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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Topic started by: jim.clark.52687506 on March 17, 2015, 02:27:35 pm

Title: more room behind the wheel?
Post by: jim.clark.52687506 on March 17, 2015, 02:27:35 pm

what are people doing to gain more leg room and belly room behind the steering wheel? I would like to keep the factory bench seat if possible but can you take some of the padding out of the backrest if I have the seat recovered or are there replacement seats that afford more legroom? I'm not so much worried about space behind the seat

Title: Re: more room behind the wheel?
Post by: Captkaos on March 17, 2015, 08:57:23 pm

These cabs weren't like the newer ones.  The cushions on the 81-87 seats are molded into the frame...  You won't gain anything by triming them other than discomfort.
There are a few topics on this have you searched the forum?  using the factory bench you are not going to gain anything.

Title: Re: more room behind the wheel?
Post by: jim.clark.52687506 on March 17, 2015, 09:13:03 pm

Well 💩 I'm learning how to search the forums. Thank you for the information though

Title: Re: more room behind the wheel?
Post by: Captkaos on March 17, 2015, 09:56:12 pm

More of the same topic...
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=27328.0
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=13035.0
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=22692.0

Title: Re: more room behind the wheel?
Post by: FlatBlack77 on March 17, 2015, 10:24:33 pm

one thing you can do to gain some belly/thigh room is get an aftermarket steering wheel that is a smaller diameter than the stock one. this is especially helpful if you dont have a tilt column

Title: Re: more room behind the wheel?
Post by: jim.clark.52687506 on April 03, 2015, 10:10:51 am

I changed the steering wheel out with an 88 up four spoke design and gained quite a bit of belly room