Foamectomy! Budget Bucket Seats! | Melody Miata Build #4

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7 жыл бұрын

Free upgrade to your seats to be more comfortable and hold you in better, like a bucket seat! The Foamectomy is also a common "tall man mod" that makes it easier for larger people to fit in Miatas. It may be subjective but at least in our experience it does NOT make the car less comfortable, in fact more so! Great easy mod that doesn't take too much time and doesn't cost any money! Except maybe a few zip ties...
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@LongHaulRob 7 жыл бұрын

After 5 Volkswagens, I'm looking to buy a Na 1.8 within a week or so. Channels like this are a godsend. CarPassionChannel, Ginguim, and you guys have been totally awesome

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words! We do our best!

@Paaka700 7 жыл бұрын

I watched this video and immediately did this to my 1992 NA6. 30 minutes later, I am finished and everything is reinstalled. I finally sit low enough in the car to see below the (ridiculously tiny) sun visors, and the bolsters on the back are now much more supportive while still comfortable. This is honestly a 300% improvement in every aspect to the seats and I would recommend doing this for anyone, regardless of size. This is a great instructional and entertaining video. Keep it up, guys!

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Jake Parker Awesome that you had such good results and happy we were able to help out!!

@thechristiancuber2716 6 жыл бұрын

I would have taken the opportunity to shampoo the seats and replace the rusty parts

@triathlonSDhsp 7 жыл бұрын

Have done this a few times - worth the effort for sure. A drywall knife works like butter. Good one boys!

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

hsp-sandiego Thanks man! Yea I dont have a drywall knife sitting around, the filet knife worked pretty well tho!

@BecauseMiata 7 жыл бұрын

Just in time for Valentine's Day...a hug from your car. Awesome video guys. I've been thinking about doing this myself, but also planning on reupholstering with leather, so I'll probably do both at once. If my seat pans are that rusty, I'll probably spray paint them too...I'm OCD...lol. I have no idea how you guys don't have over 100k subs....your channel has great content!

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks man =) Only been doing it for 5 months! and yea well that pan was too far gone to paint, he'll be getting a seat soon so this one won't be staying in for the life of the car anyways! Thanks for the kind words and support!

@osalcedoucmsae 4 жыл бұрын

I will be doing this too! Thank you guys, I’m 6’3” n about 250 and got myself an NB, definitely a tight fit with the top on lol

@alexsupertramp4907 3 жыл бұрын

Is it the exact same procedurefor the NB? I bought one two weeks ago and plan to to do the same thing.

@kuyaquasi 2 жыл бұрын

Gonna have to try this on mine! I have nb2 seats on my NA and it those nb2 seats definitely sits higher

@RL69420 7 жыл бұрын

Y'all deserve more subs than you have. Great content, keep it up.

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Clorox Bleach Thank you for the kind words!

@emanualbarakat2777 7 жыл бұрын

you should do a video showing the results where you have a passenger in an unmodified seat while the driver is in the modded seat and you guys go through hard corners to see how your bodys react to the side gs

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

not a bad idea, but hard to do with scientific accuracy =P his passenger seat is still stock so we could. But the driver always moves less because they have the steering wheel to hold on to.

@emanualbarakat2777 7 жыл бұрын

GearHeads thanks for replying so quick! and yeah I agree about the steering wheel problem but what you could do to solve this is do two runs. one where the driver uses the unmodded seat and the passenger uses the modded seat and switch

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe! Also driving dynamics might not be exactly the same each time etc. All I can tell you for sure is that it does help quite a bit, especially when you remove that back piece as the side bolstering above your hips becomes way more effective

@emanualbarakat2777 7 жыл бұрын

GearHeads you are right there will always be small uncontrollable things. but it would still be cool to try to see the differences just to see it you know?

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

emanual barakat Well I'll consider it for a future video, thanks for the idea!

@tommyestridge9301 3 жыл бұрын

A electric carving knife works great, also you should do something about that seat pan, it is literally rusted through in places.

@Joe-vw7sr 2 жыл бұрын

To anyone watching this who wants to do this. You don’t need to disassemble your entire seat. Just do it enough so you can get at the foam. It’s all accessible with the seat intact

@Colewitsometrashedits 2 жыл бұрын

Is it the same on a NB

@ivegotdragonflies 5 жыл бұрын

My 6ft ass loves you guys for this thanks! Drift miata

@MiataMods 7 жыл бұрын

Good vid guys! Why did you disassemble the whole seat? I have a foamectomy video too on my channel and you can see that when you're only removing the hump you do not need to disassemble the seat. No hate tho! Just curious :-)

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

MiataMods Idk, thats just the way I had always done it, makes everything easier to work with! Thanks for the tip tho!

@ThisMarv 7 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you clean the seat and the carfloor when you had it apart anyways?

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

M4NOOB Cus we got distracted and left for two days and only had like 30 mins we could work together to finish last night to make the video. I agree tho it was quite dirty! dont worry he'll clean it at some point, and all the crap you saw under the seats he DID remove.

@Matt-yg3ml 7 жыл бұрын

To the guy with the captain america shirt in the beginning, how tall are you? I'm looking for a reference to how well i would fit in a miata. I'm 6'3" and am looking to get one in the near future. Thanks in advance and great video too.

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! I'm 6'2 and 225-230lbs. Its a small car, but you can make it work if you do a few mods. A Foamectomy like this, a smaller aftermarket steering wheel(we have an episode on that as well in this car we just did) and possibly removing the armrest on the door(they are useless anyways) and replacing with a door strap, all will create a much larger amount of room in the car for you.

@FungiSoup 7 жыл бұрын

Would it be the same exact process for Nb seats? Or are they made different?

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

The process is exactly the same! The seats are a little different but they are put together the same way.

@TheOnlyToblin 7 жыл бұрын

Matt...clean your damn car mate. ;)

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Totally Legit Gaming [TLEG] I know huh!

@michaelperry138 6 жыл бұрын

How tall are you guys?

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Perry About 6'2 225lbs and 5'3-5'4 125lbs

@myshots101 7 жыл бұрын

Man this is the most backwards thing I have seen. Okay there may be others. Unless you are super tall and chubby I guess I can see that. But for a small car like this which is not the most comfortable on long rides and a smaller person, man that will be painful. I need more cushion not less on my old car. But it was interesting to see it.

@GearHeadsGarageChannel 7 жыл бұрын

Matts seat is MUCH more comfortable for me now(I'm 6'2 225lbs), and he likes it better too. Its a super common mod and lots of people prefer it this way!