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R34 Seat Lowering? Modify The Rail Or The Cushion?


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Hey guys,

Ive got an R34 and being a tall driver, theres not much head room. Have to put the seat right back.

Its a shame because I love the car, just want to fix this problem. Check out a new sport seat and rail and quite expensive.

Anyone out there with the same problem?

Has anyone ripped the cushion out and tried to reduce the padding to lower the seat? Or fabricated new rails to fit the stock seat.

I got quoted around $400 at a panelbeater shop for the rail modification to drop it down about an inch.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

panel beater is your best bet ..but $400 seems a bit excessive, $200-300 tops I reckon as it's not more than 2-3 hours work if done properly. This is something I need to get done eventually also as I'm tall

If i could get a hold of a 34 drivers seat i could fix the problem a lot cheaper than that for you guys, but there's just no seats around that i can get that wont cost me a fortune.

unless i do exchange ones.

If i could get a hold of a 34 drivers seat i could fix the problem a lot cheaper than that for you guys, but there's just no seats around that i can get that wont cost me a fortune.

unless i do exchange ones.

yeah that would be great.

You could do an exchange program or something. I cant believe no companies out there are tapping into this market. I think they would get a lot of business.

add me to the list of annoyed R34 drivers,, too tall and sunroof model makes it worse not better

anyone know if east bear superlow rails work good ? ADR ?

just about ready to buy anything and take my chances on defects... damn Adelaide Design Rules... Pulled out of thin air I think..lol

gtr seats are meant to be lower, iirc

ive got a 33 gtst and the stock seat was pretty high as well.

i moved to a drift blade (r34 gtr / east bear style) seat with no rail. all under $600

you cant move it, but it damn low.

only way you could go much lower is a fixed back with side mounting.

  • 2 months later...

ive heard of something like this, guy got the bottom half of seat chopped, took half the coushion out and got retrimmed, it worked,, you should look into that =]

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