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04-24-2014, 07:06 PM | #1 |
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Is it possible to mod the oem seat to sit lower?
Is there away to mod the oem seat to sit lower? I know aftermarket seats use brackets and they come in diff heights, is there something I can do to make the oem seat sit lower?
I had a loaner new 328 this weekend and that seat sits a lot lower than the m3 seats |
04-25-2014, 12:36 PM | #3 |
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yea.... no idea why the m3 seat is so high. As mentioned, i had a loaner 328 over the weekend and that seat lowers almost to the floor haha. I like it, for us taller guys
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You've adjusted it to it's lowest and it's still too high? How tall are you?
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is there something i can do to cut off some railing on the stock seat? does anyone have a photo of under the oem seat? |
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04-27-2014, 12:14 PM | #8 |
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I agree the seats are too high. I literally have to push my seats back to fit my helmet. In my normal driving position my helmet is always knocking the roof.
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04-27-2014, 09:11 PM | #9 |
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I am 6'3 as well and I don't have any complaints with the height of the seats.
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04-27-2014, 10:24 PM | #12 |
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I don't own a helmet but if I did I guess I would have to open the sunroof... I knew it was a good idea to get that option, .
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In the E90 M3 without a sunroof, I have plenty of room with a helmet on.
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i had headroom issue in my e46 also with sunroof. i pulled my slider on my recaro and also the headliner and sunroof. now have tons of room. created probably 3 inches clearance above my head and moved the seat down an inch or so without the slider.
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There are a lot of people complaining about the"sit-feeling" in the ///M3 !
From day one i had the feeling that i was sitting on top of the seat and not in the seat,so not low enough in the seat ! Seat support and adjustments are ok,but still i have that strange feeling ! Seat is alway's in lowest possition ! But when i drive the Mini i'm sitting a lot lower and have the feeling that i'm sitting in the seat...imagine...sitting lower in Mini than in ///M3 !?!? I'm 1.89 meter > 6,2" ,even smaller people have this strange sit-feeling in ///M3's ! Start to think that the bottem(soil) of the ///M3 is to high in the car ?
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Same here. Did vir this weekend and must get some race buckets. My head is against the roof even in the sunroof area. All my height is in my torso and it sucks.
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Thankfully BMW is *finally* figuring out there is significant demand in the USA for cars without a sunroof, so instead of forcing you to have one by having it either standard or part of the premium package, on the M235i there is a checkbox to eliminate the sunroof. Thankfully there were a good bit of E90 M3s ordered without sunroofs...else I couldn't own the car...of course on the E90 it was a $1000 option. Not having ~50lbs of dead weight at the highest possible location on the car is a nice side benefit.
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a buddy of mine had them shave the butt padding down which can give another 1/2 - 1 inch of more headroom...thats what im looking at right now. i sit very upright at the track and close to the steering wheel and even i have problems. im 5'8" on a good day
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Probably just that hair sticking up! comb it down and you will have 3 more inches.
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