[Vracer111]

Seats are really something you need to try in person to see what works for your body. Through all the years I've found that what works best for me streetwise is Recaro seats. The stock FR-S seats were not the best on any extended drive, leaving my back and butt sore and not really holding me in place that well - you still sit more 'on' them than 'in' them compared to any good aftermarket seat. The Recaro Sportster CS I had in my FR-S was a HUGE upgrade in comfort along with sitting 'in' the seat and really tying you into the chassis nearly like a solidly mounted full blown race seat. Stock seat really lacks in chassis information/directness you feel from a really good solid aftermarket seat.

If it's a daily driver that doesn't see much track use you will want an adjustable back seat that uses stock seatbelts, like the Recaro Sportster or Speed series, or the Bride Stradia II or Gias II (I really wanted the Bride Gias II seats but they are just a tad too narrow and slightly short for me). So shorter/skinnier = BRIDE, taller/more 'American' = Recaro. If really into track, you can still use them with added in 4 point rollbar and racing harness - or it would be less expensive and little more ideal to go with a full blown fixed back racing seat with the rollbar and harness.

Fixed back seats are lighter and can be more form fitting, but you really need additional rollover protection (4 point rollbar minimum) since they are fixed-back which will keep you in upright position (until your neck and the seatback breaks from a large enough impact/stress) if the top gets crushed in. Bride, Cobra, Momo, OMP, Racetech, Recaro, Sparco all make excellent fixed-back racing seats I wouldn't mind having.

Just an FYI, the Recaro Sportster CS I had in my FR-S is available for about half the price of new, buyer of my FR-S wanted the stock drivers seat so I kept it. Was planning to use it in the MKIb MR2 I recently got but have decided to get a racing bucket which will be easier to mount (will have to completely custom fab a bottom mounting bracket for it while there are already side mounting brackets available for it.)