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mrmsudawgs

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Posted: March 07, 2005 at 10:48 PM / IP Logged

Has anyone ever jacked up the rear bench seats in a 2000 model F150 supercab? I could use some extra clearance for my box and was thinking of jacking the seat up 1-1/2" to 2" with shims or washers. It looks simple enough but I am concerned about the back rest interferring somehow. Can the backrest be moved to?

Any input will be appreciated.

Thanks!

Mike

mrmsudawgs

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 8:32 AM / IP Logged

I found some from LMI welding which are also found on Subbox.net. These things are $125.00! Jacking the seat up for needed clearance -- posted image.

Isn't their a more economical way for me to do this? Does anyone have any ideas or experience doing this?

Thanks!

Mike

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 11:10 AM / IP Logged

Sounds dangerous. I never alter safty equipment.

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 11:41 AM / IP Logged

Im not sure how this is dangerous. But why not just take the rear bench seat out?? People hate riding in those things anyways.

primetime24

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 12:17 PM / IP Logged

I raised my back seat with 3/4 metal spacers. took out the bolts that are bracketed to the floor and put the spacers under the bracket. only problem... had to drill out the spacers, took piece of 3/4" metal and drilled out, got new bolts and installed. Pretty simple.

mrmsudawgs

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 1:10 PM / IP Logged

Do you mean you took the actual bolt out somehow?

I was thinking about using steel washers to do this. I was going to thread them over the bolt then re-install the seat and tighten down the nut. Do you think this would work?

Mike

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 2:06 PM / IP Logged

It is dangerous for the rear seat occupants as their heads are now closer to the ceiling in the event of a rollover, the support for their necks in a collision is now no longer in the correct place and the seatbelts are no longer in the proper position. The balance of probablities lies in your favour in the event of an accident, mind you they are called accidents for a reason. You need to wiegh the burden of what could happen to you in the event of an accident vs. the need for bigger sub bass.

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primetime24

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Posted: March 08, 2005 at 10:49 PM / IP Logged

Yes I took to bolts right out, took the whole seat off first and then added spacers. What forbidden says is true about being closer to the ceiling, but my belts were able to be adjusted and there was never a head restraint that was close to a passengers head.

I'm not sure about using washers, seems like you would need alot of them and I don't thing it would be that secure. not to mention looks. Would you want to look @ 10 washers underneath a seat bracket If you were checking out a system. but that's up to you

mrmsudawgs

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Posted: March 09, 2005 at 1:26 PM / IP Logged

Thanks for all of the posts. For the time being, I will try to reduce my box height to give me the clearance I need. Hopefully, it will be enough. If not, I'll have to look more closely at lifting the seat.

Thanks for the helpful posts!

Mike

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Posted: March 10, 2005 at 8:13 AM / IP Logged

Just make sure that you have enough room for the speaker, use the correct mounting depth, I ran into a problem when i first tried to mount that the bottom of the speaker was touching the box, sounded like crap, had to rebuild.

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