damn uncomfortable seats
03-22-2011, 11:56 AM
#11
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Join Date: 06-13-2010
Location: IL.
Posts: 2,301
My 08' 2LT Panel came with the ebony cloth seats with the power drivers seat.
Felt ok to me, wish the power adjustments were like the older GM cars. Seemed to have more or better adjustments. I don't like how the seat does not tilt back, instead it just lifts the front of the seat under your thighs behind your knees, thats Not a tilt back seat to me.
I now installed Black Leather seats and they seem to be a FIRMER seat, almost Stiff in the padding, and they sit Higher than the cloth seats.
I liked sitting Lower overall with the cloth seats, but like the All Black of the leather. Power adjustments are the same as with the cloth seats, not real adjustable like power seats in years past.
I havent taken my Panel out for a long ride since installing the Leather, so I can't say if higher and stiffer are comfortable or not on a long trip.
Maybe my leather seats came from a low milage total, and will break in a bit and I'll sit lower, but my cloth seats only had 22,000 miles on them.
They ain't old Comfy Cadillac seats thats for sure.
Felt ok to me, wish the power adjustments were like the older GM cars. Seemed to have more or better adjustments. I don't like how the seat does not tilt back, instead it just lifts the front of the seat under your thighs behind your knees, thats Not a tilt back seat to me.
I now installed Black Leather seats and they seem to be a FIRMER seat, almost Stiff in the padding, and they sit Higher than the cloth seats.
I liked sitting Lower overall with the cloth seats, but like the All Black of the leather. Power adjustments are the same as with the cloth seats, not real adjustable like power seats in years past.
I havent taken my Panel out for a long ride since installing the Leather, so I can't say if higher and stiffer are comfortable or not on a long trip.
Maybe my leather seats came from a low milage total, and will break in a bit and I'll sit lower, but my cloth seats only had 22,000 miles on them.
They ain't old Comfy Cadillac seats thats for sure.
03-22-2011, 02:20 PM
#12
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Join Date: 05-22-2009
Location: Rough & Ready, NE Calif
Posts: 240
Seat comfort
I found that my legs (just above the knees) weren't being supported quite enough. Soooo, I raised the front of the driver's seat brackets about one inch. Made a BIG difference...
I have the lumbar setting about 1/2 way.
Mo
I have the lumbar setting about 1/2 way.
Mo
03-22-2011, 06:36 PM
#15
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Join Date: 07-05-2008
Location: Akron Ohio
Posts: 5,464
I have the two pefromance seats and I love them. It took me a while till I found where I liked them but now I am good. I just wish the wheel would telescope out as if my legs were just a little longer it would be a problem.
My seats are firm but supportive and comfortable. That is all I need. Adj the lumbar once in a while on a trip and I am golden.
My seats are firm but supportive and comfortable. That is all I need. Adj the lumbar once in a while on a trip and I am golden.
03-22-2011, 08:03 PM
#16
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Join Date: 12-02-2010
Location: OH
Posts: 4
OUr seats are base, manual adjust black cloth. There is no lumbar adjustment, and the front of the seat will not raise or lower. The back of the seat will raise up to dump you out, though.
I have no complaints about the back, but the flat level, unpadded seat puts my legs to sleap after about 50miles and the passenger seat has the same problem.
Do the power seats raise in the front or tilt?
I have no complaints about the back, but the flat level, unpadded seat puts my legs to sleap after about 50miles and the passenger seat has the same problem.
Do the power seats raise in the front or tilt?
03-22-2011, 10:12 PM
#18
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Join Date: 01-09-2007
Location: SE USA
Posts: 15,933
OUr seats are base, manual adjust black cloth. There is no lumbar adjustment, and the front of the seat will not raise or lower. The back of the seat will raise up to dump you out, though.
I have no complaints about the back, but the flat level, unpadded seat puts my legs to sleap after about 50miles and the passenger seat has the same problem.
Do the power seats raise in the front or tilt?
I have no complaints about the back, but the flat level, unpadded seat puts my legs to sleap after about 50miles and the passenger seat has the same problem.
Do the power seats raise in the front or tilt?
8 way power IIRC..
Suggestion: Remove the 2 front seat bolts, & add washers under the front seat legs to suit you needs & bolt it back down..
Making sure you still have plenty of threads holding the seat down in front.
I have done this in many various rides in the past that had no power..
Works great & washers cost only pennies..
03-22-2011, 10:44 PM
#19
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Join Date: 05-22-2009
Location: Rough & Ready, NE Calif
Posts: 240
Sleeper,
It's not just a matter of 'adding washers' to the front of the seat. The front is held in by two 'hooks' into the floor, not bolts. It's been so long since I changed mine that I can't even remember how I 'reattached' mine. I think I made four new hooks, and bolted a 5/16" bolt through 'em??? I'll check in the AM and get back with more info.
Mo
It's not just a matter of 'adding washers' to the front of the seat. The front is held in by two 'hooks' into the floor, not bolts. It's been so long since I changed mine that I can't even remember how I 'reattached' mine. I think I made four new hooks, and bolted a 5/16" bolt through 'em??? I'll check in the AM and get back with more info.
Mo