DIY: How to raise your factory seat to improve visibility

bewhitey

Thanks for the post. I just did this... took about 15 - 20 min. I am 5'-8" so not the tallest mofo but I do like sitting up high. I went online to the bolt depot and bought my stuff, worked perfect thanks the specs kenchan had posted.

I bought two zinc plated class 10.9 steel 10mm x 1.25mm x 50mm bolts @ .89 cents each

https://www.boltdepot.com/Metric_hex..._x_1.25mm.aspx

And two zinc plated steel spacers 3/8" x 1" (3/4" O.D.) @ $2.21

https://www.boltdepot.com/Spacers_Zi...steel_3_8.aspx

I did not buy any washers because I thought I could re-use the existing ones but nissan used some kind of black magic spell and they are forever stuck on the stock bolts.... so I suggest buying some washers while your at it. The bolts from bolt depot are large enough they will not slide through your seat bracket hole but a washer would just give the hole thing more strength.

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Krylon

I was on the fence about doing this but the bolt products you suggested swayed me into pursuing this. I ordered from the same place, Bolt Depot.

On another note I do believe we just brought up a 2 year old DIY.

DamnThatZGuy

So if you raise just the rear of the seat, won't the front angled mounting points no longer line up correctly so that when tightened down they wont mount flush? Will they be at even more of an angle?