more leg room

Andy disco · Dec 26, 2019

Hi everyone and a Merry Christmas to you all.

I have a series 3 88 and need to get more leg room, I am 6.2.

Question is, do the Defender seat risers on Ebay fit a series or do I go for a different seat completely.

Thanks in advance,

Andy

rob1miles · Dec 26, 2019

There seem to be differernt types, rails of studs/blocks. I think the issue is eyeline through the windscreen. You can go up but at 6'2" you will soon only see the bonnet! I'm just under 6' and can't see most traffic lights without looking out the side window.

Henry_b · Dec 27, 2019

At 6"5 i prefer the soft top one..

wouldn't want to tip it over though!

I fit OK in a series.

A bit of yoga is required.

A friend of mine with a 109 IIA re-drilled and moved the entire seat back..

He's 6"3.

It did help.

Colthebrummie · Dec 27, 2019

When I first got mine, I found it very cramped. The seat seemed too high and too close to the wheel, also I kept banging my right arm on the door and window. I looked at modifying the seat base or swapping the seats but I spent that long thinking about it that I just got used to it and now don't mind it at all.

Col

dag019 · Dec 27, 2019

Colthebrummie said:
When I first got mine, I found it very cramped. The seat seemed too high and too close to the wheel, also I kept banging my right arm on the door and window. I looked at modifying the seat base or swapping the seats but I spent that long thinking about it that I just got used to it and now don't mind it at all.

Col

I think this is the key. Just drive it enough that it becomes normal and you get used to it. I have now gone one step further than this after having a defender as a daily drive for 10 years whereby now, when I drive other vehicle, I cannot stand the laying down driving position and it just feels wrong. I adjust the seat to be as near to the defender driving position as I can, Bolt upright, square, and high off the floor. The next person to get into the car has no end of complaints but it is comfortable for me because it as close to what i am used to as possible.

tottot · Dec 27, 2019

The 109's tub has it's bulkhead further back than an 88 and so Henry-b's mate had more room to play with.

Bobsticle · Dec 27, 2019

Depends how much you want to drive it.
I have few issues once in. It’s a bit like putting a waistcoat on.
I’m 6’4” and around 19 stone.
I also have after market seats that take up more room than standard.

saxavordian · Dec 27, 2019

What wrong with having your knees keeping the ears warm.

Rodeo Joe · Dec 27, 2019

Maurice Wilks must have been vertically challenged then, otherwise he would have built a sensible vehicle that could be driven without having the window open to shove your elbow out, and if he'd have been more amply proportioned when the seats were done then he'd have taken into account the average paunch..

tottot · Dec 27, 2019

Average size for western people has gone up quite a bit in the last 70 years.

Andy disco · Dec 27, 2019

Thanks for your replies, my main concern is getting my foot on the clutch quick enough i an emergency, not that its going that quick and the steering is pretty controlable.
I am sure I have read somwhere that the pedals adjust, or did I dream it.........

Bobsticle · Dec 27, 2019

Id be happy if the hand brake didnt keep sticking through my welly strap, stopping me pressing the clutch at all.

Luckily it pops out of gear easily without the clutch.

saxavordian · Dec 27, 2019

Andy disco said:
Thanks for your replies, my main concern is getting my foot on the clutch quick enough i an emergency, not that its going that quick and the steering is pretty controlable.
I am sure I have read somwhere that the pedals adjust, or did I dream it.........

Most of us use the chucking out a concrete block and chain method of emergency braking. Makes a mess I agree,

but think of the little kitten on the motorway

and the doe-eyed child looking upon from the car in front who chucked it out the window

. Break your heart. "JIMMY",

never forget that day.

rob1miles · Dec 28, 2019

I found the driving position a bit cramped at first and was looking to get the seat back as far as possible (its a LWB) but now I sit in an upright postion rather like a dinning chair and Its comfortable. I also drive a Merc 500SL (the R129) which has amazing seats and a "relaxed" driving postion, but I'm now finding I get out the Series with less back ache than the Merc (OK deaf and grubby) which has really surpised me.

Blackburn · Dec 31, 2019

80" has more leg room than an 88"

Andy J · Dec 31, 2019

What about removing the rear bulkhead

Henry_b · Dec 31, 2019

Rodeo Joe said:
Maurice Wilks must have been vertically challenged then, otherwise he would have built a sensible vehicle that could be driven without having the window open to shove your elbow out, and if he'd have been more amply proportioned when the seats were done then he'd have taken into account the average paunch..

Not just the series.

The RRC and basically any LR product isn't really built for a man over 6ft.

Rather odd.

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