Thread: Landrover 110 leg space

Originally Posted by jon3950

Did you put any of the original spacers back under the front of the rails?

Without any spacers the front of the seat is too low and feels funny. By packing the front of the seat up you get a better angle, more support under your thighs and it doesn’t raise your seating position.

Cheers,
Jon

I dont agree with rasing the front of the seat. The more of an angle up the thighs/knees are from the back and lower back, I find more problems and yes with the legs getting stiff etc. I would raise the rear of the seat before the front as the angle is already at or past 90 from thighs to spine.

Im 6.1 driving a truck cab so know the 110 cab problems more than 4 door versions.

Fair enough, we’re all different. I find it more comfortable with front the packed up a bit so I don’t feel like I’m sliding down the seat.

Cheers,
Jon

Originally Posted by jon3950

Fair enough, we’re all different. I find it more comfortable with front the packed up a bit so I don’t feel like I’m sliding down the seat.

Cheers,
Jon

Is your seat all compressed?? The seat box is angled up towards the front and the seat base itself is higher/thicker at the front. Head scratching.....

No, seat is good - it's only two years old.

Fitting the Mulgo rails on their own lifts the rear of the seat but not the front. Obviously this changes the angle of the seat base. Adding spacers to the front basically returns it to it's original angle, which is more comfortable for me.

I've replaced the Mulgo rails with Mud rails as I was concerned that the Mulgo rails were letting the seat rails flex slightly and opening them up. The Mud rails sit very slightly higher which I really noticed at first but am now used to. I think these would probably put anyone taller than me (6') too high relative to the windscreen.

I'm happy with the seating position now and find it very comfortable for a long trip - so it's all good.

Cheers,
Jon

I remember the 1st time I sat in a Defender, I thought to myself you have to be joking this is the worst Ergonomic cockpit I have ever sat in. It didnt stop me from purchasing my 130.
For some reason it just works, Im 6'3" and feel like farmer Bill driving his tractor and love it, love being able to lean against the pillar,my favorite position is when my elbow is out and lm huging the door, my mate wore though the paint in his old Defender where his arm hung out the window. It just works for me, I can can drive for days and still have a grinn on my face.I still have a grinn on my face every time I start her up in the morning.

Originally Posted by bj4x4

Is leg room pretty much the same between the 110 wagon and 110 single cab ute?

[edit] oops, I didn't notice the date of the post I was replying to!

No.

In the wagons and crew cabs you can lift the seat rails 19-22mm and the rails then slide over the seat box bulkhead giving much more legroom.
This is ideal if you re over 180cm and long of leg.
You can't do this in a single cab, unless you can find a rare TD5 Telstra extended cab version

Originally Posted by NovaRover

I remember the 1st time I sat in a Defender, I thought to myself you have to be joking this is the worst Ergonomic cockpit I have ever sat in. It didnt stop me from purchasing my 130.
For some reason it just works, Im 6'3" and feel like farmer Bill driving his tractor and love it, love being able to lean against the pillar,my favorite position is when my elbow is out and lm huging the door, my mate wore though the paint in his old Defender where his arm hung out the window. It just works for me, I can can drive for days and still have a grinn on my face.I still have a grinn on my face every time I start her up in the morning.

The problem with the length and width of the Defender is not just leg room. As you decribe, many LR owners drive with the window down and elbow/arm resting on outer door edge. My paint is worn through also... This is not done out of desire or some romantic notion, its because of the lack of space. Now even in a 110 truck cab with the seat back, this driving postion, with the shoulder againts piller and elbow out rolls the shoulder forward. Rolled shoulders are a big problem in general life these days - work - life etc. As the shoulder rolls forward it comes down out of its joint. Now not being fully supported. This becomes the normal postion and is much more prone to injury or problems. This would be further amplified the further the seat goes back.

The doors really need to be 6 inches longer. 4 for seat travel and 2 to allow the shoulder to square up....

just my opinion