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    Posted: 10 Jun 10 at 18:31
I have an 59 sportline with a double front passenger seat.  It is OK but the seat back is a bit upright.  Has anyone found a tweek that will allow the seat back angle to be increased.
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Sorry i can't help but i'd like to do the same to my bench seat.
 
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ditto, if anyone knows how to do this then please share!
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We had same problem my good lady could not stop moaning, so ordered two new front captains seats from rib as well as a rib bed ! Bloody expensive but should be a lot better!
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I've not messed with my double but my drivers captain seat, I found it too 'flat' so I've tilted it a little by packing under the front fixings.
 
I should think the same thing could be done with the double? It would lift the front edge and tilt the back rest.


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Berisford Clap take a bow son!!
 
Simple ideas are always the best and why didn't i think of that for the front seats thats exactly what i did when i fitted a front bench seat in the back of mine! DOH!!
 
I used stainless steel square plate/washers that i found in a DIY store
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I never sit in  that seat , I drive   from the right seat , the one with armrests . Wink
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Originally posted by kernow kernow wrote:

I never sit in  that seat , I drive   from the right seat , the one with armrests . Wink
 
Yes me too, but don't you find the captains seat a bit 'flat'?
 
By jacking up the front I find it much more comfortable, with a little extra support under the back of my legs, a fair amount of recline and both arm rests down I'm well in command, so to speak. Big smile
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Originally posted by Berisford Berisford wrote:

Originally posted by kernow kernow wrote:

I never sit in  that seat , I drive   from the right seat , the one with armrests . Wink
 
Yes me too, but don't you find the captains seat a bit 'flat'?
 
By jacking up the front I find it much more comfortable, with a little extra support under the back of my legs, a fair amount of recline and both arm rests down I'm well in command, so to speak. Big smile
i guess it is a little flat come to think of it , its never bothered me too much ,  it does seem to get flatter as you lower it on the ratchet lever , as if it moves on a kind of arc .  I tend to have the seat quite high but on a long trip I tend to move it down and back up to give my legs different positions , thats how i notice it flatter when lower Sleepy  
 
My god that sounds anal when I read it again
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top idea
think ill be buying lots of washers and doing this to all the seats as I think they are all to upright
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