I thought this would be an interesting topic...

I'm just over 6'3" and each time I get into my Z28 I am reminded of this fact. I have to have my seat all the way back in order to keep my knees out of the dash and on a good recline in order to prevent any ugly encounters with my headliner. Needless to say, having a fourth passenger in my car is almost out of the question. Putting in fourth gen leather seats has helped a little since they sit a bit lower, but not a whole lot.

I'm sure there are other thirdgen owners out there who are just as tall or taller. Post up and claim the title as world tallest thirdgen owner!!!

Also, did your height have any effect on your choice in getting a thirdgen?

 

6' 5" here. I put the seat back all the way and recline it just a hair. Only problem I have ran into is if Iam first in line at a stop light i either have to duck down to look at the light or look over the windshield becuse its a convertible. Also the far left side next to the brake pedal is the perfect resting place for my size 16 shoes.

 

i know what you mean. i'm just under 6'6" and my head liner was sagging pretty bad, so i ripped it out. my seat in my 88 bird is slid all the way back, reclined pretty freaken far, and i also have a tilt that i use regularly. i love my third gen though....when i was looking for a car, i wanted a 2nd gen, but after sitting in some third gens, i just liked the feel. i don't think that i'll ever get rid of it.

 

I'm "only" (LOL!) about 6'1", but yeah, the thirdgen seats didn't fit me very comfortably so I stuck in 4th gen seats. I like how low they are, and it lets me recline pretty far and also supports my legs during long drives.

Of course, the only kind of person who could hope to sit behind me (at least when I get the back seats put back in) would be a six-year-old.

Cmeb4ubuy, I know what you mean about stop lights. More annoying is when the main light is blocked by the top of the window and the side light is blocked by an A-pillar...

 

I'm also around 6'5. Actually I sat in a few different cars, before I realized that f-bodies have great leg room in them. Everyone always comments about how they can not believe I can drive a sports car due to the height.

Another nice point is I can look through the sun reflector tint on the windshield going down the highway if the sun is in my eyes. (I wear glasses so I can just put on a pair of sunglasses.)

One major thing that I can think of if you plan in installing a roll bar or cage make sure to reallocate the main hoop from the floor onto the platform where the back seats go. If you do not you will not beable to get your seats to go all the way back, because of the crossmember hitting the backrest.

 

I'm tall, but not incredibly tall. 6'2" I think the headliner might even be alitttle lower in my vert as opposed to myu old hardtop formy. But anytime I have a problem I can just drop the top.

 

mnfirebird in Rochester, MN is 7'4"
he owns a 85 Iroc-z and 83 Trans Am

 

6'4 here and I too find that the leg room is incredible in my GTA. but head room is anther story. I have t-top so I guess is a little better thatn hardtop, but still could be lots beter. Gues third gens cant be perfect

 

i am 6'4 but i have plenty of space with my recaro seats they are practicly sitting on the floor and i can slide them way back. I have about 5inches of head room.

 

Dang,Im only 5 foot 9 and I have to set my seat all the way back and use the tilt when I get in and out of my car.

Someone thats 7foot 4 drives a third gen?Thats Amazing!He must of took out the drivers seat and drives by sitting in the back seat.

 

damn i have an oak tree in the back of my house thats not even 7'4. damn thats big. i feel short at 6'

 

Im 6'7 in a 92 vert. Ive also converted my auto to a 6 speed and all seems to be ok.

 

im 6'6'' and i was comfy in my 88 iroc

 

Had to laugh when i saw this thread. I'm 6'6. Don't really have any problems driving car, its just the getting in and out part. I have the seat back all the way, and the cushion tilted up slightly(optima seats) back seat is out of the question. The only thing i have trouble with is going from my Grand Prix, which has plenty of room, to the TA.

 

I'm 6'1 and I fit fine with my seat barely reclined at all.

 

I'm 6'4" and I fit comfortably with the seat all the way back. But then, that makes the car a three seater.

 

6'3", seat all the way back and tilted a bit. Really sucks driving the car with a helmet on, keep hitting the t-top Really need some seats that sit on the floor to get as much headroom as I can.

 

I'm 6'5" When I first went to go buy a car, the 89 RS was the only car on the lot I fit in. One of the first things I liked about the 3rd gen ... lotsa space.

 

Which generation f-body had the most leg room

 

Theres alot of tall people on this board im 6'2" and i also sit with the seat all the way back and its pretty compfy didnt have too much more room tho. It seems the seats in other cars seem to go back farther but since i got my sparcos i made it so they can go way back.

 

I'm 5' 7" and all's well with the world

JamesC

 

Im in a land of giants. 5-11, so i guess im short

you guys give new meaning to "you dont get into an f-body, you put one on."

 

I'm 6'2" and I think that the head and leg room of my Firebird is suprisingly good. I don't even have to put my seat all the way back. Maybe head room is a bit more because of the T-Tops.

 

6'2" here and I used to hit my head on the ttops from some of the bumps around here..... and yeah man I totally hear you about that stoplight thing!! haha.. its like that in every car im in...
alot of times i drive underneath it and look thru the ttops at it :P

you get used to it, and i actually had 4 people in my car, and it wasnt that bad... but you really have to have the seat way back or my knees hit that wonderfully rectangular shaped dash peice
also i only have a 13" wheel, im sure that helps too

 

Ive noticed that the drivers power seat frame sits higher up than the manual seat frame. At least for my 6'7 frame. So needless to say I have the manual seat in my ride, plus its a lot lighter.

 

i come in at just under 6'2" wow, I'd hate to be anything over 6'5" in a thirdgen

 

6'5" Here. Yeah, in and out is an olympic event. But once inside, it ain't that bad. Like I told everyone, I don't like open airy cars, I want to feel enclosed. Of couse, it's also nice to be able to pop the t-top off and put your head up through while driving :-p Did that once in a development going 15 MPH, it was fun. Seats all the way back and partly reclined. Anyone else think about relocating the blinker so your knee doesn't hit it all the time?

 

a little over 6 feet and I can drive it just fine, certainly not as much room as my daily driver, but it's a lot more fun

 

I'm 6'2" and fit fine with the seat all the way back and a little reclined. Getting in is more of a pain than getting out. I can't imagine how hard it would be without a tilt wheel! I think I fit better in my '88 bird with ttops than the Camaro I currently have.

 

you know what's weird is that for me to get out is much harder than getting in. I can just "drop in" but getting out requires a lot more work because of how low it is...

the other thing is that sometimes I do find myself looking at the light through the T-Tops or having to bend down to catch it...

 

im 6'4'' and i cant wear a hat in it, the driving posistion that i have is good, all the way back and reclined pretty far, but if i hunch up a little bit and wearing a hat and go over a bump, that little button on top of a ball cap goes into my skull, funny and painfull at the same, but im dumping the stock seats and gettin some buckets that ill drop on the floor so i can see through the winshield, and not have to be hunched over or stick my head out da window to look at lights.

 

I'm 5'5". I'm perfectly comfortable.

 

Well, the turn signal return spring in my Camaro broke, so when I make a left turn it won't cut off. So I just bump it off with my knee

 

wow, tall people here. Im 6'2" at 16 yrs old, and have a fun time getting in and out (NO TILT!!!!) But once i get in im extremely comfortable in the car, so thats a major plus

 

yah, I do that all the time too.

 

Werd. 5'6" and I fit just RIGHT in my TurdGen.

 

im 6'2" my seat sits all the way back and is reclined a bit. its perfectly comfortable for me and getting in or out is a pretty easy i can fit 3 people ok, but i hate gettin that fourth person in.

 

I'm 5 foot 9 and I have plenty of room for ME in the car. But when I need to load the car, and someone has to be directly behind me I have to push the seat all the way forward, and have it straight up and down... I feel like a grandpa then.... or a image of a 7 foot man riding a little girl's pink tricycle comes to mind.

I dont know how you 6+ footers do it w/ other people in the car.

 

I'm 18 and 5'8" and it's like they designed these cars just for me..

 

No one sits in my backseat...not possible. Probably because all of my friends are over six feet as well

 

I was wondering if theres any 3rd gen owners that can slam dunk a basketball on a nba regulation 10 foot hoop?

 

I can come close, but I haven't tried on a regulation one yet. :-D I used to play basketball in High School. Not much of a runner, but I'm deadly down low.

 

6'2" and i can almost dunk

Yea, seat all the way back, reclined just a hair. When i was shopping for cars i was surprised at just how many i couldnt fit in. I went to test drive a Mitsubishi eclipse one day (yea before i decided on my maro) sat down, stood right back up, it was like curling up into a ball just to fit in the car. love the leg room though, car's got more interior room than my buddys caviler, and thats a 4 door!

-chillen

 

almost 6'6" and be the 10th grade (6'3") i was dunking.

 

Thanks for all the replies to the thread guys.

Lol, I had completely forgotten how I used to look through the T-tops of my 90 RS to see if the stoplight had turned green. Good Times... Now I have to crouch down and peer out the windshield.

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I was wondering if theres any 3rd gen owners that can slam dunk a basketball on a nba regulation 10 foot hoop?

Awesome!! There are some basketball fans here. I'm extremely athletic, from baseball (my #1 sport) to martial arts and everything in between, and can easily put one over the top of the rim.

 

Ha!We should all have a 3rd gen meet/basketball meet and have the maros owners vs. the firebirds ownewrs in a game of basketball

 

agreed!

 

Other people in the car? oooooooh so that's where the screaming is coming from I don't let anyone except small childrens sit in the back. That's only happend once giving a buddy a ride home with his 2 kids.

 

thats good to know that the 4th gen seats are a little lower. I am 6'3" and I finaly cracked the corner of my dash pad the other day after having the car for 2 years. I wasn't really paying attention and slamed into it with my knee when I got in.

 

Around 6'3" here and im still 17..... I MIGHT catch up to you guys someday