Tall people and ae86

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: Tall people and ae86

Hello,

how tall people fit easily into the ae86? I am 198cm tall and wondering if I will fit a standard ae86 or do I need to make any modifications? Is there any differences is seat heights on differents trims?

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

Seats are all the same as far as I know.

Banpei's a pretty tall guy and I believe he fit in fine and he had a sliding roof in his hachi so that means even less headroom. Best is to ask one of the finish guys if you can visit him and sit in his car and try it out.

Wataru Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 53 Location: New Zealand

I am 189cm and I fit in a stock AE86, but now with a roll cage in my car and when I am wearing a helmet my head is nearly at right angles, I had to make new seat mounts which are lower and further back.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:22 am Post subject:

193cm and fit just fine.

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:07 am Post subject:

It's up on what would you like. If you want a racecar with rollcage you need to do hard modifications on the floor. If you want a street car with the original seats, I think it's enough room for ya.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject:

It's called 'natural selection'. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

2 meters over here, not a problem at al!

I do have to say that my seats (probably more worn) are lower and are able to slide more backwards than oldskull his car.

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject:

normal street car for me, so it should not be a problem

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject:

196 here, and I did have to put the seat to the last position and lower the seat to the max to fit well in it, but as Mux already said: I had one with a oem sliding roof: takes about 4 to 5 cm of headroom. Wink

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

Seems I should easily fit into one without a sunroof then.

Takumi Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 205

Especially with modified seats it is harder for tall people.

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

Dutch guys are quite tall I see Very Happy

I'm 1,94 and fit fine in my Hachi.. Very Happy

plenty of room..

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

how about telling us and how WIDE people are you ??? Smile

.... i am 1.82 and 135kgs and fit allright in the OEM seats!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

im about 215cm tall and its not a bad fitting cabin,other than whacking my head on the roll cage,but thats ok no sense no feeling!!

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject:

What the hell do you guys eat?! 2 meters! 2,15 meters!!

Ok, I'm "Mr. short" compared to you guys!

I'm JUST 1,73m, my bucket seat as no rails and it seats right in the floor of the car.
No need to slide it backwards or forward cause it was mounted for my driving position.

So it's quite low and I like it that way. Cool

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject:

ah, I feel a bit taller now with my 1.78-ish Cool

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject:

Yeah Dutch guy's are usually tall...
For me I am glad with my 186cm barefooted @ 100Kg's naked,hehehe... Thumbsup