thanks guys....they really did 'complete' the car if you know what I mean. Like they belonged there....even down to matching the stitching on the JCW leather dash.
added pic of the actual seats for sale....look like new (which is hard to believe)
another benefit for tall guys - I couldn't fit a helmet on with stock seats and sunroof. With these installed, I could. I'm just over six feet.
quite a few people have ridden in my car at auto-x with these - one person here on M/A who has is R56 ED. With the seatbelts in 'lock' mode and these seats, you don't move around (alcantara FTW).
There's a little bit of work to get this new set to work in a MINI.....not hard and not expensive (seat brackets) but I can give you the 411 since I've been down this road before.
Man I want these, before I bought the MINI I was thinking about an EVO IX and the seats were awesome. Too bad geography and finance seem to be keeping them out of reach still.
EVO forums or ebay are the best bets. Try to find them local so you can go put your paws on them. $600ish a pair for the EVO VIII 'bus fabric' and anywhere from $800+ for the EVO IX like in this thread. $1k is not too much to pay for a mint set of IX's like I had.
PGT can you share what you had to do in order to get these to work in your MINI? I'm curious about the seat mount, as well as the air bag issue. Thanks!
