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Well after almost 2 years of bitching about the flat angle of the passenger seat I finally got around to fixing it. I didn't take any photo's while I was doing it but it's not complicated.
I went to Lowes and got 2 #8 1.25x40mm bolts, 4 5/16x1-1/4" fender washers, 4 #8 1.25 nuts and a couple lock washers...and I should of also grabbed a couple #8 flat washers.
There are two gold colored bolts located under the seat holding the front of the seat bottom to the seat frame. They probably have white paint on top of them. You need to unbolt the seat from the floor and unhook the wire harnesses under the seat and tip the seat back to get to them, use a 12mm socket to remove them. I then taped two nuts together so they would thread on easily and not separate. Put the bolt with #8 locking and flat washers on the bolt then put the bolt through the swivel that the gold bolts went through and then on the other side of the swivel put a fender washer thread on the nuts and top off with another fender washer and start threading it into the seat bottom. You will probably need to run the nuts up or down the bolt so that when you have everything tight they are sitting where they need and you can't move any of the washer when tight. This will raise the front of the cushion about an inch and is much more comfortable.
This was my second attempt. I first tried a 50mm long bolts and 4 nuts, this raised the seat probably 1.5" which for my 5'-10" body felt like I was sitting too high. The shorter bolts and 2 nuts fill much more comfortable.
Sorry for the convoluted how-to but I think if you are brave enough to pick up a socket wrench you can figure out what needs to be done. I can't see that this mod will jeopardize the safety of the seat. Others have put spacers under the seat frame at the floor which I wouldn't advise since it will create additional moment arm length and the bolts could tear out of the floor in an accident or over time weaken the floor due to fatigue...like when you bend a wire many times. Don't turn on the key when you have the seat harnesses undone or you will probably need to reset the airbag light. I didn't do it but you might want to unhook the negative cable and wait 3 minutes before unhooking the harnesses as I guess there could be a possibility of causing a short and set off the airbag.
I went to Lowes and got 2 #8 1.25x40mm bolts, 4 5/16x1-1/4" fender washers, 4 #8 1.25 nuts and a couple lock washers...and I should of also grabbed a couple #8 flat washers.
There are two gold colored bolts located under the seat holding the front of the seat bottom to the seat frame. They probably have white paint on top of them. You need to unbolt the seat from the floor and unhook the wire harnesses under the seat and tip the seat back to get to them, use a 12mm socket to remove them. I then taped two nuts together so they would thread on easily and not separate. Put the bolt with #8 locking and flat washers on the bolt then put the bolt through the swivel that the gold bolts went through and then on the other side of the swivel put a fender washer thread on the nuts and top off with another fender washer and start threading it into the seat bottom. You will probably need to run the nuts up or down the bolt so that when you have everything tight they are sitting where they need and you can't move any of the washer when tight. This will raise the front of the cushion about an inch and is much more comfortable.
This was my second attempt. I first tried a 50mm long bolts and 4 nuts, this raised the seat probably 1.5" which for my 5'-10" body felt like I was sitting too high. The shorter bolts and 2 nuts fill much more comfortable.
Sorry for the convoluted how-to but I think if you are brave enough to pick up a socket wrench you can figure out what needs to be done. I can't see that this mod will jeopardize the safety of the seat. Others have put spacers under the seat frame at the floor which I wouldn't advise since it will create additional moment arm length and the bolts could tear out of the floor in an accident or over time weaken the floor due to fatigue...like when you bend a wire many times. Don't turn on the key when you have the seat harnesses undone or you will probably need to reset the airbag light. I didn't do it but you might want to unhook the negative cable and wait 3 minutes before unhooking the harnesses as I guess there could be a possibility of causing a short and set off the airbag.
