is it possible to lower the front seats?

denmark · Post by **denmark** » Wed Feb 27, 2002 9:09 pm

as i am 191 cm tall, it would sometimes be nice if the seats were 3 - 8 cm lower.

do you think this is possible?

as i last year wanted to buy a mazda mx-5 (miata) the dealer offered to lower the seats for me and i wonder if it is possible to do the same on a cc...

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 1:48 am

Denmark, I think i'm probably of similar height (6'3.5"). I noticed my vision through the front window was a bit high at first.

Have you tried adjusting the height seat adjustment lever on the driver's side. I found that this lowered the seat to an acceptable level. Unfortunately, from what I can see, they don't have a similar lever for the passenger side.

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 2:40 am

Interesting to note that my CC (Australia) has the height adjustment lever on both driver and passenger sides. Must be one of the subtle differences in spec from one country to another.

Cheers

Frosty

denmark · Post by **denmark** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 7:08 am

hi guys

yes, i have tried adjusting the height seat adjustment lever but it just doesn't seem to be enough...

can anybody help?

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 11:55 am

You get the height adjustment lever on the passenger side if you go for the leather seats.

rob · Post by **rob** » Thu Feb 28, 2002 10:07 pm

I dont see why they cant lower the seat. They have made enough noise about doing exactly the same for Richard Burns as he thought the seat in his rally car was tooooo high.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Fri Mar 01, 2002 9:44 pm

Denmark, sorry to hear the height adjustment hadn't worked enough (perhaps your longer in body than I am in leg).

Alexis, thats interesting, I've got red/black leather but haven't noticed a height adjustment lever on the passanger side, I'll have to check tomorrow.

Robbie.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Sat Mar 02, 2002 4:53 pm

I'm just going off the specs so don't flame me if it hasn't

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 10:50 am

My car has leather seats but only the driver seat has height adjustment.

V.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 11:40 am

Is yours new spec? Maybe it's only the new spec cars that have it...

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 1:46 pm

Possibly. Mine's one of the originals.

V.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 8:31 pm

Mine is a Sept 2001 model, just before the 2002 model came out.

I'd be interested to hear from any 2002 model owners if they have a height adjustment lever on the passanger side with leather seats.

If so, Derek, it seems you may have missed out a spec on the 2002 models, perhaps you can let me know when you get your new one.

Robbie.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 9:17 pm

robbie,

i'm a bit lost here, i get mentioned in a subject i haven't contributed to so far, maybe you are thinking of someone else

for the record, my lemon was 2002 spec, built in november and DID have the seat height adjustment on the passenger seat. i dont know about the earlier spec but it is definitely the case if you order leather then you also get the height adjustment on the passenger seat.

derek

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Tue Mar 05, 2002 2:29 am

Sorry Derek, I was referring to an earlier reply of yours at another post - no wonder I seem to have confused you. It was all about the additional spec for 2002 models I asked about. Of course I remember your car is the Nov model and therefore of 2002 spec (I hope I haven't confused myself at this point).

From what you say it seems that the 2002 model with leather has a passanger side height adjustment lever that the earlier models missed (I have leather but without one and my car is of older spec bought in Sept 2001.). A shame, because this would have been useful to me as a passenger as I'm 6'3".

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Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Tue Mar 05, 2002 11:15 am

Why on earth do you want to be in the passenger seat?