wider driver's seat available in an SPF?

PANAVIA · #1 (**permalink**) 03-30-2011, 01:43 AM

Here is what we did on 2734'

Seat Cushions de-foamed by about 50%

Seat frames widened and tilted with a hydraulic bottle jack and some work.

Seat tracks removed and seat bolted to floor in rear, and a 1" aluminum spacer inserted under the front bolt tabs between the tabs and the frame, tilting the seat back a bit.

this , combined with the proper footwear makes 6'3" 290lb me -fit in a SPF.

--Steve

crASH · #2 (**permalink**) 03-31-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by PANAVIA

Here is what we did on 2734'

Seat Cushions de-foamed by about 50%

Seat frames widened and tilted with a hydraulic bottle jack and some work.

Seat tracks removed and seat bolted to floor in rear, and a 1" aluminum spacer inserted under the front bolt tabs between the tabs and the frame, tilting the seat back a bit.

this , combined with the proper footwear makes 6'3" 290lb me -fit in a SPF.

--Steve

Outstanding suggestion. I think moving the seat back and bolting to the floor would definitely be in order due to height. Then if I diet about three weeks at wife's behest I should be good to go, unless I buy a used SPF with a seat like Dennis described. More drastic alterations may become necessary, like grease the seat with Crisco and drive naked!