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Seat Rail Lowering Options with Stock Seats
Being 6'5" I fit just fine in the car ... without a helmet. I've been reading on the forums for solutions to the issue, and I know there are some options out there. Unfortunately most of the answers require a new seat, which is what I'm trying to avoid for the time being.
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I recommend against Buddy Club seat rails. They have a history of breaking the spot welds. If you do go Buddy Club, get the welds touched up.
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What I'm lead to believe with the other seat rails is that they only work with their own brand.
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Most rails are universal, but are for aftermarket seats only. Ones that work with OEM seats are specific to a car, and there aren't any that I'm aware of for the FRS/BRZ.
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There was a huge thread on this a while back, someone was supposed to start production on some, but then dropped off the face of the earth. Some one else was then supposed to take over, but nothing happened... I think the root problem is that the seats are so low already, and because the rails are on an angle (the rear is angled downward) and is much closer to the floor, there's just not enough room to make lowering brackets without tilting the whole seat forward, which won't fix the problem... I'm not 100% certain that this is the root problem, but from what I've seen (removing my own seats) there's just not much working room down there.
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Guess I'll just have to continue to move the back of my seat up a little so that my helmet is more inside the "roof bubble". That's really my main complaint because I have to have the rails of my seat so far back. TPP (tall people problems)
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The 2 fixes are: 1 - mod the seat (which we do) 2 - buy aftermarket seats (or Lotus seats) that are very low at the base. |
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I do, but it looks exactly like an unmodified seat - the mods are internal.
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any pictures of it in the car or anything to kinda see how much room we're gaining lol
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I will take some pics of it empty and also with Max (our tallest employee) sitting in it on Monday. I'll also take pics of the stock seat at its lowest setting for comparison. When you install it it really doesn't look any different because the portion of the seat that we modified doesn't affect the seat back, and only affects the bolsters slightly.
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Its only a 3hourish job correct ? Friend tagged in me halls Facebook post . if it is I will be highly interested in getting it down late august .
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That is correct. The BRZ seat in Jay's car had a very slightly different structure than the FRS seat and took a wee bit longer, but it is basically a 3 hour job, 4 at the outside. That includes removal and re-installation, and it can be done while you wait if you schedule an appointment. If you bring your helmet and camera phone, let us take before and after pics, and you post them on this site and facebook I'll even give you $30 off the labor. I'll post the pictures of Max, but I find unbiased 3rd party reviews are generally regarded as more reliable.
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