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Raising the drivers seat.

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30 Aug 2020 17:57 - 30 Aug 2020 17:59 #227564 by lightning
l would like to raise the drivers seat a little, as l am quite small.
On the Defender you can buy a seat riser kit which raises the seat around 3cm at the back and 2cm at the front. This makes more difference than you might think.

l assume this isn't available for the Jimny. l wonder if it would be acceptable to fit spacers under the seat rails to raise the seat (say) 2cm at the rear and 1cm at the front.
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30 Aug 2020 18:39 #227566 by Roger Fairclough
I have raised the seat on my gen.4 by 20 mm at the front with no problems. I suggest aluminium for the spacers with a min.width of 20-25 mm and bolts to suit. You need to duplicate the type of bolt as mine were mushroom headed to spread the load.

Roger

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30 Aug 2020 19:10 #227569 by Lambert
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If you're tall wouldn't moving the seat further back make more sense than lifting it and reducing the head room. Dave x8ggy of this parish does or did rails than move the seats back but only up a little.

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30 Aug 2020 19:22 #227570 by lightning
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Hi there

l am small, not tall !

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30 Aug 2020 19:30 #227571 by Lambert
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Then I would suggest something in a steel box section and a note to the insurance. Seat mounts are an integral component of the impact mitigation system.

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30 Aug 2020 21:02 #227573 by Roger Fairclough
The seat will still be mounted to the floor so the integrity of the impact mitigation system ie. seat belt will still be viable.

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