axbeale Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I have just purchased my first westfield and the only problem I have is that I cannot really reach the pedals. The seat is in a fixed position. What would be the easy way the rectify this? Move the seat or pedals? If i move the seat it will be out of line with the other. Shall I just move both? Maybe put both seats on runners? Just move the pedals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell O'Neill Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 buy a cushion sorry mate, Im kinda new to this too...... and mine has runners so can't help Welcome aboard anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axbeale Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 I have added cushion technology, but still find it difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappa Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 buy a cushion That's just typical of the helpfull advise that you'll get on here...welcome Don't worry someone who knows what they are talking about will be along soooon. I take it that the membership form is in the post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8ight Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 human growth hormones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidersurfer Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Probably easier to move the seat. How is it mounted? Oh, Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axbeale Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 Ok, Ok, apart from a cushion and growth hormones, does anyone have any other advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidersurfer Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 See above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff oakley Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 What car is it. If it has a top mounted pedal box there is some adjustment possible there, if you are really that far back another option is to have the pedals extended where the foot pad is.However without more details of car seat type etc it is difficult to be more helpful But welcome anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoPops Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 What about getting some of that two part foam that you put into a stong bin bag, then sit in to form a body shaped seat etc? http://www.gprdirect.com/epages....STRSFK1 A two part expanding foam kit for moulding your own seats, mainly used for single seaters, sportscars & to make an insert for rental kart seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Navin Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 If you can let us have a little more information on the seat it would help. The answer may be as easy as buying a set of runners and making the seat adjustable. This is by no means a difficult job. If the seat does not lend its self to runners you may find that you have reached your first upgrade opportunity. I recommend the GRP seats from Paul@playscool as these can be fitted with runners or to the floor in any position you need. You will need to brace the back of the seat if it is a perminant fix though. Let us have some more infor and we will be able to offer a more detailed opinion. Oh and welcome to the mad house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stanton Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Welcome What type of seat do you have What model of car have you got and why does it matter that drivers and passenger seat won't be aligned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 A long post for which I do not apologise. If you're even thinking of using expanding foam, read the story below - lifted from British Cars BBS/Lotus... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART 2 - And this is how not to do it: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A friend of mine once built a canoe. He spent a long time on it and it was a work of art. Almost the final phase was to fill both ends with polyureathane expanding foam. He duly ordered the bits from Mr Glasplies (an excellent purveyor of all things fibreglass) and it arrived in two packs covered with appropriately dire warnings about expansion ratios and some very good notes on how to use it. Unfortunately he had a degree, worse still two of them. One was in Chemistry, so the instructions got thrown away and the other in something mathematical because in a few minutes he was merrily calculating the volume of his craft to many decimal places and the guidelines got binned as well. He propped the canoe up on one end, got a huge tin, carefully measured the calculated amounts of glop, mixed them and quickly poured the mixture in the end of the canoe (The two pack expands very rapidly). I arrived as he was completing this and I looked in to see the end chamber over half full of something Cawdors Witches would have been proud of. Two thing occurred to me, one was the label which said in big letters "Caution - expansion ratio 50:1" (or something similar) and the other that the now empty tins said "approximately enough for 20 small craft." Any comment was drowned out by a sea of yellow brown foam suddenly pouring out of the middle of the canoe and the end of the canoe bursting open. My friend screamed and leapt at his pride and joy which was knocked to the ground as he started trying to bale handfuls of this stuff out with his hands. Knocking the craft over allowed the still liquid and not yet fully expanded foam to flow to the other end of the canoe where it expanded and shattered that end as well. A few seconds later and we had a canoe with two exploded ends, a mountain of solid foam about 4ft high growing out of the middle, and a chemist firmly embedded up to his armpits in it. At this stage he discovered the reaction was exothermic and his hands and arms were getting very hot indeed. Running about in small circles in a confined space while glued to the remains of a fairly large canoe proved ineffective so he resorted to screaming a bit instead. Fortunately a Kukri was to hand so I attacked the foam around his hands with some enthusiasm. The process was hindered by the noise he was making and the fact he was trying to escape while still attached to the canoe. Eventually I managed to hack out a lump of foam still including most of his arms and hands. Unfortunately my tears of laughter were not helping as they accelerated the foam setting. Seeking medical help was obviously out of the question, the embarrassment of having to explain his occupation (Chief Research Chemist at a major petrochemical organisation) would simply never have been lived down. Several hours and much acrimony later we had removed sufficient foam (and much hair) to allow him to move again. However he still looked something like a failed audition for Quasimodo with red burns on his arms and expanded blobs of foam sticking everywhere. My comment that the scalding simple made the hairs the foam was sticking to come out easier was not met with the enthusiasm I felt it deserved. I forgot to add that in retrospect rather unwisely he had set out to do this deed in the hallway of his house (the only place he later explained with sufficient headroom for the canoe - achieved by poking it up the stairwell. Having extricated him we now were faced with the problem of a canoe construction kit embedded in a still gurgling block of foam which was now irrevocably bonded to the hall and stairs carpet as well as several banister rails and quite a lot of wallpaper. At this point his wife and her mother came back from shopping...... Oh yes - and he had been wearing the pullover Mum in law had knitted him for his birthday the week before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impney Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 And join the WSCC. The best £25 you'll ever spend. (Mr Stanton your slipping! You can download the membership form from the website. Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impney Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 A few seconds later and we had a canoe with two exploded ends, a mountain of solid foam about 4ft high growing out of the middle, and a chemist firmly embedded up to his armpits in it. I laughed so much I almost s££t myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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