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michaelodonnell123 · Joined: 20 Mar 2015 Posts: 235 Location: New Jersey

Hey everybody -

Has anybody here tried to raise the seats higher off the floor? I would like to add another inch. I was thinking of making some spacers. Any homemade DIY ideas would be appreciated.
I found this online - but at $21 bucks a piece...I would like to make them on my own.

http://www.classicshop.porsche.com/pcos-usa/spacer-13mm-for-increasing-seat-height-for-porsche-911-911-turbo-924-928-and-944-91152149300.html

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MikeJinCO · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:58 am Post subject:

I just found some steel bar stock of about 3/8" or 1/2" thick and drilled a hole in it. You also need longer bolts. Don't go very far, I'm short but that 3/8 or 1/2"(I don't remember) just about ran my legs into the steering wheel.

Aluminum would work just as well or even some pieces of a good hardwood like oak.
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p-talk · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 152 Location: Tucson, AZ

I have several of those spacers in my parts storage. PM or email me.
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Fasteddie313 · Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2595 Location: MI

I'd do it between the slider rails and the seat rather than between the rails and the floor, the floor has some trapped bolts that will not be easy to replace with longer bolts. But then again I forget what exactly the bottom of the seat has on it.
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924RACR · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:20 pm Post subject:

That spacer looks exactly like what one of my cars came with...

PS - yes, they were between the seat and the sliders.
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MikeJinCO · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:21 pm Post subject:

As I recall , I just raised the rails. The bolts came from the local True Value Hardware, much better place than the Big Box stores.
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:25 am Post subject:

I raised mine an inch or inch and a half by cutting square stock and welding the ends up. I raised the slider.
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