Roadster Seat mod for tall people

[SVOCOBRA]

Hi All, This is my first post, so hopefully the pics come out like they should. I had my driver's seat modified by a local upholstery shop for $100 to fit my 6' 2" self into. What a difference! No more banging my knee on the dash trying to get my foot on the clutch. As the pics should show, I had him taper the seat stuffing down to 1" thick in the back & remove the oem stuffing from the back & replace it with 1/2" thick foam. It puffs up & looks nearly identical to the passenger's side, but I fit much better.

[skullandbones]

Hi SVO,

That's a pretty clever tweek. If you didn't know it was there, you probably wouldn't even notice the mod. Good job!

WEK.

[SVOCOBRA]

No, You really can't tell at a glance.

[wallace18]

FFR actually offers that mod as an option. It is called the big guy seat.

[R Thomas]

I am finding this very helpful cause I really didn't want to pay the extra for the other seats. Just call me Mr. Cheap, but I would rather have the extra cash for spindles or lower control arms.

[SVOCOBRA]

Yes, I'm cheap, or "efficient", we'll call it as well. I wasn't about to spend cash for the leather big boy seats, and don't need to mod the passenger side either.

[edwardb]

For the record, I believe those are the older style seats that FFR used to provide, e.g. having plywood and fiberglass in their construction. The newer style seats, released with the Mk3.1 Roadster as I recall, have a metal frame base and a full foam molded seat. No plywood or fiberglass anywhere. I've had both and the newer seats are much improved and I find more comfortable. I suspect the mod pictured here would be useful on the newer style as well. Not unlike what I understand FFR is providing with the big and tall seats.

[SVOCOBRA]

True, these are from a 2005 Mk3.