Seat Enhancement for Mini Cooper F5X

I own a MINI Cooper Clubman F54 and had difficulties with the seating position.
The seating alignment seems to be different than in an F56 or an F60.

The problem ist, that in the correct seating position I always have a gap between my legs and the part where the should rest on giving a lot of pain over the time.
So I came up with the idea of printing a wedge that fits right in and raise this front part of the seat.

Im using this setup for nearly a year now and it works perfectly (even only using PLA).

The numbers:
In the shortest position, you gain about 4cm at the front edge.
In the longest position, you gain about 4.5cm in height to the original seating position.

The whole wedge consists of 3 Items.
Part1: the main frame
Part2: needs to be glued to the main frame
Part3: since the 2 arms that fit into the seat frame are very weak because the layer area is very small, just print these so the arms won't break away.

I wasn't sure if the PLA would survive the summer temperatures. But even parking in direct sunlight at 36°C a whole day, or the seat heating at maximum in winter, didn't have an affect on this wedge.

The original screws are very special and I couldn't find it anywhere.
So I just used an M6x40 or 50mm with a wing nut.

If you forget to replug the seat-heating, it wont work at all!

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Prusa

Printer:

Rafts:

Doesn't Matter

Supports:

Resolution:

0,25

Infill:

Filament:
doesn't matter PLA doesn't matter

Notes:

Category: Automotive