Bill,
I'm 6'3", so I appreciate your problem! One thing, DON'T GO FOR MAZDA
MX5/MIATA SEATS, they will have you sitting appreciably higher in the
car! BTDT, I ended up almost peering over the top of the windscreen,
rather than through it, to see where I was going...
I was happy enough with my stock seats position-wise (apart from looking
really shabby, and hoping the Mazda seats would give more lateral
support, which they did), but the foam was old and probably quite
collapsed, putting it in a good position for me.
Having removed the seats, their design is quite smart, the bottom of the
base actually drops down between the rails to hang lower than the rails,
so the bottom of the seat can be as close as possible to the floor. I
never measured the clearance between the seat bottom and the carpet, but
it's not much. I'd check that clearance before you consider doing away
with the rails; you may not gain much.
I guess removing foam would help, I never tried it myself. I've no idea
about modifying the seat-backs to make them taller.
Richard Gosling
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