front seat risers

[technically right]

RAM 2022 1500, bucket seats. I find the driving position is a bit too low even after the seat is adjusted up as high as it will go. I've tried pads that set on top of the seat but they're not satisfactory. Does anyone have any experience with spacers for the front seats.

 

[Wild one]

RAM 2022 1500, bucket seats. I find the driving position is a bit too low even after the seat is adjusted up as high as it will go. I've tried pads that set on top of the seat but they're not satisfactory. Does anyone have any experience with spacers for the front seats.

I built a set years ago for the passenger seat in my regular cab as the wife found it a bit low on the front,they were still in the truck when i sold it.
Post a link to the ones you're looking at

 

[technically right]

Really don't know where to start. Was hoping that someone on the forum could give me a suggestion as to what products are available.

 

[Tray Burge]

Really don't know where to start. Was hoping that someone on the forum could give me a suggestion as to what products are available.

These are all various comonly sold seat risers, but it's more than just unbolting your set and slapping some on.

 

[RamDiver]

RAM 2022 1500, bucket seats. I find the driving position is a bit too low even after the seat is adjusted up as high as it will go. I've tried pads that set on top of the seat but they're not satisfactory. Does anyone have any experience with spacers for the front seats.

These fit 5th-gen only. I'm sure I've seen less expensive versions than $123 US before.

Dodge RAM Seat Jackers – Front Seat Lift Upgrade

Add comfort and leg support in your RAM 1500, 2500, or 3500 with Front Seat Jackers. Improve posture with a simple bolt-on seat lift.

desertdoesit.com

Amazon.com : Seat Spacers Lift Jackers ram 1500

.

 

[Wild one]

Really don't know where to start. Was hoping that someone on the forum could give me a suggestion as to what products are available.

If you have access to a vise / drill / hacksaw you can build a set pretty easily for a 4th Gen Classic out of a piece of 3/16" X 1.5" flat bar.

 

[RamDiver]

If you have access to a vise / drill / hacksaw you can build a set pretty easily for a 4th Gen Classic out of a piece of 3/16" X 1.5" flat bar.

Thanks.
That might be more applicable to my truck, given that the OP posted in the 5th-gen area.

I just wanted to make sure that members identified the item I posted was for 5th-gen only.


Now you have me thinking about adding a wee amount of seat lift.
I will bug my machinist buddy. He enjoys projects in his retirement.

.

 

[Wild one]

Thanks.
That might be more applicable to my truck, given that the OP posted in the 5th-gen area.

I just wanted to make sure that members identified the item I posted was for 5th-gen only.


Now you have me thinking about adding a wee amount of lift.
I will bug my machinist buddy. He enjoys projects in his retirement.

.

I haven't really paid much attention to how the front seats are mounted in a 5th Gen,but the 4th Gens are easy to build front seat risers for.

 

[Tray Burge]

If you can drill a hole, you make a riser. lol
I've actually made spacers out of large steel nuts to get the right height, the hardest part is matching the seat bolts and getting their length correct.
I've actually gotta raise my wife's seat too Wild one because her's is sitting a hair too low.

 

[Mlarv5]

I have used hockey pucks as spacers in an FJ. They worked great, held up overtime, and were cheap, because I already had a few pucks. Just cut off a chunk drill a hole, get a loner bolt, and install.

 

[Wild one]

I have used hockey pucks as spacers in an FJ. They worked great, held up overtime, and were cheap, because I already had a few pucks. Just cut off a chunk drill a hole, get a loner bolt, and install.

That brings back memories of building body lifts for mid to late70's Chevies in High School We used to freeze the hockey pucks before drilling holes in them,then stack them under the body mounts.Cheap and actually fairly indestructable body lifts for a bunch of brokeass kids

 

[Badger 13]

I put seat risers in the wife's Jeep Wrangler, in the previous TJ, and the current JK. Very simple, just machined blocks of steel with a hole in them. If you look up Wrangler seat risers you will find something that works. May have to pick up longer bolts, or some blocks come with bolts. I'm including just one example.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/306225965770?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1YJP3-0WATTuBkMxHCGgdNQ44&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=306225965770&targetid=2449372253943&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9029636&poi=&campaignid=21214302385&mkgroupid=189125629192&rlsatarget=aud-1297930287098:pla-2449372253943&abcId=9407524&merchantid=7868994&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21214302385&gclid=CjwKCAjwntHPBhAaEiwA_Xp6RhMtT3LTniZ93K3vVAonzN-pRw97AfO4uyvxGZdyrHNpwTfg-n1pPhoCapoQAvD_BwE

 

[technically right]

Good suggestions. Thanks all.

 

[Bighorn_Brown]

A few years back I used large washer stacks under my rear folding driver side seat in my 2016 Expedition.

Mounted an amp under the seat; didn’t want it to get smashed when power folding the seat. Stacked appropriately 3-4 thick large bolt washers under each mounting point.

Make sure the mounting bolts still have enough threads inside the riv-nut on the vehicle floor to get a good bite. That will prevent hardware from stripping out of fastener.

Btw, wouldn’t be a bad idea to lengthen the bolts so they will grab the same number of threads… this offsets the add height from the washer stack.

 

[RJR49]

The problem with that method is that the front seat mount bolts screw into a surface that's angled. Stacking washers is going to move the seat forward thus preventing the rear bolts to line up with their mounting holes. All those adapters I the picture posted ha e the same problem

 

[Marshall]

4 hockey pucks?

 

[Gary Fields]

I can recall my parent's 1966 Fairlane had small wooden blocks under the seat to raise is and inch or so. Mom was short and needed it higher. Probably needed to get longer mounting bolts to reach through the blocks. Not sure if this was mechanics or carpentry.

 

[Bob Horowski]

Angled surface? C'mon it is not rocket science. The seat can be adjusted forward and rearward.

 

[Wild one]

Angled surface? C'mon it is not rocket science. The seat can be adjusted forward and rearward.

You apparently have never looked at how the front seats are bolted in.I'm just gonna tell you,you're wrong and leave it at that.But before you make any more comments,you should go look at how the seats are bolted to the floor,as your wrong

 

[Hardracer]

That brings back memories of building body lifts for mid to late70's Chevies in High School We used to freeze the hockey pucks before drilling holes in them,then stack them under the body mounts.Cheap and actually fairly indestructable body lifts for a bunch of brokeass kids

Mid 80s when i started driving few buddies would use cut fence posts for a body lift.
I was like that's gonna last?...they never had a problem all through high school.