Lowering Stock Seats

[Bartron8000]

Is there a bracket or some mod to do to lower the stock seats? I can't afford getting new seats cuz I have to save for college. So I was hopin that I could buy something like a $50 seat bracket, or a certain modification to the bracket to lower it.

 

[NoRotorNoMotor]

raise the dashboard it will give the same effect

 

[jbiird317]

my friend did this in his nissan...he trimmed the brackets and lowered the seats a couple inches, so it is possible... but kind of a worthless mod IMO, unless your over 6'5 theres plenty of headroom and legroom in the protege with the seat all the way back

 

[tunersteve]

raise the dashboard it will give the same effect

(rofl)
You can trim the seat brackets down, but if you have someone over 5'6'' in the back seat with anything bigger than size 8 shoes, they might have trouble fitting thier feet behind you. I'm 6'4'' and have no trouble with headroom or legroom in the Protege, I'm not really sure why you would want to do this. Maybe to make it feel like a coupe?

 

[Pretzellogic]

This can't be too safe, as you're now raising the airbag.

Why would you want to lower the seats? Are you really tall? If so, I guess it wouldn't be that dangerous, then.

 

[Bartron8000]

I was just wondering, I most likey won't do this. and Yeah I do agree that there is plenty of head room being 6'4" myself, and I do want that coupe feel.

 

[Hughes412]

I'm 6'1 and so is my dad. But he has a longer torso then I do, and I have longer legs then he does. When he sits in my car he does have to bend his head a tad bit. I would thing if you cut your brackets it wouldn't hurt anything. The airbag shouldn't be a big deal, other wise we wouldn't have a tilt wheel. Just make sure that the brackets will hold if you crash. Maybe make one instead of cutting.

 

[DiS]

I spoke to CustomMSP few days ago and he mentioned to me that he lowered his seats in his MSP. Here is what you have to do. Pretty much take out the seats and reverse the mounting brackets.

our brackets are L shaped and you pretty much just have to flip the brackets upside down so the longer part of L will be right against the floor unlike it was in the air.

Yea it does make a difference. I sat in CustomMSP's MSP and its great. Much better than stock way.

 

[awsmp5]

raise the dashboard it will give the same effect

(lol) i know tuner steve already rawflled it but hey so did i

 

[flat_black]

Urm... I just yanked out my passenger seat to see how/if this would work; I saw no possible way to do this. The bracket is very oddly shaped. Not an L at all. Could you get him to go into details? Maybe I was looking at it wrong.

- Eddie

I spoke to CustomMSP few days ago and he mentioned to me that he lowered his seats in his MSP. Here is what you have to do. Pretty much take out the seats and reverse the mounting brackets.

our brackets are L shaped and you pretty much just have to flip the brackets upside down so the longer part of L will be right against the floor unlike it was in the air.

Yea it does make a difference. I sat in CustomMSP's MSP and its great. Much better than stock way.

 

[DiS]

Urm... I just yanked out my passenger seat to see how/if this would work; I saw no possible way to do this. The bracket is very oddly shaped. Not an L at all. Could you get him to go into details? Maybe I was looking at it wrong.

- Eddie

sure. Ill be at his house tomorrow. Ill get him to post more info on this promptly! (thumb)

 

[flat_black]

Cool, thanks! =)

 

[17084]

Tall dude subbin'

 

[CustomMSP]

Cool, thanks! =)

Hey take a look at the driver's seat not the pass. I'm not sure how the pass. side seat is constructed, but the driver's side has two L brackets that work with the front lower seat adjuster. Just flip them 180 deg and bolt them back into the seat. There will be a little stopper that prevents the brackets from rotating 180deg. Just force them around it. I've been loving my seats ever since. I should've done this two years ago! Before the seat felt like a stool!

 

[Bartron8000]

hmmm I might have to try this sometime this week. so its only the driver side that does this?

 

[flat_black]

OOoohhh, right the drivers seat has the front and rear seat adjustment... Okay, I'll take a peek.

 

[zerocover]

Me like! Ill take a look at this soon.
Alternatively you can get a set of p5 seats. Supposedly they sit lower.

 

[flat_black]

I'm riding in a P5... They aren't. =)

I just did this mod. Pretty straightforward, but I'd suggest dremeling the little bumps down a tiny bit, so you can twist 'em easier. One thing to note is that you can only do the fronts; The backs spin around on a different axis, and accordingly, would drop the rear two inches, and into a bar that there is back there. The front doesn't bump against anything.

Just from sitting in it, it FEELS a lot better. A LOT lot better, in fact.

 

[Pro5Lani]

Maybe I should try this being 6'3"...any pics? It may help. I'm more of a pic person.

 

[CustomMSP]

Just from sitting in it, it FEELS a lot better. A LOT lot better, in fact.

I agree! However, I still can't find that perfect spot in these seats I've driven in the Evo and felt like I was sitting IN the seat...not ON the seat like I am in the Protege. For some reason it feels like the lower part of the seat is on a diagonal towards the shifter from back to front.