prius front seat adjustment?

I would like to know too. Any front seat mod to lower it would be nice to see the traffic lights when I stop.

 

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Me too! I had a similar problem with an 86 Toyota Van with regard to stoplights. I had to duck down to see the light.

 

I just read a post on this subject:
try this:
http://priuschat.com/forums/plan-for-reloc...ats-vt6796.html


And here is another post with moving seat info:
http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=17812&hl=move+seat






Good luck

 

Here is a link to a post I did a short while ago, complete with photos, of a friend's Prius that the seat rails were remounted 2 inches further back: http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=19777&st=20

Read the text as it notes some of the weirdness that occurred with the dealer that did the work.

Joel

 

Oh man...this thread has all these links I was looking for, and I was all excited!

...but none of them work. *sigh* :-(

 

There was someone who had new rails fabricated and was selling them.

I briefly considered making the mod (I'm 6-1 with long legs), but then I considered that my head would be right at the B-pillar. A side impact could be fatal; I'd rather have my head where the side-curtain airbags can protect me.

 

I think there are two basic ways to extend the rearward travel of the Gen II Prius.

1. Weld on an extension of the seat rails as nyprius got a modifier of cars for the handicapped to do. Here's my post explaining and showing what nyprius had done:

2. Get pre-made seat rail extenders made by ExtendMySeat.com:

PriusChat Shop : Toyota Prius Drivers Seat Extension - ExtendMySeat [ExtendMySeat] - $195.00

Check out detailed reviews in this thread; and note that the original ExtendMySeat rail extenders had a design flaw which could lead to the extenders snapping; this supposedly was fixed with a redesign of the extenders in October 2009:

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...view-extendmyseat-drivers-seat-extenders.html

Good luck.

 

I think the side-curtain airbags have EXTRA protection at the B-pillar. See photo on page 3 of the 2005 Prius eBrochure:

http://www.toyotacertified.com/ebrochures/05_prius.pdf
.

 

Aha, I didn't realize they protected the B-pillar. I was just assuming there was nothing there.