Jim Chambers

I am only 5' `10" tall, yet I need the driver seat as far back as it will go and would like to go back a bit more.. I feel that it should go further for a taller person. Could there be a bind somewhere? Can the seat be reinstalled at a position further back?

hatchetf15

What seats are in the car?

996-CAB

The seat rails on the manual seats can get pretty gummed up with crud making them difficult to move. I'm the second owner, but the first owner dropped a lot of dried fruit and pretzels into the rails. I had to take mine out to clean and lubricate them. Also, is the seat in the lowered position? It will go back a couple inches just by lowering it.

Jim Chambers

Manual seats, only power is back tilt. I may not have it in the lowest position. I guess it makes sense that a taller driver would lower the seat.

hatchetf15

OP - So the general problem is the outside portion of the 996 seat contacting the carpet at the base of the pillar. A product like Extend-A-Seat may not even work for you, if that's the case. I don’t know if the 996 sport seats are slimmer. I do know the 997 hardbacks (using 996 rails) gave me more aft room in the lowest position…even more than the Extend-A-Seat did with the 996 couches.

Jim Chambers

I'm not familiar with Extend-a-Seat. More detail please.

hatchetf15

https://extendmyseat.com/brands/Porsche.html

Sorry, “extend-my-seat”.

sublm8

I have sport seats, it’s still pretty tight. Funny as I was thinking the opposite, that switching to non-sport seats might buy me some more leg room.

Lack of leg room in the 996 was a real surprise. The 968 had at least 2 more inches. Even my 914 had more.

Jim Chambers

Just checked to see if seat base was hitting area below b pillar and it has about 2" left before it would hit. However it stops solid when I slide it back. Clearly the track sliding mechanism is the issue.
I also have had all the leg room I needed and then some with early 911's, 914's, 924's and 928's.

wdb

I'm 5'10" and have more than enough seat adjustment. I'm nowhere near full rearward adjustment. I think there is something going on with the mechanism. My 2002 sliders didn't move very well, and I pulled the seats to clean and lube the mechanisms which made a huge improvement. However you said you're hitting a hard stop so something else is going on.

Disconnect the battery, take out 4 bolts, disconnect the wires, pull the seat.

Jim Chambers

Appears I will be taking the seat out. Also occurs to me I haven't checked to see if the passenger seat is the same. That might tell me something.