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Old Sep 7, 2014 | 09:26 PM
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There is a 04 996 GT3 listed for sale that has a factory 10 mm seat lowering. How was this done and can I do this to my 997.1 adaptive sport seats. I need a little room when wearing a helmet. I also put this in the 997 forum.
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Old Sep 7, 2014 | 09:37 PM
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I have this option....seats at max lowered is a little lower(I assume it's 10mm) than non lowered seats.
I think it's the seat brackets that make the difference
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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 12:30 AM
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Is it the rear pivot point? I was looking at mine brackets tonight and it looks like there may be room at the rear pivot point to drill a lower hole. This may work but with all the stuff that is placed there they may not clear. I may pull my seat to check this out. It couldn't be as easy as my 74 Datsun 240Z I owned in the 70's. It had 2 thick plastic washers, both came to around 1/2" or so. I guess I can't get that lucky again.
Does any body have some pictures of the bracket and zoom into the pivot point. This part may have changed between the 996 and 997.1
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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 10:47 AM
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Does it have manual slider on us spec seats? I'm thinking manual Boxster sliders...
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