Both HBChris and Adawil2002 have tilted their front seat which gives a little more leg support. Being 6'5" tall I can use all the comfort tweaks possible so here is my take on it, I have been wanting to do this for a while.
I removed the rails from the seat bottoms after taking the seat out of the car, then cleaned and regreased the rails.
Bought M6x40mm bolts to replace the soon to be too short front ones. Threaded 2 nuts then a washer to spread the weight on the plastic piece below and installed but did not tighten all the way. The rear bolt is just barely tight so it allows movement up front. Seat is upside down here:
Then I made wood shims to put in the gaps to take some stress off the middle of the rail and painted them silver to make them less obvious.
Wedged it in then tightend down the bolts to compress it in place:
Mounted in the car and now more comfortable for road trips:
Also my seats are orignal and not up to supporting my ever increasing arse after 43 years so I bought some 2" chair foam, cut it into 3 strips and installed it under the springs, this restored the support under the entire seat:
I removed the rails from the seat bottoms after taking the seat out of the car, then cleaned and regreased the rails.
Bought M6x40mm bolts to replace the soon to be too short front ones. Threaded 2 nuts then a washer to spread the weight on the plastic piece below and installed but did not tighten all the way. The rear bolt is just barely tight so it allows movement up front. Seat is upside down here:
Then I made wood shims to put in the gaps to take some stress off the middle of the rail and painted them silver to make them less obvious.
Wedged it in then tightend down the bolts to compress it in place:
Mounted in the car and now more comfortable for road trips:
Also my seats are orignal and not up to supporting my ever increasing arse after 43 years so I bought some 2" chair foam, cut it into 3 strips and installed it under the springs, this restored the support under the entire seat:
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