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544 Seat Rail/Bracket Adjustment 444-544

Hi,

Another quick question about drive comfort.

Has anyone modified the seat bracket to gain a bit more leg room?

The headroom obviously great, but I would love to gain an extra inch or two for my legs (I'm pretty tall). It's ok, but my leg is almost at a right angle, and the seat is as far back as it will go.

Is there an established fix to move the seat back? I was looking at it and I suppose I could add another hole, or possibly move the entire seat rails back on their mounting, but I'm a bit worried about too much weight being pushed rearward given the design.

Thanks,
Chris








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    544 Seat Rail/Bracket Adjustment 444-544

    Does your car has the steel strap that holds the front of the seat support down?

    I have seen several 544s without them.

    I would move the seat rails rearward and add some support to the rear of the seat. Perhaps a wooden block about 1 inch thick with a 3 inch wide steel piece to spread the weight out on the floor. An inverted T.

    The support may not have to go past the rear of he seat bottom.

    Your rear seat passengers may have to keep their feet between the rails.

    I have 850 seats in my 544 mounted on an adaptor plate bolted to the original floor mounts.








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    544 Seat Rail/Bracket Adjustment 444-544

    I had just pulled the seats out of a 61 544 that I bought recently and then read your post that night. Like you, I am tried of either getting into a Yoga position or advanced gymnastic move to get in and out of the car. I added a couple of additional slots in a previous car but it just barely added a inch. So yesterday I moved both brackets back by just using the two rear bolts, and re-installed the seat. A lot of leg room created but it eliminated the same amount for the back seat passenger. I'm going back down to my garage right now and make sure the seat still latches in place and see if I could make some sort of additional support for the over hanging rails.








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      544 Seat Rail/Bracket Adjustment 444-544

      In order to get the channel in the correct position to latch I had to switch both rails which meant having to move the passenger seat to the driver side and vice versa. There is quite a bit of unsupported bracket at the rear of the seat, but it sure provides the extra leg room. Not sure I'm going to leave that way, maybe someone has a sounder solution.








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        544 Seat Rail/Bracket Adjustment 444-544

        The main problem with swapping the seats over is you lose the advantage of the seat back folding at an angle to help with access to the back seat. The cut away seat mount brackets also help to give a bit of foot room when climbing in the back. These brackets probably need a bit of beefing up if you are big and heavy and intend to reposition the seats further back a few inches. If you rarely have anyone in the back maybe just do mods to suit the driver and have a few apologies handy when you do. Nothing worse than a 500 weekend with your knees tucked under your chin. 6'6" owners of a BMC Mini will know what I mean.







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