I am looking for seat riser brackets for my Smart 451 so my wife (4'11") can see over the steering wheel. Does anyone know where I can purchase them? Or, does anyone know what the dimensions are for the standard seat mounts (i.e., the distance in inches between the seat bolts)?
you might want to buy longer socket head cap screws (unscrew one and take it to your hardware store, find out the size) and buy longer ones (4), socket head cap screws are "stronger" than grade 8/10.8(metric) hex head cap screws (bolts to you non-fastener folks) maybe 25-50mm longer than stock (1-2 inches) and get appropriate bushings to support the seat at the higher height. the bushings will be the difficult part, you might have to get a local machine shop to fabricate them.
Thanks all. I think we are going to try cushions first. If that fails, I will install longer bolts and washers. I did find a local machine shop (per local benz dealer) who will create a bracket to fit. Problem with adding any height is the seat. It is already pretty close to the sunroof.
I just purchased my Smart cabriolet model two weeks ago. I am 4feet 7 inches tall, I use a large pillow and it works just fine. I have heated seats and they still work ok.
The UK car has a darn great spacer one inch thick under the foot each side of the front seat, with longer bolts. I have taken mine out, you can have them for nothing, just have to package them from ENGLAND to you! Guess you could do the same at the back.
This is for some strange thinking by smart as we have suspended pedals in our right hand drive cars, not like yours which stand on the floor.
nope... the battery and airpump kit is in the passenger foot well... on the left hand side for those of us with right hand drive cars. The floor pan is mirrored (?). The cabin air filter is on the left hand side (in our passenger foot well) whereas you get to play around with the pedals when removing it. Some things are mirrored, others are not.
The brake pedal on my 2008 pulse is floor mounted and has great muck catching recesses at floor level. It quickly collects gravel and grass cuttings and is a real challenge to clean out.
Thanks for your info; my clutch has been replaced. SmartUsa informed me that because of my call to the 800 number, they have notified not only my dealer but every dealer of the problem and how to repair it. Without this forum, I would have not gotte…
I bought mine off Parkgate Motors Ltd based in Darlington.
I did a search on the Tiscali site of Smart ForTwo cars and at the time he was getting 2009 59reg Cdi for £8995 and advertising brandnew 2010 Smart Passion Cdi for £9200.
All cars are bran…
I concure that the smart has just enough road feel to keep me alert and awake for long periods of time behind the wheel. The car is totally comfortable for long trips. I do not have cruise control or an armrest. The cruise might be nice but I have n…
After 2 months of attempting to produce an exhaust that is quiet and sellable to the Smart community, we have decided not to sell the exhaust. Why?
The exhaust was not to SmartCar Performance standards
After driving for several miles, absolutely n…
"I bought mine of an internet dealer who got me just over a £1000 off list price so i felt pretty satisfied."
Hi Peter
... any chance of providing a link You could email me at scthorn at gmail.com
Regards
Stuart
I'm now in Australia, where both the smart, the roads, climate and driving conditions are different to the US.
Here I have driven from Cairns to to Townsville quite a few times in the smart pulse turbo. It's about 375 km (say a bit over 200 miles).…
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