Hi Guys,
Hoping for some guidance. Read forums extensively and have seen a number of potential fixes.
I am from australia - bought the TMI sport R upgrade (with foams) for my 68 camaro. Unfortunately for me - I was not aware of the height issues many people have had. Clearly did not research anywhere near enough before buying these.
Anyway - had the professionally done - go to install them in my car and can barely fit under the steering wheel and my head touches the roof trim.
I am just under 6ft 1" and I am 180 pounds. I am what you what term slim/lean and get laughed at cause of my skinny legs. So my body shape ain't the issue.
I did replace the seat springs, no doubt that may be contributing to my problem.
I have read all over - seems like the following suggestions have been offered:
1. Cut seat springs. Apparently cut 2 outta the 5 front springs may help.
2. Cut the seat rails 3/4 inch. Lowering the seat rail too much can introduce clearance problems for seat hinge and track sliding mechanism.
3. Seat rail extension can help in some cases. A guy custom made a set with better results, posted the plans (very nice of him) but also mentions in later post having to massage floor pan to make it fit.
4. An upholsterer mentions making modification to the seat foam - like what a OEM 69 camaro seat foam had. Essentially putting some shallow holes in the bottom of the foam to make the foam compress easier (made bottom of foam look a bit like a beehive...if that makes sense). Not tested as far as I am aware.
5. Using old springs...not an option for me unfortunately
6. Fabricating new custom rails/seat bracket from scratch. Another member mentioned he did this with great results, although offered no further info. Not sure how this guy achieved the lowering outcome without running into the hinge clearance issues everyone else had though?
Has there been any solution to this problem come up that I have missed?
Any further contributions/potential solutions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Hoping for some guidance. Read forums extensively and have seen a number of potential fixes.
I am from australia - bought the TMI sport R upgrade (with foams) for my 68 camaro. Unfortunately for me - I was not aware of the height issues many people have had. Clearly did not research anywhere near enough before buying these.
Anyway - had the professionally done - go to install them in my car and can barely fit under the steering wheel and my head touches the roof trim.
I am just under 6ft 1" and I am 180 pounds. I am what you what term slim/lean and get laughed at cause of my skinny legs. So my body shape ain't the issue.
I did replace the seat springs, no doubt that may be contributing to my problem.
I have read all over - seems like the following suggestions have been offered:
1. Cut seat springs. Apparently cut 2 outta the 5 front springs may help.
2. Cut the seat rails 3/4 inch. Lowering the seat rail too much can introduce clearance problems for seat hinge and track sliding mechanism.
3. Seat rail extension can help in some cases. A guy custom made a set with better results, posted the plans (very nice of him) but also mentions in later post having to massage floor pan to make it fit.
4. An upholsterer mentions making modification to the seat foam - like what a OEM 69 camaro seat foam had. Essentially putting some shallow holes in the bottom of the foam to make the foam compress easier (made bottom of foam look a bit like a beehive...if that makes sense). Not tested as far as I am aware.
5. Using old springs...not an option for me unfortunately
6. Fabricating new custom rails/seat bracket from scratch. Another member mentioned he did this with great results, although offered no further info. Not sure how this guy achieved the lowering outcome without running into the hinge clearance issues everyone else had though?
Has there been any solution to this problem come up that I have missed?
Any further contributions/potential solutions would be appreciated.
Thanks.