Shaving my bottom...

[paulmaione@videotron.ca (Paul Maione)]

>Well I got my new seat (Corbeau Carrera, very nice!). I installed it with
>the supplied "lowered" bracket, and proceeded to plant my head firmly into
>the headliner as soon as I sat in it.
>
>Bummer  :-(
>
>Corbeau recommends shaving the bottom seat cushion. I've had some upholstery
>experience (very little yet), so I figure, what the heck.
>
>It was really easy. You just have to take your time and have somewhat of a
>steady hand (it's not precision work here, but you'll feel it if you cut it
>un-evenly when you're butt is sitting crooked on that seat).
>
>I was asked to take pictures, so here's a whole write up (my first one
>actually). It's on an msn community, sorry I don't have a real web page yet.
>Hope this helps you tall guys like me. I can now sit very comfortably in my
>Corbeau.

i had a similar problem, but i just cut down the bracket. seems lil
easier like that. just trimmed the brackets that go into the rail about 1 1/2"
and it went WAY lower. it was nuts, the seat was hitting the roof, but now
it's better. i would rather have it lower, but this isn't so bad.

paully