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Lowering passenger seat
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:23 am
by jnorion
I have the LSi model, with leather and a height adjustable driver's seat. I have it down at its lowest setting (I'm just BARELY under six feet) and it's very comfortable. However, the passenger seat is not adjustable and sits too high. Most of the time I have a baby seat behind it, and after moving the seat forward enough for it, it's just unfomfortable. It feels unstable even under normal driving conditions.
Is there a way to lower it to the same ride height as the driver's seat? I don't really care about adjustability, I want to put it down and leave it down. Any ideas?
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:14 am
by LaureltheQueen
maybe cutting the brackets and drilling new holes, but I think that they'd have to be bent as well.
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:15 am
by jnorion
Yuck. That's a pain in the ass, I had to do some of that on my last car.
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:16 am
by vrg3
Get a height-adjustable driver's seat from an RHD country.

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:17 am
by jnorion
Thought about that too... it's a LITTLE out of my price range right now. And the chances of matching the leather perfectly are not great.
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:28 am
by jnorion
OK, so here's another thought. Is there any reason why I couldn't take the lower frame from the driver's seat of another car and mount my cushion on it? I would think the cushion would just come off if you remove the leather cover, and then you could unbolt various parts of the frame.
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:38 am
by Splinter
Controls would be on the wrong sides
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:42 am
by jnorion
I just went and stared at it for a while... I'm thinking that might work, even though the controls are wrong. What I would have to do is lower it down to the proper setting and then take the adjustment handle off (or at least its housing), and then install it. Oh well, I'm going to have to spend some time at the junkyard for that one.
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:41 pm
by BAC5.2
The mounting bracket is also mirror that of the drivers side. Hence the problem.
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:06 pm
by jnorion
Oh, I wasn't meaning using the rails from the other seat... just the frame that sits below the cushion. I don't know exactly what it looks like since I haven't had the seats out of this car yet, so I have no idea if that's a possibility or not. In my last car there was a section that could swap over.
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:40 pm
by LaureltheQueen
the cushion is part of the frame. The rails come off, and that's about it.
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:45 am
by jnorion
Dammit. I was hoping for an easier fix. I guess I need to tear into the thing myself now. I need a garage.