Niro Seat height
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:39 pm
Those who have migrated from a Venga to a Niro will have noticed that the Niro has a lower seat height. My wife, who has less flexibility than me – misses the higher seating position of the Venga.
After a few grumbles over the past 3 months I decided to do something about it – so I made some 25 mm thick packers from some hardwood and painted them matt black. You need 4 front packers and 4 rear packers if like me you modify both front seats.
Each front seat is fixed with 4 M10 fine thread bolts 25 mm long under the head. Hence I had to buy some replacement bolts 50 mm long.
Fixing the spacers is easy if you first slacken all 4 bolts, leave the rear ones loose and remove just the front bolts. If your car is like mine, you will find that the bolts have been ratcheted very tight. You can now insert the front packers and fit the new M10 bolts. Again don’t tighten them fully.
Now remove the rear bolts, insert the packers so that the bolt hole lines up with the 11 mm dia hole in the packer and the location peg (used on the Assemble track to facilitate aligning the seats) is in the 15 mm dia hole in the packer. Insert and fully tighten the rear bolts, go back to the front bolts and fully tighten them. You are now finished.
https://www.spaldingfasteners.co.uk/met ... et-screws/
Make sure you order M10 fine thread bolts 50 mm long.
Seat Packer Dimensions
Front Installation
Rear installation
I didn’t tell my wife about the mod and was interested to see whether she noticed.
She went out in the car today and upon her return asked me if I had done something with the seat height adjuster – because she slid into the seat rather than dropped down. She remarked – it was just like driving the Venga. So I told her about the mod and it earned a few house points. SUCCESS!!!
It’s amazing what an extra inch can do for a marriage.
After a few grumbles over the past 3 months I decided to do something about it – so I made some 25 mm thick packers from some hardwood and painted them matt black. You need 4 front packers and 4 rear packers if like me you modify both front seats.
Each front seat is fixed with 4 M10 fine thread bolts 25 mm long under the head. Hence I had to buy some replacement bolts 50 mm long.
Fixing the spacers is easy if you first slacken all 4 bolts, leave the rear ones loose and remove just the front bolts. If your car is like mine, you will find that the bolts have been ratcheted very tight. You can now insert the front packers and fit the new M10 bolts. Again don’t tighten them fully.
Now remove the rear bolts, insert the packers so that the bolt hole lines up with the 11 mm dia hole in the packer and the location peg (used on the Assemble track to facilitate aligning the seats) is in the 15 mm dia hole in the packer. Insert and fully tighten the rear bolts, go back to the front bolts and fully tighten them. You are now finished.
https://www.spaldingfasteners.co.uk/met ... et-screws/
Make sure you order M10 fine thread bolts 50 mm long.
Seat Packer Dimensions
Front Installation
Rear installation
I didn’t tell my wife about the mod and was interested to see whether she noticed.
She went out in the car today and upon her return asked me if I had done something with the seat height adjuster – because she slid into the seat rather than dropped down. She remarked – it was just like driving the Venga. So I told her about the mod and it earned a few house points. SUCCESS!!!
It’s amazing what an extra inch can do for a marriage.