Tall Disco II drivers, how do you fit?

I just bought an '04 Discovery II SE and I absolutely love it! I have been after a Disco for about 8 years now, and it was finally time to go ahead and get one. The trouble is, at 6'2" I really don't fit well. Having to sit bow-legged isn't very comfortable on a long drive and can make it dificult to reach the brake pedal. For the first part of my solution, I did some work on the seat rails which have netted me about four more inches of rearward travel. (I would be happy to write up a bit about this if anyone is interested) This helped a great deal, but the steering wheel still sits on top of my legs. Has anyone else figured out any ways to either move the steering wheel up or the seat down?

Thanks!
-John

I'm 6'2" and I feel like its a squeeze...at least comparing it to other cars I have owned. Usually have a knee touching dash at all times....and I have to duck down to see the top portion of the spedometer. Like mentioned above, steering wheel adjustment is VERY limited. I mean, a little discomfort to look so good driving down the road in a disco....totally worth it.

by the way...I'm interested to know what you did about the seat rails.

Dang...6'7" in a DII. I'm impressed. I used to drive a Ford Ranger and I had a little more room in it than I do my DII, but I got over it quickly.

I didn't do the seat mods, Ironegale did. I'm interested to know what he did as well. I'll take 4" more if I can get it.

6'7".....holy shit sasquach!

lol!

I don't have my digital camera here at the office to load the pictures I took while modding the rails. I will post them with a description of the procedure this evening.

I may look into further modificatoins for seat height. I think if I could drop the back of the seat an inch to an inch and a half, I'd have enough range in adjustability to get the seat exactly where I want it.

x2 on the ducking down to see the traffic lights.

6'2" - pretty much same as everyone said, a tad snug at the knees and overall height is clear but being tall and the weird winshield sucks ass in the D2. i am not sure moving the seat back more would help me much, it seems as though that make me too far away from the NON-telscoping steering wheel. not to mention only a midget or person with no legs would now be able to sit behind me.

i disagree though abou the RRC stuff, when i am in the LWB it is like sitiing on top of a building i can see in all directiosn and have plenty of leg room for myslef as well as any passengar behind me

Hey, I am 6"7 and I fit in OK - and I have long legs ! Not mega spacious but my knees don't touch the front - in fact there seems to be even slightly more space than in the current RR, where my knees almost touch the front.

But hey, I drove a Freelander before and that seemed to have more room for my legs BUT a lot less headroom and general space.

I have attached the photos. Basically there are two steps you have to do to increase the rearward travel of the seat. First remove the stops. You can see where these were in the pictures 2 and 3. The stop goes through the square hole and is then squished out to hold it in place. I ground off the squished metal and the stop just poped out.

Next you remove the bolts that attach the seat to the carrier that moves back and forth on the long threaded rod. This is what actually moves the seat back and forth. The way to increase the travel is to make a bracket that will attach the seat to the carrier further up. These can be seen in pictures 1 and 4.

Some notes, this is a work in progress. I gained 4 inches of travel, if I were to do it again, I would not add so much. At 4 inches, the seat actually runs into the B pillar, so you can't actually move it all the way back. Also, it will run the carriers off of the threaded rod if you move it all the way forward.

Also, there is not much clearance between the gear housing for the threaded rod and where you need to bolt the bracket to the seat frame. In order to do this, I used elevator bolts. They have a large, very flat head on them and fit perfectly. These bolts can be dificult to track down. The stronger solution would be to weld the bracket to the frame. I may do this in the final version.