One thing about my Rx-8
#1
One thing about my Rx-8
Hope I am not the only one... I love my car and I honestly very grateful to have it. That said. I cannot stand "sitting" in the seats. I have the leather version. Very nice but even if I tilt it back a bit. After 30 mins my lower back is killing me. Idk why or if its the seat or my back morphology. Something isnt right.
#2
You gonna eat that?
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Does your lumbar support work?
I have a surgically repaired back, often uncomfortable sitting, but not in my 8.
I have the support fully out.
I have a surgically repaired back, often uncomfortable sitting, but not in my 8.
I have the support fully out.
#3
#4
40th anniversary Edition
I have had two back surgeries in my life and drive in my 2008 RX8 leather power seats with no problem for hours at a time on long drives. I use the multiple adjustments including lumbar support and have found my sweet spot easily. BTW I am 6ft 4 inches tall , 240 pounds. I have found these seats to be among the most comfortable seats in any sports car I have driven.
#6
40th anniversary Edition
If you go with recaros in your RX8 be sure you have the adustments you need to be comfortable. I know a Series 2 R3 owner who has the stock recaros and they have NO lumbar support and he wishes they did. Not comfortable for long periods of time. RX8 recaro seats are worth a ton of money, but what the heck if they are not comfortable.
#10
same here actually, had extensive back surgery as a teenager (9 inch incision) my spine has metal parts, and the RX8 leather seating does not bother me but I am usually easily uncomfortable in most chairs.
#12
40th anniversary Edition
I owned a FD RX7 among my seven rotaries and that was built really for smaller average Japanese market frames rather than the average bigger American market frames. Those seats were a much tighter fit for a big guy like me, and that hurt the FD's American sales. Mazda remembered this when they built the RX8 and made it roomier interior and bigger,wider standard seats, what a relief !
#14
40th anniversary Edition
Interesting, I had an FC also , the Turbo II and they were nice seats but to me the RX8 leather seats hold me in a little better while still being very comfortable. Different strokes for different butts and backs. LOL
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Joining this thread late - the topic didn't say what it was.
I had a real problem when I first got my 8. Cloth seats, and the built in (non-adjustable) lumbar bulge killed my back. I wound up putting foam on the seat and a wedge of foam at the base of the seat back. Kind of awkward and stupid looking. Eventually I found that I had a herniated disk. After microdiskectomy, the seat fit much better. I still need a small foam wedge at the base of the seat back to push my butt a little forward, but with that it's really comfortable. Even more comfortable after I shed an excess 40 pounds.
There are chairs I can sit in and chairs I can't. I need a foam pad to be comfortable in my wife's Infiniti. I've had to improvise wedges in various rental cars. Just part of the deal with a worn out back. There's a whole industry out there selling pads and wedges and stuff to make seats fit backs.
Ken
I had a real problem when I first got my 8. Cloth seats, and the built in (non-adjustable) lumbar bulge killed my back. I wound up putting foam on the seat and a wedge of foam at the base of the seat back. Kind of awkward and stupid looking. Eventually I found that I had a herniated disk. After microdiskectomy, the seat fit much better. I still need a small foam wedge at the base of the seat back to push my butt a little forward, but with that it's really comfortable. Even more comfortable after I shed an excess 40 pounds.
There are chairs I can sit in and chairs I can't. I need a foam pad to be comfortable in my wife's Infiniti. I've had to improvise wedges in various rental cars. Just part of the deal with a worn out back. There's a whole industry out there selling pads and wedges and stuff to make seats fit backs.
Ken
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