My wife is 5"1" and will be driving the car a fair amount. Any experience on which seat will work best for height adjustment and reaching clutch, Recaro or factory?
Best Seat for vertically challenged
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the recaros are manual adjustable, the base seats are 8way adjustable, motorized. Pretty sure the base will provide more options, such as raising the height...but really there isnt that much difference since you can push them both closer and raise the back. seeing over the hood comfortably is a big deal, plus reaching the clutch properly. Maybe go to a dealer with a 2011-12 on the lot and try it out?
I used phone books when I was younger. Sorry, a booster seat is all I can think of. Factory would most likely be a little more flexible with this one.
Hey fellow Californian! As devious_stang mentioned, I would have her sit in both, as well as do a test drive in both types of seats. It may be in a V6 Mustang rather than a Shelby, but that's what I did to be sure of what I wanted.
My wife is 4'11 and drove mine with recaros just fine.
Really? To be comfortable we put one of those foam pillows in!
She also can't see over dash in passenger seat- pillow stays in car now
yeah. You can raise those seats up quite considerably. Handle on the left.
How do the factory 13' GT500 seats look? For some reason, I always thought the Recaro's were the factory ones, since everyone with a new gt500 seemed to have them LOL
Yes the recaros have a handle on the left to raise the height. (drivers side only) They raise up pretty high. Should have no problem at all.
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