Raising Front Seat Beyond Maximum Set Height
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E400 4Matic Wagon
Raising Front Seat Beyond Maximum Set Height
We have a 2017 E400 4-Matic Wagon. The maximum height on the driver's seat that can be electrically attained is still too low. Is there a way to raise the seat height?
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You probably should have checked that out before you bought the car. Make sure nothing is restricting it. Otherwise, I don’t know what to tell you,
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Some type of custom body shop may be able to add a spacer and possibly longer bolts where the seat attaches to the floorboard. But not something I would want to do. It could affect the safety of the driver or passenger in a bad accident.
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Right, I didn’t think about the air bags.
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Fabricating something that actually raises the physical seat -- when it is already at it's maximum height -- sounds like a very bad idea to me. For many reasons I think. I can just feel the potential "safety" and "liability" issues creeping into my bones, LOL. Perhaps some sort of cushion or pillow might suffice, but even at that, does that really solve the problem? Even that might create safety and liability issues. Would custom seats be an option? Can you sell the car, and look at other models/years/etc.? Good luck.
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I raised the seat on my Pontiac Firebird many years ago and had no problems. I used 1 inch long galvanized 1/2 inch diameter pipe couplers that I bought from a hardware store. I also bought stainless steel bolts that had the same thread as the original ones but 1 inch longer. I bolted the bolts through the couplers one at a time and this worked to raise the seat by one inch. The seat was manual, but I don't think that makes a difference.
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I raised the seat on my Pontiac Firebird many years ago and had no problems. I used 1 inch long galvanized 1/2 inch diameter pipe couplers that I bought from a hardware store. I also bought stainless steel bolts that had the same thread as the original ones but 1 inch longer. I bolted the bolts through the couplers one at a time and this worked to raise the seat by one inch. The seat was manual, but I don't think that makes a difference.
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I raised the seat on my Pontiac Firebird many years ago and had no problems. I used 1 inch long galvanized 1/2 inch diameter pipe couplers that I bought from a hardware store. I also bought stainless steel bolts that had the same thread as the original ones but 1 inch longer. I bolted the bolts through the couplers one at a time and this worked to raise the seat by one inch. The seat was manual, but I don't think that makes a difference.
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