Hasarad, can you share any tips on your installation experience with the passenger seat seat risers? Also, do you have a link to purchase them? I think I need to install them myself as I plan to do an 8 hour road trip to take my 86 year old father to his 65th college reunion in NH. His knees aren't what they used to be and getting in and out of the passenger seat would be much easier if the seat was higher. Thanks!
Here is where I bought the risers:
These prior threads, including posts from hasarad may also help in your search for seat risers:
I did not have the issue with seat retraction using the supplied materials. Perhaps they changed things since I bought mine?
hasarad, I went to SRAUTOSHOP.COM and the only kit I see listed for Honda Civic is 2014-2019. You mentioned you ordered the 2017 seat risers. The only option is to SELECT BUY NOW and it took me directly to the payment section. Since I didn't see an option to select 2017 Civic I didn't want to proceed further. Am I to assume what they're showing as 2014-2019 is simply all inclusive and you did not specifically order a 2017?
Correct. At the time, the Civic years offered only went up to 2017.
I'm 5'6" myself and have to raise the seat about 25 pulls. I'm assuming with the cushion your seat is adjusted to the bottom? - Thanks for the info and link. We have a Relax the Back store here in the SF Bay Area so I'll stop by the store and check it out! I ordered the Seat Riser for the passenger side already.
No flat washer. The extra mm's make all the difference. Perhaps the T45 works but i used a T50 as per SRAUTOSHOP instructions. What i discovered re cross-threading is that you have 4 points of contact that are loosened. When i got one of the rear bolts in place, that does not mean the other rear bolt will drop in correctly. You need to maneuver the other rail so the bolt will align. But others already knew that - takes me going down several blind alleys before i get it right.
How many ft/lbs did you torque the bolts down to?
When I did mine, I think it was two or three ugga-duggas.
Yeah, I didn't have a torque wrench that would go that high and still fit in the space. They were VERY tight. I used a regular ratchet with a breaker bar to get them loose and tighten back up.
When I installed my risers it was before I inquired on this forum about the torque settings used. What I did to check what the bolts were originally torqued at was incrementally using the settings on my torque to check how tight they were before removal. What I found was that they were actually all different and ranged from 25-30 ft/lbs in the front and 20-35 ft/lbs in the rear. What I did notice however is when the riser was placed under the rail, the rail did not seat flush to the riser. With only the rear raised there happened to be a 10-15 degree gap between the rail and the riser at the most rear. If the bolt was NOT snugged down enough the gap would remain. I found that it took about 35 ft/lbs for the rails to seat flush, however it essentially crushed the riser as shown. A better solution would have been a triangular type riser to compensate for the angle. The photo is a side view where the opening is side to side, not front to rear. I also had no issues using the provided washers - the seat slides fully rearward.
