim the seat or do only specific seats work with stock belts?

Thanks!

Schroth four point belts are tolerable (and legal) on the street.

For a dd I'd be looking for a decent set of stock seats. Ones from other year miatas will work.

I've run stock belts through a race bucket. The belt portion can be unbolted and fed through the hole, no problem. The latch end can be a bit more troublesome, particularly as newer stuff often mounts the latch to the seat instead of the floor. Anything needed can be fabricated, but it boils down to this:

Do you trust your fabrication skills to keep your ass in the car?

Streetwiseguy wrote: I've run stock belts through a race bucket. The belt portion can be unbolted and fed through the hole, no problem. The latch end can be a bit more troublesome, particularly as newer stuff often mounts the latch to the seat instead of the floor. Anything needed can be fabricated, but it boils down to this: Do you trust your fabrication skills to keep your ass in the car?

NA Miatas have the receiver bolted to the transmission tunnel, not seat. That makes it easier.

EvanB wrote:

Streetwiseguy wrote: I've run stock belts through a race bucket. The belt portion can be unbolted and fed through the hole, no problem. The latch end can be a bit more troublesome, particularly as newer stuff often mounts the latch to the seat instead of the floor. Anything needed can be fabricated, but it boils down to this: Do you trust your fabrication skills to keep your ass in the car?

NA Miatas have the receiver bolted to the transmission tunnel, not seat. That makes it easier.

NA's after ~94 have the reciever attached to the seat (SWGuy is right), but it's also on a slide bar anchored to that tranny tunnel location (So Evan is right too).

I've repositioned the reciever to the right spot for a race seat. I used a 4" x 4" backup plate epoxied onto the backside of the tranny tunnel. Welding would be safer.