Author Topic: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?  (Read 6761 times)

Offline cjk3500

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How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« on: March 02, 2014, 06:01:03 am »
I'm 6'2" with long legs and even with thin 240z bucket seats all the way back against the cab it's still tight.  It seems like maybe if I had low back buckets I could get them under the support the runs below the rear window.  Or has anyone used a different throttle bracket that puts the pedal closer to the firewall?  I'm not worried about the brake pedal because I don't use it much :) and I'm a two foot driver.  Any ideas would be great.  Why didn't GM make an extended cab until 1988???????

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Re: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2014, 06:31:43 am »
post pics.  You may be too low.
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Re: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2014, 09:47:35 am »
Agreed, Let's see what seats you have. I'm 6' tall and I fit with a high quality seat and speakers behind them.
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Offline cjk3500

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Re: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2014, 10:55:57 am »
I'll see if I can get some pics but it's better with the buckets, with the stock bench it's terrible.  I was hoping someone had swapped in another pedal or maybe bent the rod on the existing one. 

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Re: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2014, 07:42:50 am »
     

     Could always do what Fred Flintstone and Barney Ruble did.   ;D  ::)
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Re: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2014, 08:03:05 am »
     

     Could always do what Fred Flintstone and Barney Ruble did.   ;D  ::)
I've had a truck or two like that over the years
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Re: How do I get more leg room in a regular cab?
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2014, 08:06:19 am »
Me too!  Maybe puddles a lot of fun.  Don't need to take a shower after that but it's hard on the electronics :)

     

     Could always do what Fred Flintstone and Barney Ruble did.   ;D  ::)
I've had a truck or two like that over the years