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So after much research I got a good understanding of the only 2 ways people like to lower the stock seats. 1- being the BYS seat rails that run upwards of 350$ the second option seemed to be people beating in the bottom of the pan and re drilling the front.
After pulling out the seat and releasing that beating in the back of the pan a solid inch just seemed a bit intense and outlandish. I decided to cut out the ell brackets on the back of the rails and relocate a set of my own that were made from .25" steel. i moved them back on the rails to clear the side hump of the pan and sit snugly fit the lowest i could possibly be in the rear. I had to relocate the rear bottom seat pan stud back as well. The stock studs were not long enough to accommodate the new .25" ell bracket so i added new bolts with a nice size washer to add some more surface area to the weight being distributed on the pan. For the front brackets i kept that The same as everyone else, drilled and welded new nuts higher onto the pan. As you can see a ball peen hammer was also used to add a little more clearance for everything. Big thanks to my buddy ralph for all the help and cleenyc for all the wise comments during the process.
I dropped a little over 1.25" in the rear and just over .75" up front. The seat still slides back and forth but is rubbing on carpet making it a little difficult move. just a little force is necessary nothing i could ever complain about for the drop i got and how much more comfortable i now feel in the car. tested her out all weekend with the little bit of nice weather we had in NY
Nice Job! Kind of makes me wish I had done this instead of the BYS rail. I'm guessing its about the same amount lower since mine also hits the floor when pushing the seat all the way back.
Interesting. I used the "old fashioned" way of lowering the stock seats in the rear and it looks like you've achieved WAY more lowering than I did. I really want to take everything apart again and see if I can come up with a solution like this. Nice work.
04-02-2018, 07:12 AM
A different attempt at lowering stock seats
Great write up. Pretty cool 
