I understand from other posts that the Electric seat allows you to adjust both the height of the seat at the front and rear independantly.

 

 

I just have the manual seat .... so ....how did I fix that?

 

I personally like the rear of the seat higher but just using the lifter seems to put the seat in a position where it pinches just behind my right knee. 

 

Its made worse by the fact that I'm short and am starting to feel a bit middle aged and suffered a broken heel 21 years ago and  that is taking it toll.

 

So I decided to put a 45mm spacer under the seat runner at the rear to keep the seat fairly low at the front but higher at the rear...in a better position for me than the standard arrangement.

 

I did try spacers of less than 45mm but that suited me best

I have the opposite problem: I'd like to have the seat higher but I can't handle the way that you lose support under the front of the thighs/knee area when you raise the seat.  So I might be interested in trying your fix, but in reverse.

 

I have a couple of questions:

1) Where did you source your spacers from?

2) Could this have any bearing on the MoT?  I'd have thought that having the seats properly secured was a requirement....

The spacers are some aluminium tube cut to length and placed between the floor and the seat runner.

I have used longer bolts ensure the anchorage remains the same. The existing seat frames are spaced about 5mm above the floor to clear the carpets. I have just extended the spacing.

You may have a point about the MOT but I did a similar mod on my old SAAB without issue on this score.

I came up with the idea after remembering the way my old Triumph 1300 and later Dolomite achieved their fantastic range of adjustments by being able to alter both front and rear seat heights using notched bars. The yeti seats are still as secure as they are as standard.

I see no reason why you could not lift the front to give more support.

One slight downside is that as the runners slope forward moving the seat forward is easier but moving it back is harder. I blame gravity for that one!