I went through this a couple of months ago, since my wife promised me new
seats for Daffy for Christmas.
I called a lot of scrappies (15-20) and found 4 with some MX5 seats - not
many cars are old enough to go to scrap, but a fair few still get wrecked in
accidents.
I was offered prices of #50, #100, #150 and #250, all for standard seats,
cloth covered, without head-rest speakers (some imports have those, which
would have been great!). All sounded in reasonable condition, so I went for
the cheapest!
I found all these scrappies on the web, many have web-sites or at least
e-mail addresses. There was one site (lost the address now) which was a
directory of scrappies. They were all over the country - the ones I
eventually bought came from Essex I think, and they charged about #25 to
deliver them to me in Aberdeen.
Just spend some time on the web and on the 'phone, and you will find several
pairs. Don't pay too much! My #50 ones may have been a bargain you won't
find every day, but I wouldn't pay more than #100 (plus VAT, plus delivery)
based on the searching I did. If they ask for more I would try haggling for
a while, these places are usually negotiable.
BTW, I didn't find any leather ones anywhere I called. Now that would have
been nice...
Richard and Daffy (still waiting for her seat transplant)
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