Has anyone moved the drivers seat back as to get extra legroom? The
car is a 1993 Coupe.–
burk
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Burk,
This has come up here before, but I don’t remember the details since I don’t
have the problem. A search of the Archives would probably pull up a thread
or two. I just did a search of the archive on my computer using “leg room”
and found a thread ‘Will I fit ok?’ on 4/27/2009. The Archives at Jag-Lovers
will have a lot more.
Ed Sowell
'76 XJ-S coupe, red
http://www.efsowell.us/ed/myJag.html
Has anyone moved the drivers seat back as to get extra legroom? The
car is a 1993 Coupe.
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In reply to a message from burk sent Wed 18 Nov 2009:
I have done this on a 3.6 coupe with (I think) the same seat type
as yours.
The seat runner is secured by 4 bolts to the floor mountings. The
nuts in the floor mountings may NOT be captive, so replacing can be
a bit of a pain. I fabricated four short pieces of steel bar about
5 mm thick and 80mm long, with bolt sized holes in each end. One
end I bolted to the seat and the other to the floor mounting so
that the seat was set back by 80mm. A bit if a fiddle getting
everything in and done up, but well worth it. Basically each bit
has to be bolted up on a corner by corner case by case basis, some
to the seat first, some to the floor mounting first, depending on
access available. The main thing is to make absolutely sure chnage
is strong enough so the seat cannot shoot forward in a panic
stop/crash
Greg–
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Has anyone moved the drivers seat back as to get extra legroom? The
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In reply to a message from burk sent Wed 18 Nov 2009:
I have a similar problem, but I need about another 1/2 -1’’
headroom as well. It seems easier to get more legroom than
headroom, although I might gain the headroom by going back a
few inches. I noticed two mounting holes on the rail at the
rear of the seat, but only one one the front side.
Initially, I thought the rail had two mount options, but
that doesn’t seem to be the case.–
1990 XJ-S V12 5.3 Coupe, , Black, Marelli
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In reply to a message from Billbo sent Thu 19 Nov 2009:
Before posting this question I went to the search forums. I saw
references that this has been asked before on cars with power and
manual seats. I did not see any real information on this being
accomplished on cars with power seats. It would seem that the seat
rails could be moved back some. Are there any success stories on
this being done on cars with power seats?–
burk
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burk wrote:
It would seem that the seat
rails could be moved back some. Are there any success stories on this
being done on cars with power seats?
Before you even get started, I’d suggest moving your seats all the
way to the rear and checking how much clearance there is between the
back of the front seat and the squab of the rear seat. Mine got
pretty close in my '83. You can’t go rearward any farther than that
no matter what you do with the mounts – unless you remove the rear
seat squab, which I suppose is a possibility.
– Kirbert
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Billbo wrote:
I have a similar problem, but I need about another 1/2 -1’’
headroom as well.
Good luck! One method would be to trade in your '90 on an earlier
model, since the earlier cars had thinner seats and hence more
headroom. But unfortunately, the earlier seats won’t fit the later
car.
One other idea is to raise the front seat mount a bit, perhaps with
spacers or something. Perhaps can be done in conjunction with the
relocation rearward. The reason this helps is that, when the seat is
adjusted rearwards, the increased angle also means it’s sliding
downwards. If you’re not careful, the rear end of the rails will dig
into the rear floor mat.
– Kirbert
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In reply to a message from Kirbert sent Thu 19 Nov 2009:
You can pick up 1’’ of additional legroom easily. On the early cars,
simply unbolt the tracks and use the rear set of seat mounting
holes. On the later cars, you’ll have to drill a new front hole
(the rear hole is already there) and maybe do a bit of grinding on
the seatbelt bracket. As to swapping seats, the new/old seats are
not direct bolt-ins, but if you’re willing to do some mods to the
lower seat frame, they can be made to fit. I just installed
some '88 seats in my '83, so I know it doable.
The problem is Jag moved the later (starting in ‘87? ‘88?) seat
tracks 1’’ closer together; that’s the only difference, as all other
dimensions are the same. You can’t do much with the floor mounts,
so that leaves the seat. I cut the tabs out and replaced them with
slotted versions (so mine are now multi-fit) and they went right
in. I built a jig to keep everything lined up. I didn’t even have
to pull all the upholerstry; I just pulled the lower edges loose
and protected them with some duct tape while I did the mods then
reinstalled it. You won’t have any luck getting more headroom as
the later seatbelts attach to the seat track and there isn’t enough
room to lower the seat. And if using the early seats in the later
car, you’ll need to do additional work to the frame to get room for
the seatbelt bracket. If you have an early car where the belts are
attached to the floor, you could pick up about 3/8’’ more headroom
by shortening the mounting tabs, although be careful as you’ll be
welding VERY close to the foam. Even more legroom is also possible
if you fab some new brackets and move them forward on the seat frame
Depending on the total scope of what you’re trying to do, this
could be a weekend project if you have a wirefeed welder and a few
air tools.–
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Good luck! One method would be to trade in your '90 on an earlier
model, since the earlier cars had thinner seats and hence more
headroom. But unfortunately, the earlier seats won’t fit the later
car.
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Steve Ellingson '83 XJS V-12, '83 XJS LT1, '86 XJS parts,
Yelm Washington, United States
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In reply to a message from Why? sent Thu 19 Nov 2009:
I should note that all this in the above post applies to the manual
seats, although parts or all may work on the power seats also.–
Steve Ellingson '83 XJS V-12, '83 XJS LT1, '86 XJS parts,
Yelm Washington, United States
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In reply to a message from burk sent Wed 18 Nov 2009:
burk,
My '92 has electric seats. When full back it runs into the rear
stowage box. I might be able to go farther if I released the seat
back and allowed it to go fwd. But you still need to return the
seat to a comfortable position. So check it out.
Noel–
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'92 XJS Conv, '88 XJS, 68 XKE, 1914 &'15 Ford Model T’s
Edmond, OK, United States
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