DIY: How to raise your factory seat to improve visibility

Originally Posted by zakimak

Not to rain on the parade but this mod can potentially cause serious injuries since it compromises the original seat anchor design. In the event of an accident, the seat mounting bolt might shear off. As seen in the original design, linear movement is prevented in two different points. One is the bolt and the other is the guiding pin. It prevents the seat from lifting and also moving forward. The bolt used in this mod is the only anchor point and due to the seat no longer in alignment with the original design, in an frontal accident, the seat might tilt upwards or shear the bolt off.

On that note, the bolt use in these mounting points are designed to meet certain shearing strength. I doubt any hardware store bolt can meet these criteria. With that, if there is a serious injury due to the seat coming off the mounting point, I doubt the insurer will take kindly to the mod.

I do noticed the warning and this is definitely a do it at your own peril scenario.

Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat

I wash just thinking about this, the original screws could of been made harder than the screws you buy at the hardware store. As you said it could potentially shier off during an accident.