more room behind the wheel?

[jim.clark.52687506]

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

[Captkaos]

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.

[jim.clark.52687506]

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

[Captkaos]

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

[FlatBlack77]

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

[jim.clark.52687506]

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