Breeze Tech Tip #2 Roadster Seat Comfort Improvement
Late in 2016 I was having a conversation with David Pohli of New Holland, OH, about the FFR Roadster seats. He mentioned that on a recent long drive back from the west coast, after extended time behind the wheel, the seat base cushion would crush enough that the steel seat frame crossbars could be felt underneath.
In early 2017 while revising our seat installation kit for easier installation I decided to address this comfort issue by adding a hardboard panel to cover the seat base frame to present a firm flat surface to support the seat base cushion. In addition, roadster seat comfort is improved by installing them slightly reclined, which has always been a feature Breeze seat mounting kits. When roadster seats are reclined however, the front third of the base cushion, which is cantilevered out in front of the frame, loses its floor support. The cushion tends to bend down under the weight of the driver’s legs, thereby reducing the support. Luckily a simple extension of the hardboard panel extends some flexible support to the front of the seat base cushion.
So a simple and inexpensive improvement that anyone can make is to install some hardboard panels under the seat base cushions. The size is 10” wide by 15” front to rear. Either 1/8” thick or 3/16” thick works great (the thicker being stiffer and the thinner more flexible). They are easily attached to the seat frame using some of the left-over self-drilling screws that were used in the FFR kit to attach the aluminum panels to the frame for shipping.
Fort those of you who have not installed your seats yet, these panels are now included in the Breeze Seat Installation Kit:
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Hope that helps!