Hey Everyone,

I hate the seats in my 2008. My seats are tan leather, all manual adjustments, and honestly in pretty decent shape for 165k miles, but man they just don’t do it for me. Like a lot of you, I feel like I have no head room. I can kinda get the seat adjusted around to work good enough, but I’m really just making excuses about what’s comfortable. I’m 6’2” and 185# with a 32” inseam so most of my height is in my torso. I want to sit up straighter, but my head hits the roof. But even if I solved that problem, I still think the seat back is just too short/small. I’ve searched far and wide for information about seat swaps in a 4th gen but haven’t really found definitive information for a 4th gen (LOTS of info for 3rd gen though).

I’ve decided the route for me to go is to either get a real seat that fits my needs, or step up to a GX.
Im not afraid of some heavy fabrication, so making a seat work is a welcomed challenge. Stepping up to a GX means playing the long game To find exactly what im looking for, so I’m leaning towards making a real seat work.



1) who has replaced the driver seat with a totally different seat? What did you use? What would you do differently? I’m looking at a recaro or scheelmann, but can be persuaded.

2) does anyone know the resistance of the airbag in the OEM seat? I found conflicting info out there so I hope someone has a solid answer.


EDIT: For the record, when I sit up straight in the seat like I want to, the top of my shoulders is 5-6 inches above the top of the seat back (where the headrest is inserted).


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