I stopped in at Marshall Goldman's in Cleveland this week to get back to my AM hunt. Quite a number of Astons. I sat in a DB9 and felt that the seat did not adjust high enough. I am under 5'8" and felt like I was sitting too low in the car. Can anything be done for more adjustment ? I would prefer a V8V, but I think that this DB9 was similar enough to sit in.

 

I’m surprised it wasn’t high enough with the seat adjustment at full height.

 

My wife who is about 5'9" says the same thing - cant get high enough & needs to sit on something.

not sure if there is a fix by raising the whole seat base of the floor pan?

Graze

 

Check this earlier post:

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...antage-v8.html

 

If there's enough interest, a "seat raising kit" would be really easy for one of my fabricators to knock out.[/QUOTE]

Rich, I would be interested.

John

 

i,m 5ft .6' and thought the same thing sitting in my vantage in the showroom .but when i got it out for a drive on the road ,not only did it put a big smile on my face
i felt like i was 6ft 5". never any doubt after that.it was mine that day

 

Peoples seating is funny - I am 5'6 and run the seat as low as it will go.

chr

 

Bought mine used and when playing with the seat memory buttons #3 was set with the rear of the seat all the way down and front up. Previous owner must have been an astronaut as it felt like I was laid back for lift off.

 

Ditto on raising up the passenger seat; gotta keep the wife happy. Ridiculous that they don't have this option on a car like this.

 

Thank you all for the replies. I raised the seat in my '65 Corvette roadster about 10 years ago. Very high tech
approach: four 1" pieces of 1" square tubing. One under each corner with one inch longer bolts. Added a large fender washer under the fiberglass floor pan for reinforcement and called it done. I can see how sitting in a showroom doesn't give you the experience of driving and I don't expect to see the front edge of the hood. I did feel like I could barely see over the dash. I have a weld/fab business and can make something up if I really need it. Nice people on this forum.
I 'll be back with more questions. Den

 

Den,

I am 5' 7" and just bought a DB9 back in Dec. Depending on prior car experiences, you should expect to sit a bit lower in the car, as the rest of the tub is higher (think Dodge Challenger and Chevy Camaro) vs what you'd get in a 911 or Subaru Forrester at the other extreme.

You get used to it after a while, though the comment about never knowing where the front of the car is has been my experience as well.