Drivers seat height adjustment

gstuart

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• Jun 14, 2010

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Hi
sorry its me again , the pain .
are you able to get a drivers seat for the FL that has height adjustment please, as my wife is only 4'11".
She had a go in it the other day and loved it, but bless her she had to use a cushion, :lol:
thanks
gary

 

Optimus Prime

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• Jun 14, 2010

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sadly tis what it is, there was never a height adjustable version.

 

Kernow nige

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• Jun 14, 2010

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cushion it is then

 

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• Jun 14, 2010

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Booster seat

 

gstuart

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• Jun 14, 2010

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now a booster seat would be a good idea, but im not going to tell her.

im not that brave, but will get a decent cushion .

looked at the discovery seats and some are height adjustable but i imagine there would be no way to fit into a FL

at least if she robs the keys i can take her baby erm cushion away,lolol

all the best

gary

 

OldIrishWulf

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• Jun 14, 2010

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gstuart said:

at least if she robs the keys i can take her baby away,lolol



gary glitter

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my little fox must be 5'6" or a bit more and she finds it hard to reach the peddles when she has to move my heap.

 

Chaser

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• Jun 15, 2010

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Assuming your not 6'6" yourself........Could you raise the seat with some channel/brackets fitted under the seat mounts? It'll need to be done properly though.

 

OldIrishWulf

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• Jun 15, 2010

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gstuart said:

Hi
sorry its me again , the pain .
are you able to get a drivers seat for the FL that has height adjustment please, as my wife is only 4'11".
She had a go in it the other day and loved it, but bless her she had to use a cushion, :lol:
thanks
gary

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Does she place the pillow behind her to get her feet on the pedals?
Or under her to lift to see over the dash?

 

RichM

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• Jun 16, 2010

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OldIrishWulf said:

my little fox must be 5'6" or a bit more and she finds it hard to reach the peddles when she has to move my heap.

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Well I'm the same height and I have no trouble what so ever, although I do wish it was height adjustable. My old car (BMW 3 series) had a height adjustable seat and I miss it.

It shouldn't be difficult for people to reach the peddles, even if they're a midget. The seat will go very very far forward. Seeing over the bonnet is another thing though...

 

chromiumuk

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• Jun 16, 2010

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Chaser said:

Assuming your not 6'6" yourself........Could you raise the seat with some channel/brackets fitted under the seat mounts? It'll need to be done properly though.

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Think this could probably be done to raise the seat. I've got the opposite problem & wanted to lower mine by a couple of inches. Sadly both seat runners sit at different heights due to transmission tunnel intrusion so I couldn't just fit in another seat from say a BMW with self contained runners & adjustment. Decided just to live with it & put up though it's a pain at traffic lights having to crouch down a bit.