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Old 06-18-2010, 05:00 PM   #17
jaguar6165
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Default Re: Tall man problems in coupe; bend shift lever?

Im pushing 6' 8" and had the same problem but fortunately i have a 28' four door so i did a couple of things. I first took the floor support/stand or what ever its call out and put the cushion directly on the floor i then made new side brackets and floor bracket that shifted the set back about 6-8 inches. Suprisingly i can sit in the rear set very comfortably so anyone else is fine back there. I also went to the local fabric store and bought 2" foam padding and made a new slim back cushion which got me another 4-6 more inches. Those spring backs are big and bulky and take up a lot of room. Since you dont have this room to work with the other i dea i was toying with was making a new shifter nob. My knee was hitting the nob not the shaft so i thought of either making an extension to raise the nob higher or a braket to shift the nob more to the passenger side. You could even try to buy a slimmer univerasl nob from autozone if you dont mind using non original parts.

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