Seats My Aching back

[750hp]

Trev if you're at all on the tall side you'll have to experiment a bit.
Don't try to slide forward and down to get your head out of the windflow, that only reduces the amount of support for your lumbar back.
Push your bum back and sit up tall. (This is also a well known practice to maintain alertness while driving, so you're doing two good things, staying alert and being kind to your lower back.)

You'll have to jam your cap on tighter but.....that's part of the price you have to pay. You're not in a luxo barge now.
Then buy an el cheapo KMart cushion and place it behind the lumbar area of your lower back, not your bum. You might have to modify it until it feels comfortable and when that happy day arrives, cover it to suit your upholstery and velcro it in place. Done! Doesn't matter what it looks like, it has to be supportive for you. You might consider buying an offcut from an upholstery shop if you need firmer rubber, and cut it to the same size and shape.

There's an old biker's saying "You're not in the carriage now, you're up on the horse!" Same goes for Cobras although not to the same extent. They'll never be super comfortable, they're loud, they're not politically correct, greenies hate "em, they're a throwback to better happier times.........and that's why we love them!!!

[Trev]

thanks that sounds like a plan and yep i agree that i am now riding the horse

boy my cheeks hurt from that bloody great grin i keep having on my ugly mug


Trev

Originally Posted by 750hp

Trev if you're at all on the tall side you'll have to experiment a bit.
Don't try to slide forward and down to get your head out of the windflow, that only reduces the amount of support for your lumbar back.
Push your bum back and sit up tall. (This is also a well known practice to maintain alertness while driving, so you're doing two good things, staying alert and being kind to your lower back.)

You'll have to jam your cap on tighter but.....that's part of the price you have to pay. You're not in a luxo barge now.
Then buy an el cheapo KMart cushion and place it behind the lumbar area of your lower back, not your bum. You might have to modify it until it feels comfortable and when that happy day arrives, cover it to suit your upholstery and velcro it in place. Done! Doesn't matter what it looks like, it has to be supportive for you. You might consider buying an offcut from an upholstery shop if you need firmer rubber, and cut it to the same size and shape.

There's an old biker's saying "You're not in the carriage now, you're up on the horse!" Same goes for Cobras although not to the same extent. They'll never be super comfortable, they're loud, they're not politically correct, greenies hate "em, they're a throwback to better happier times.........and that's why we love them!!!

[400TT]

Trev, my brother and I did many 1000k+ trips in our old Cobra with similiar style buckets to yours and after each leg we would get progressively more and more sore.

With the next Cobra we used MX5 seats, even with stiffer suspension, lower profile tyres etc, so much less compliance, on similiar trips we ended each day with no stiffness at all. Modern seats are so much more comfortable, not quite the same look though.

You might be able to improve your existing seats. What are you suffering from - back pain, numb bum, soar legs etc. You might be able to change the shape/postion of the seat to improve things.

Yeah, that grin will return each time you get into your Cobra.

[Buddy23]

Originally Posted by 750hp

There's an old biker's saying "You're not in the carriage now, you're up on the horse!" Same goes for Cobras although not to the same extent. They'll never be super comfortable, they're loud, they're not politically correct, greenies hate "em, they're a throwback to better happier times.........and that's why we love them!!!

Not all greenies hate 'em 750hp!

I've had mine for a couple of months now and the loving it gets from all walks of life is amazing.

A good mate of mine is an environmental consultant and has lots of friends who could be described as greenies. Anyway, I showed up to a party of his recently and there was a big group of them on his front balcony. Angry lynch mob??? No way. They all came down for a look and a photo of it or in it. Some even wanted to give the engine a bit of a rev.

Not what I was expecting