2006 SS n/a.

I hate my seats. I really do. I'm a valet... So I drive over 100 cars per day. Well over. I test many cars. I happen to think Cobalt seats suck almost as bad as Cavalier seats. Sorry to say. I just find them very uncomfortable and poorly made. The pattern is descent looking, but they're just uncomfortable. My SS n/a seats has the little lower back suppost knob. It's loostened all the way. The seat height adjuster is lowered all the way down. The recliner is to a reasonable decline. I just can't get comfortable. I can't just "sit back" and drive. I always find myself "leaning over". Naturally. I'd do that when I had a stick, but I don't anymore. The passenger side seat isn't as bad becasue of the lack of a back support thing. The bottoms aren't very soft, and the material like folds up. It gets ripples in it. Poor construction? When I drive RSX's and things, I couldn't be more comfortable in a small car. What's wrong here? Is there ANYTHING I can do? I hate my seats.

 

I like my seats, I don't have any problem just leaning back and driving.

How tall are you?

 

Are the N/A seats the same as the non-Recaro SS seats? I love mine, most comfortable seats I've ever been in.

 

I want the Recaro SS seats for mine

 

my recaros are so soft and fluffy... *runs to car and sits in it* ahhh...... so soft.....

 

keep an eye out on e-bay, because alot of people are selling there seats. even on the forums

 

i don't like my seats either. hard leather ftl. they do keep me in my seat though on hard turns. but i really want these recaro's.

 

wow... thoese look a hell of a lot softer than mine.... but beleave me... i can mod.. i think novafoam should make seats... they make one hell of a matress. lol ill keep my eye open for ya bro, for some recaros on the net.

 

Those seats look like too much work to get in and out of on a daily basis.

 

Yep exact same seats - I notice they feel a little hard after a long drive but I still like them.

 

they should be softer. they are made out of suede.

 

yeah, they were made for skinny asian people. they keep you in your seat really good though.

 

oh... well im only half asian.. and weigh 200lbs... so i guess well have to crisco the sides for me to get in..

 

To averagewhiteboy:

I pull in at 6'1" 165. Cobalt LT with the "Premium sport cloth" seats and I have these suggestions. Start cranking up on the driver seat until there's about 1" clearence between your thighs and the seat bottom. Position the seat at a comfortable (NOT ghetto ride) recline and close enough to the wheel that your arms and knees are bent almost 70 - 80 degrees. Then make use of the dead pedal for your left foor and find a nook for your right when you've got the cruise on.

I had huge issues with the seats in my Cobalt until I moved the seat a little farther forward than I'd think comfortable and then adjusted the seat-back to recline a bit more.

 

i dont mind my seats at all

 

Yeah, just like on my Honda, I had to move the seat forward. Reclined a bit forward too. On the Monte, fully back, and reclined. For manuals I gotta be really close. But the Cobalt is an auto, so it's not as important. Actually adjusting the recliner and stuff is fine, it's just that little freakin' lower back support thingy inside the drivers side seat. The SS leathers have it too I'm sure. I have the regular sport cloth black ones. Not the SS n/a leathers, nor the SS s/c leathers, and especially not the Recaros. I effin' wish I got the Recaros. OMG. lol. I've been in many Recaros in my day, and saw maybe one I didn't like. Having that said, how much would some SS s/c leathers be from guys who swapped their seats? Or some sort of... I don't even know. But since it's a lease car, I know I don't want to spend a billion dollars either. lol.

Thanks a ton guys!

 

The SS leathers suck.. they look like crap in 3 weeks. I think the reason you are so uncomfortable, is the steering wheel is too far away with the seat back. Damn you no telescopic steering

 

yeah man. I sit mad close for the driving CRAZYNESSS!!! thats what they taught us in the mAzda rev it Up thing.

 

i don't like the stock seats either, it feels like i'm sitting on a slab and i might slip off the front

 

that taught you to sit close to the steering wheel in a car that has dual stage air bags?

edit: oh wait mazda ... did they consider air bags in that lesson?

 

No, I just sit close to the stering wheel on a car with a stick becasue I have to be close to the clutch pedal.

It's not a matter of the steering wheel positioning being uncomfortable. It's all in my butt/back. They're not good seats. Period. lol.

Even on my Cadillac, I just kept the steering wheel all the way in. I think it looks and feels weird when the steering wheel is so far out from the dash...

 

You're either short, or have weak legs if you have problems with the clutch when you're not close to the wheel.

//3 miles in 1.5 hours will learn you about endurance with the clutch :-P

 

I'm 6'1" and I used to BMX. Thus I'm tall and have strong legs. I just prefer to be close. I had that car for over 2 years. I was used to the clutch just fine. Seeing as how I live in Pennsylvania and it's all hills.

 

ok did anyone look at that pic with the right hand drive?????

 

mmm recaros