More leg room please
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More leg room please
What is the best way to get more leg room?
1989 IROC Power seat.
New holes in floor, New holes in seat track or seat frame??
I'm 6.2 And don't like laying down while driving, Just need the seat to go back further.
1989 IROC Power seat.
New holes in floor, New holes in seat track or seat frame??
I'm 6.2 And don't like laying down while driving, Just need the seat to go back further.
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Re: More leg room please
I'm 6' 5", 36" inseam (only us tall guys can understand how the extra inseam length effects our legroom situation). Putting in 4th gen seats really helped & I haven't wanted them further back now.
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Re: More leg room please
I'm 6'8" (really) and think the leg room isn't too bad considering it's a sports car, but it is interesting to hear that the 4th gen seats might make things better
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Re: More leg room please
4th gen seats & 4th gen seat tracks. Pulled them out of a 4th gen & boltetd them in my 3rd gen. 100% direct bolt-in.
If you try to put in 4th gen power seats, you'll hafta adapt the wiring to each other. I use manual seats. Nobody but me driving anyways. Slide them all the way back one time & I'm done.
If you try to put in 4th gen power seats, you'll hafta adapt the wiring to each other. I use manual seats. Nobody but me driving anyways. Slide them all the way back one time & I'm done.
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Re: More leg room please
you'll have to let me sit in your car in June so I can feel the difference
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Re: More leg room please
The 4th gen seats do sit lower, which helps with headroom too. Now that my GTA is lowered, it is like "falling" into my car! But I still love it & wouldn't change a thing.
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Re: More leg room please
here is a conundrum for you guys. im 6'6", 36 inseam. I didnt have a lot of legroom in my 86, i made brackets to bolt to the bottom of the stock seat tracks and to the floor to move the seat back about 2.5-3". Gave me lots of room. Was the same with the stock seats and now with the 91 gta power seats i have in it now.
Then i bought my 92, it has stock seats, stock location and i have the same amount of legroom as i do now in my 86 with the relocation brackets, even though the 92 does not have them. whats the deal? did the floor mounts or the seat tracks change over the years?
Then i bought my 92, it has stock seats, stock location and i have the same amount of legroom as i do now in my 86 with the relocation brackets, even though the 92 does not have them. whats the deal? did the floor mounts or the seat tracks change over the years?
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Re: More leg room please
im 6'5 and after the change to 4th gen seats, all the leg room problems were solved.
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Re: More leg room please
there's a guy in mansfield that parts out 4th gens, but he never seems to have anything that doesn't already have holes in it.
I'll find something eventually, I check craigslist about 90 times a day
I'll find something eventually, I check craigslist about 90 times a day
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Re: More leg room please
I'm 6'5", and I know what you mean. In my 2000 the seats are great, but in the 85 it was uncomfortable. What I did was rather simple. I took some 3/16 flat stock, cut about 3-4" long. Drilled 2 holes in each. Removed my driver's seat, and bolted the strips in to the bottom mounting holes in the seat frame, then reinstalled the seat now using the stock to bolt to the floor. Results, it changes the seat angle slightly more upright and gave me just to right amount of travel in the seat.
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LOL, I offered him 60, and went to look at them. They weren't worth 60 when I got over there.
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Re: More leg room please
Anyone know if the seat track Part #s changed around early 90s???
Also, We are talking 4th gen seats including from 1993-2008 ??
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Re: More leg room please
Hey, im wondering what it might cost to get the 4th gen seats in my 3rd. im just more worried about headroom than anything else. anything i can do to my current seats to cet a bit more clearance?
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Re: More leg room please
The cost (to get 4th gen seats in) would depend on how much you can buy the seats for. Cheaper the seats, the cheaper the cost, since they are a 100% direct bolt-in. If you get power seats, you'll just hafta do a little wire splicing.
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Re: More leg room please
watch craigslist. I see sets all time here for 50-75$, but that's with a drivers side seat that mas a hole in it (it's so common you would swear they came from the factory that way)
For a really nice set, You can expect to pay at least $150
For a really nice set, You can expect to pay at least $150
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Re: More leg room please
Honestly i have had no problems with headroom nor legroom in my 83 sport coupe with stock manual seats. I'm 6'4 and switch between a 36" and 34" inseam, i just slide the seat all the way back and it fits me perfect.
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Re: More leg room please
As for head clearance, no issues with the top down.
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Re: More leg room please
my 92 z28 had power seats i just installed aftermarket seats and used pasgr side rails on the driver side..
sombody asked if the rails are still the same.. they look to Be the same.
i used reg 80's camaro rails in my 92..i know the power seats will go lower
and back 2" to 3" more, then the reg manl rails.
if your none power seats are not going back all the way check to see your slider is going all the way back.. when they start to fail. yon cant go all the way back by 1 to 2"
sombody asked if the rails are still the same.. they look to Be the same.
i used reg 80's camaro rails in my 92..i know the power seats will go lower
and back 2" to 3" more, then the reg manl rails.
if your none power seats are not going back all the way check to see your slider is going all the way back.. when they start to fail. yon cant go all the way back by 1 to 2"
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Re: More leg room please
you know, I find the leg room in 3rd gens to be acceptable, but If I can get an extra inch or two by installing 3rd gen seats, that's money well spent
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6'6 32x38, yeah try finding pants when your all legs, I have to special order them from levi lol. Ofcourse a thirdgen is better than the opel gt I was looking at before it, my buddy's got a miata and I can't drive it, because the drives side door won't shut when I'm in it. lol.
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Re: More leg room please
anybody know if i can use my stock manual rails with a fourth gen seat?
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Re: More leg room please
Still trying to figure that one out. I know where there is a seat or two may be I can do some measuring tomorrow after I get my exhaust fixed....
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exhaust was the last thing on my list, drove to San Antonio and back with no exhaust and got puled over to check the tint . Let me know if you figure out the seats.
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Re: More leg room please
I've never had a problem with my stock seats in both my 88 and 89 firebird. They were both manual seats, bone stock. I'm 6'2" w/ 38x32 and I drive with the seat one notch, maybe two, forward of all the way back...plenty of room. Are the firebird seats considerably different? I always thought they were basically the same firebird=camaro.
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Re: More leg room please
i can fit in mine for daily driving but with the helmet on i have to recline too far back. I can still reach everything but it's not a best position for competitive driving.
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Re: More leg room please
I'm 6'8" and a 36" inseam is just barely adequate. I've owned SEVERAL third gens and never had any legroom issues. I have to say though, the Recaros in my MSE and my Daytona 500 are closer to the floor for headroom AND a bit farther back than the normal buckets.
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Re: More leg room please
You can also find some Fiero seat rails. They fit factory seats and floors perfectly but drop the seat about 1.5”. The sliders are also straight instead of arched, so you don’t lose thigh support if you slide forward. I’m 6’1” 34/34 and was able to steepen my seatback with the sliders 2 notches from full back. Also more clearance between the steering wheel and my legs.
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