Originally Posted by GregS
I just became a member a few days ago after I purchased my first Crossfire. It's a 2005 Roadster with a 6spd man. Black. It has manual cloth seats, but I was thinking about upgrading them to power leather seats.
Hi Greg. I retrofitted power seats to my XF also. The base cloth seats are much lower than the power leather seats.
Let me tell you why the XF seats are so high. Basically, the Crossfire has a 2.5" high box structure underneath the seats. This creates its incredible rigidity. Other cars, like the S2000, route the box structures around the seats. The seats on the XF mount on top of the box structure. This is why everyone starts up sitting high up.
I don't know what Jonnyangel did, but there is little to no hope in modifying the power seats to sit "lower" at all. All recaro seats are designed the same way underneath and all of them are made as low as the electronics allow. I would say that for the average person it is impossible to do any sort of modification. However, the power seats are great for shorter people, as they can be raised up to 4-5". (My power seats can go so high that the headrests hit the headliner.)
If you have the money, I would consider leather-upholstered carbon fiber bucket seats. A set can be had for roughly $2400 a pair.
