Rebuilding the rear seat and headroom

gwillford · Post by **gwillford** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:39 pm

I am in the process of doing a ground up on my 53 and at the moment rebuilding my rear seat. I have replaced the foam with new 2 in foam and cover from Airtex. Turned our great except now my two back seat pilots have their heads touching the headliner. Realizing that I canâ€™t legally exchange the kids for shorter models, I am recovering the seat. So that I do not perform this task more than twice, I ask, has anyone modified the rear seat for more headroom? Thin Foam? Removed the springs and created a sling seat?

Thanks for the input!

Dave Clark · Post by **Dave Clark** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:34 pm

I had about one inch of that foam that contours to your body (insulfoam or temperfoam?) on my BAS jump seats in the 181. It worked great. I think most upholstery shops use it.

lowNslow · Post by **lowNslow** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:46 pm

The stock seats have 1" foam. Just redid mine and they turned out great, plenty of head room

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:41 am

A friend of mine has a back seat which is just the bare frame covered with ceconite fabric. Great for tall pax, for short flights!

Eric

mrpibb · Post by **mrpibb** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:46 pm

Stop feeding the kids!!

gwillford · Post by **gwillford** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:27 pm

Problem solved. I removed the springs, removed most of the arch and reinstalled. Not fun. Watch fingers, watch eyes, watch what comes out of mouth. Rebuilt the seat with 1 in foam in the back blending in more foam up front (2 in total) for leg support. Looks good, feels good, and more headroom. Thanks for the input.

PS. The don't feed the kids comment did not go over well with them!