Ok, not what you guys think....I'm 6' 4" and frankly my LX450's driver's seat is just too tight for me. I almost didn't buy one because of it, but my friend (AOWRS) on MUD, said he could make seat extensions for me. I had looked into Land Tank's modification, but that only provided an additional two inches.
This is my first installation post fellas, so I'm not sure if these links will work properly, I believe they will. I hope this is helpful.
So here it is:
We used M10, Grade 10.9 fasteners, quarter inch thick, one and a half inch wide steel. We spent over eight hours on the entire process which included, mocking it up with thin steel plate first, had me sit in the seat to make sure I was comfortable, then sourcing it and Home Depot, the fasteners came ACE Hardware, cutting the appropriate sizes, welding them and then the installation. Once installed, my wife, Chuchi, our 89 pound Black Russian Terrier, and I took a 2500 mile trip down to Miami and back with no issues. We then took it apart one last time. He sprayed them with Dupli Color etching primer and hit it with three coats of Black Dupli Color Semi Gloss High Heat paint.
"http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/carrillobrito/media/null-4.jpg.html"
You'll note that we had to weld three pieces of steel together to make the rear left bracket one inch thick, because when we moved the entire seat back four inches there is a valley which is exactly one inch on the left side of the seat. With that additional modification, the seat completely level. It is important to note that this does not raise the seat at all, the seat is at the stock height and these brackets are as bomb proof as you can get.
"http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/carrillobrito/media/null-3.jpg.html"
Total cost in materials was less than $20 but a fair amount in labor and a great deal of creativity on the part of my buddy, AOWRS. Hope this helps those with height issues such as myself. Cheers.
"http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/carrillobrito/media/null-2.jpg.html"
This is my first installation post fellas, so I'm not sure if these links will work properly, I believe they will. I hope this is helpful.
So here it is:
We used M10, Grade 10.9 fasteners, quarter inch thick, one and a half inch wide steel. We spent over eight hours on the entire process which included, mocking it up with thin steel plate first, had me sit in the seat to make sure I was comfortable, then sourcing it and Home Depot, the fasteners came ACE Hardware, cutting the appropriate sizes, welding them and then the installation. Once installed, my wife, Chuchi, our 89 pound Black Russian Terrier, and I took a 2500 mile trip down to Miami and back with no issues. We then took it apart one last time. He sprayed them with Dupli Color etching primer and hit it with three coats of Black Dupli Color Semi Gloss High Heat paint.
"http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/carrillobrito/media/null-4.jpg.html"
You'll note that we had to weld three pieces of steel together to make the rear left bracket one inch thick, because when we moved the entire seat back four inches there is a valley which is exactly one inch on the left side of the seat. With that additional modification, the seat completely level. It is important to note that this does not raise the seat at all, the seat is at the stock height and these brackets are as bomb proof as you can get.
"http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/carrillobrito/media/null-3.jpg.html"
Total cost in materials was less than $20 but a fair amount in labor and a great deal of creativity on the part of my buddy, AOWRS. Hope this helps those with height issues such as myself. Cheers.
"http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/carrillobrito/media/null-2.jpg.html"
