How to raise the driver's seat
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Whats up guys. been driving around in my evo thinking I would like to sit up a little higher and was checking out some posts from a while ago and seeing people who have done the same thing I want to. I however didn't think the little dowel's that were added looked very safe so I took my own approach at it. I took a trip to my local metal supply store and picked up a 12in. piece of 1 inch diameter round stock steel. The larger diameter steel spacers put less stress on the bolts that attach your seat to the floor. took it to a machine shop and had them cut 2 pieces at one inch for the front and 2 pieces at 1.5 inches for the rear then drill a 10mm hole through the middle of them. They turned out perfect ! you'll see in the attached pics, I then had to do some searching around town to find some longer/stronger bolts. Specifically M10x1.25 class 10.9 which is equal to Grade 8, I picked up two that were 50mm long for the front and two that were long for the rear. I love the final result and they feel and look sturdy as ever!
parts list.
1" diameter steel round stock $6
4 bolts $12
4 washers $2
machine shop labor $40
Here come the pics!
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parts list.
1" diameter steel round stock $6
4 bolts $12
4 washers $2
machine shop labor $40
Here come the pics!
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I found some M10 x 1.25 threaded stainless steel spacers, do you think threaded spacers would work better than 10mm hole ones? The only difference is they are 20mm diameter vs your 1" (25mm).
If not, I can order the 1" diameter with m10 hole regular ss spacers, and select the height I want.
Heres a pic of the threaded ones
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