No Seat Bottom Tilt Adjustment 97 XK8
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No Seat Bottom Tilt Adjustment 97 XK8
Hi all,
I am LOVING my recently acquired XK8 but she's in the shop at the moment having the upper tensioners, the transmission pressure control valve, and an alignment done.
I am about 6' tall and am finding the front edge thigh support of the driver's seat a bit inadequate on longer jaunts. I am looking to tilt up the front edge a bit.
I understand that there was no power tilt function on the pre-2001-ish XK8s so here are my questions:
- Are there any manual adjustments that can be made in how the seat attaches to its tracks?
- Are the seat mounting bolts long enough to let one add spacers to lift the front edge of the seat a little?
- Would a later, power-tilting seat track fit onto the earlier, high-back bucket seat?
Anyone have any thoughts, experiences, etc.?
I am LOVING my recently acquired XK8 but she's in the shop at the moment having the upper tensioners, the transmission pressure control valve, and an alignment done.
I am about 6' tall and am finding the front edge thigh support of the driver's seat a bit inadequate on longer jaunts. I am looking to tilt up the front edge a bit.
I understand that there was no power tilt function on the pre-2001-ish XK8s so here are my questions:
- Are there any manual adjustments that can be made in how the seat attaches to its tracks?
- Are the seat mounting bolts long enough to let one add spacers to lift the front edge of the seat a little?
- Would a later, power-tilting seat track fit onto the earlier, high-back bucket seat?
Anyone have any thoughts, experiences, etc.?
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Hi all,
I am LOVING my recently acquired XK8 but she's in the shop at the moment having the upper tensioners, the transmission pressure control valve, and an alignment done.
I am about 6' tall and am finding the front edge thigh support of the driver's seat a bit inadequate on longer jaunts. I am looking to tilt up the front edge a bit.
I understand that there was no power tilt function on the pre-2001-ish XK8s so here are my questions:
- Are there any manual adjustments that can be made in how the seat attaches to its tracks?
- Are the seat mounting bolts long enough to let one add spacers to lift the front edge of the seat a little?
- Would a later, power-tilting seat track fit onto the earlier, high-back bucket seat?
Anyone have any thoughts, experiences, etc.?
I am LOVING my recently acquired XK8 but she's in the shop at the moment having the upper tensioners, the transmission pressure control valve, and an alignment done.
I am about 6' tall and am finding the front edge thigh support of the driver's seat a bit inadequate on longer jaunts. I am looking to tilt up the front edge a bit.
I understand that there was no power tilt function on the pre-2001-ish XK8s so here are my questions:
- Are there any manual adjustments that can be made in how the seat attaches to its tracks?
- Are the seat mounting bolts long enough to let one add spacers to lift the front edge of the seat a little?
- Would a later, power-tilting seat track fit onto the earlier, high-back bucket seat?
Anyone have any thoughts, experiences, etc.?
Then I made Front Mounting Spacers that re-position the front mounting position 1 1/4" rearward, They also Tilt the Front of the seat up about 1".
You could just buy new longer Front Mounting Bolts and use Spacers.
Last edited by Paul Pavlik; Nov 19, 2016 at 05:08 PM.
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