1st Gen R53 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Raceseat install, headroom improvements?

  1. ScottinBend

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    #2 ScottinBend, Jan 26, 2012
    Hmmmmm........ my brother has no problems with head room in my sunroof-less MINI and he is 6'4" also.

    Maybe a different haircut.....? :biggrin5:
     
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    #3 Rae, Jan 26, 2012
    My Dad's 6'4" and he fits in the Clubby with a sunroof. I think the critical thing is seat positioning, you just need to drop the seat down. Or what Scott said :wink:
     
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    #4 Dave.0, Jan 26, 2012
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    #5 Nathan, Jan 26, 2012
    Tall i'm not but I do suffer from short leg long torso. Wearing a helmet in my 06 with sunroof was darn uncomfy.

    A set of MOMO seats on Sparco rails fixed that.

    So yeah, race seats can give you more headroom.
     
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    #6 Skyllz, Jan 26, 2012
    Awesome, thanks. I got a long torso too so that's an issue in many cars, even more with helmets.

    The Mini just gained a few extra bonus points on my short list of cars i'm looking into for lapping this spring :)

    Thanks guys.