Anything that can be done about headroom?

Post by **chamade** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:07 am

Hello,well I picked up a Coupe 3.5SE today. I have to recline the seat quite a bit backto make decent headroom.I was wondering if there are any mods/aftermarket solutions to increase the headroom?

thanks

Post by **johnny_d** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:13 am

lower your seat a bit?

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:16 am

chamade Welcome to Nico!

There is really nothing that you can do to make more headroom, short of modifying the seat or the headliner itself. I'm assuming you drove the car before you purchased it to make sure you were comfortable?

Sometimes when we are with a car for a little while after we bought it we start to notice things that we may or may not like when we initially test drove the car. You, however have only had it for less than a day

Try fooling with the height of the seat. It can be lowered a little. Good luck! Enjoy your new ride!

Post by **chamade** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:17 am

johnny_d wrote:lower your seat a bit?

I have lowered it as far as it goes...using the electric controls.Is there something else I don't know?I know there is "wrench mod" for the G35 to lower it even further...wonder if it works on the Coupe.

Post by **SHIFT_COUPE** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:20 am

How tall are you exactly? I'm 6' and I'm fairly comfortable.

Perhaps take a look at the seat bracket. Be a pioneer and find out for us!

Post by **LongBeachCoupe** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:22 am

Open the sunroof!

Post by **johnny_d** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:36 am

open the sunroof hahaha ..... how about those racing seats, maybe they're lower

Post by **jdshift** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:38 am

Welcome!! Good luck with the seat man

Post by **mcheddadi** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:41 am

chamade wrote:Hello,well I picked up a Coupe 3.5SE today. I have to recline the seat quite a bit backto make decent headroom.I was wondering if there are any mods/aftermarket solutions to increase the headroom?

thanks

there is one mod...it's getting the coupe without the sunroof lol . You get about 2.5" more space above your head.

Headroom, front (in): 37.2 (39.7 without sunroof)

Post by **chamade** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:12 pm

mcheddadi wrote:
there is one mod...it's getting the coupe without the sunroof lol . You get about 2.5" more space above your head.

Headroom, front (in): 37.2 (39.7 without sunroof)

I wish I could have. My dealer could not locate a 3.5 with no premium package and no sunroof.I called some car interior places and a few of them said that I can gain 3/4" - 1" of headroom by having them remove some padding from the seat. I will look into this...not cheap at ~450$.Anyone done something like this? I really love this car and if 450$ can fix the headroom problem I'd do it.

I should say that headroom is not a problem in gangsta seating mode, but that's not really my thing

Post by **SHIFT_2.5S** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:29 pm

Did you sit in the car prior to purchasing it? Why did you buy a car that you're not comfortable sitting in?

Post by **mcheddadi** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:49 pm

SHIFT_2.5S wrote:Did you sit in the car prior to purchasing it? Why did you buy a car that you're not comfortable sitting in?

I guess for the same reason people buy exotics, its all for the looks

Post by **generic808** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:34 am

Just remove your factory seat and replace with one of these. They're very low to the ground and they recline all the way. Now talk about comfort!!

Post by **SHIFT_2.5S** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:20 am

generic808 wrote:Just remove your factory seat and replace with one of these. They're very low to the ground and they recline all the way. Now talk about comfort!!

But it would still have that "gangster lean" he wants to get rid of...

Post by **chamade** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:14 am

SHIFT_2.5S wrote:
But it would still have that "gangster lean" he wants to get rid of...

Thanks for the laughs. The headroom was not bad enough to not get the car.It was also suggested to me that the seat will settle in over a few weeks and I should gain half an inch. If not I will do some doctoring on the seat padding/support mesh. I don't need more than half an inch...shouldn't be a big problem.

Post by **pdrumans** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:11 am

chamade wrote:
I wish I could have. My dealer could not locate a 3.5 with no premium package and no sunroof.I called some car interior places and a few of them said that I can gain 3/4" - 1" of headroom by having them remove some padding from the seat. I will look into this...not cheap at ~450$.Anyone done something like this? I really love this car and if 450$ can fix the headroom problem I'd do it.

I should say that headroom is not a problem in gangsta seating mode, but that's not really my thing

the 3.5 comes with the sunroof as standard. You can not get one w/o it.

Post by **chamade** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:28 am

pdrumans wrote:
the 3.5 comes with the sunroof as standard. You can not get one w/o it.

Good to know, means I didn't even have a choice as I really wanted the 3.5 after test driving both models.

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