Ive been following the guide from Audifans,
Ive got the seats apart at the moment, and wanted to double check before I get the dremel out and start cutting a new groove.
Here is a pic of the ratchet mechanism
From looking at it on the lowest position there isnt much that can be taken off.
do you just make an extra tooth where the bracket bends round?
I am getting on for 6' 4" and also find this to be a problem.
I have found that it is possible to make the seat adjust 1 notch lower than standard. To do this:
1) remove seat from car
2) turn it upside down
WARNING - the height adjust mechanism is very powerfully spring loaded. If you activate (i.e. pull) the height adjust lever, whilst not sitting in the seat, the mechanism will move very suddenly. If a finger was in the wrong place at the wrong time it could easily be broken!!
3) remove the 2 BIG springs (the height adjust mechanism is now much safer but continue to take care not to trap fingers!).
4) untwist wire that holds fabric surround tight around base of seat and pull back the fabric to give access to the toothed locking mechanism.
5) you will now have to modify 2 parts of the locking mechanism:
a) there is an 'end stop' pin that physically stops the seat lowering past a certain point - remove the pin and extend the cutout that slides around the pin so that the seat can go lower (I found a Dremmel VERY useful for this part)
b) you will also need to create an extra groove on the toothed track of the locking mechanism (for this I used a small, sharp hand file).
6) put it all back together.
Doing all this didn't take too long and I now have an extra [EDIT] 2cm [/EDIT] of space to fit my oversized frame into. I'd definitely say it was worth it.
I have found that it is possible to make the seat adjust 1 notch lower than standard. To do this:
1) remove seat from car
2) turn it upside down
WARNING - the height adjust mechanism is very powerfully spring loaded. If you activate (i.e. pull) the height adjust lever, whilst not sitting in the seat, the mechanism will move very suddenly. If a finger was in the wrong place at the wrong time it could easily be broken!!
3) remove the 2 BIG springs (the height adjust mechanism is now much safer but continue to take care not to trap fingers!).
4) untwist wire that holds fabric surround tight around base of seat and pull back the fabric to give access to the toothed locking mechanism.
5) you will now have to modify 2 parts of the locking mechanism:
a) there is an 'end stop' pin that physically stops the seat lowering past a certain point - remove the pin and extend the cutout that slides around the pin so that the seat can go lower (I found a Dremmel VERY useful for this part)
b) you will also need to create an extra groove on the toothed track of the locking mechanism (for this I used a small, sharp hand file).
6) put it all back together.
Doing all this didn't take too long and I now have an extra [EDIT] 2cm [/EDIT] of space to fit my oversized frame into. I'd definitely say it was worth it.
Here is a pic of the ratchet mechanism
From looking at it on the lowest position there isnt much that can be taken off.
do you just make an extra tooth where the bracket bends round?
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