Unconfortable drivers seat

[SamB]

Need some help adjusting my seat to be more confortable. After a medium trip (100 miles) miles my butt hurts like it has been sitting on a fine guage wire near the rear of the seat. Anyone know how to adjust around this. 07 XLE. Thanks. (Leather Seats).

[CharmCityES]

leather seats or fraichair cloth?
i have noticed some type of lump in the seatcushion on some of the gen 6's i will drive at work, and it is plenty uncomfortable..no idea what causes it tho or if it can be fixed

[Yazovets]

Considering increasing the lumbar support, which will force your butt NOT to reach the very end of the seat where the back meets the seat part.

[thoots]

Originally Posted by SamB

Need some help adjusting my seat to be more confortable. After a medium trip (100 miles) miles my butt hurts like it has been sitting on a fine guage wire near the rear of the seat. Anyone know how to adjust around this. 07 XLE. Thanks. (Leather Seats).

Oh my. Unbelievable. Another human being on the planet noticed this!

I have gone through a rather unbelievable amount of work with an upholstery shop trying to get some kind of comfort out of the seat cushion, but I still haven't gotten there.

There are three main "problems" with the seat:

1. That DAMN SEAM DOWN THE MIDDLE. Absolutely, completely EVIL. Note especially how it "curves down" at the back of the cushion -- that "curve" is even stiffer than hell.

2. Now then, reach down, and feel the very back of the seat cushion, directly in front of the seat back. Notice a couple of "hard bumps," one on each side of the evil center seam? Those are essentially part of the "wiring harness" for the seat heater -- part of how the wire that plugs into the car's electrics gets wired into the seat heater. More evil bumpiness.

3. Also, the seat is just dang hard and firm, which doesn't help.

I don't have the time tonight to go into more detail, but I've certainly not found anything that worked quite well enough by doing some even substantial changes to the seat cushion with the upholstery shop. I think the best solution without going ballistic is just to go for an aftermarket seat cushion, and I would recommend the following:

1. The Gel-Tec Contour Cushion:

http://geltechnology.com/detail.aspx?ID=5

The only "problem" with this is that it doesn't cover all the seat, but perhaps doing that wouldn't be so good, either. It's just that your legs will "drop off" the front of the thing. Otherwise, this is one of the best you can get, as you sit "floating on air that's trapped in the baffles" of the gel cushion. You can find cheaper, similar things, but this is a far better quality cushion.

2. 100% Natural Sheepskin Seat Pad:

http://www.drivingcomfort.com/index....d=3499&sc=6478

I haven't tried this one, but it looks good to me. It's big enough to cover almost the whole seat, and it should be thick enough to cushion you away from the evil bumpiness of the Camry seat.

I'll get back in here later with some more information, but that's how I'd call things at this point -- good luck!

[CharmCityES]

this is why i love my gen 5 seats.....theyre quite comfortable and i love them

no seams down the middle and no stiff parts

and thoots i know exactly what youre getting at....whenever i drive the gen 6's i can feel that seam nagging at me

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by CorCamrySE

this is why i love my gen 5 seats.....theyre quite comfortable and i love them

no seams down the middle and no stiff parts

and thoots i know exactly what youre getting at....whenever i drive the gen 6's i can feel that seam nagging at me

they may be comfortable for you, but im a big guy and the seat ends half way up my thigh.. its quite laboring when i am on long trips.. i had asked a few pages ago about if anyone knew of a type of seat extension or way to support my thighs but it was to no avail.

[Aceventura9586]

Originally Posted by SamB

Need some help adjusting my seat to be more confortable. After a medium trip (100 miles) miles my butt hurts like it has been sitting on a fine guage wire near the rear of the seat. Anyone know how to adjust around this. 07 XLE. Thanks. (Leather Seats).

Wear your seatbelt instead of sitting on it

[thoots]

Originally Posted by CorCamrySE

this is why i love my gen 5 seats.....theyre quite comfortable and i love them

no seams down the middle and no stiff parts

and thoots i know exactly what youre getting at....whenever i drive the gen 6's i can feel that seam nagging at me

Well, again, I haven't had the time to collect pictures and such and write an extensive post, but I even bought a gen 5 "seat cushion pad" and tried that, after having my upholstery guy replace the "center seam" piece of leather with a seamless piece of leather -- but for one reason or another I never wound up liking that much at all, either.

There's quite a difference between the seats in the two generations, that's for sure!

[thoots]

Originally Posted by MrSo0h0o

they may be comfortable for you, but im a big guy and the seat ends half way up my thigh.. its quite laboring when i am on long trips.. i had asked a few pages ago about if anyone knew of a type of seat extension or way to support my thighs but it was to no avail.

I thought about that, but it's pretty hard to say much of anything. The Camry seat is a little on the short side, so what are you gonna do? Add a piece of plywood?

Try to find and install an Avalon Limited seat which has a thigh support extension? But then again, if you've looked into it, the Avalon seat seems to be even SHORTER than the Camry seat.

"Honda Accord" or "a domestic US make" might be more effective, but quite a ways to go to get a longer seat cushion.

The only aftermarket thing I've seen that "might" help would be the Drivease thingy:

http://www.drivingcomfort.com/index.cfm?fa=p&pid=4108

Gosh, it's hard to know if that would help with the "short seat cushion syndrome," and it's only for the right leg, and.... But otherwise, I sure don't know what to tell you other than bail for a different car!

[Netforcer]

just gain some weight

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by Netforcer

just gain some weight

[ScottFern]

I concur with everything that has been said in this thread. I am currently using a GEL-TEC seat cushion but it doesn't cover the entire seat which is annoying. It feels like its not big enough to cover the whole seat.

Another problem I have is that with any added cushion my seat height is raised and I am 6'2" already and I feel like my line of sight is getting pretty high.

[CharmCityES]

i can see how the seat may be too short for you soohoo
im only 5'9 and 140lbs so im quite a small guy
im engulfed by my seat...