sewlow
Bitchin' Stitchin'
True, but what people do with a bucket seat, as far adjusting it to they way they prefer, totally changes the the way the seat fits the cab, when compared to how the bench fits. Especially electric seats, when used in a regular cab. An electric adjusted to sit flat on it's tracks, & the backrest set at the first notch to catch before it's release point, will give you the same leg & head room as a bench. Pretty close anyhow.
Recline the backrest, gotta slide the cushion forward. Tilt the cushion up in the front, gotta slide the cushion forward. Doing 'either' without doing 'or' & those little cable driven motors will force the seat against the back wall so hard that the frames of the seat will break, & the ratcheting backrest adjustment can be torqued right out of the bolt holes. Blown fuses. Any major combination of weird adjustment settings, & pretty soon the wheels right in your chest, & your knees are in the dash. Through in a full length console, & those seats are starting to feel like their pretty big in that small cab. The headrests are hard on window tint film, 'cause they sit right against the window.
When I've had students, what I spend alot of time on, after they have the basics down, is about style, design, & ergonomics. Especially when designing interiors in custom vehicles, weather modifying an existing interior or fabbing one from scratch. Modifying an existing interior is somewhat limiting. Certain parts are not, or won't be changed. The new or modified parts may interfere with un-modified. As long people realize the limitations of what's being used & where, then there's no problem.
You would not believe some of the explaining I've had to give to passengers that get in my truck on how to adjust the seat so as NOT to twist the **** out of 'em.
Fabbing a custom interior involves, sometimes, invloves hours & hours with the customer sitting the vehicle at various stages of the build, just to get everything to fit him. From the seat height/rake/tilt, it's length, distance to wheel & pedals, cushion & backrest foam firmness, to how the armrest fits to the seat height & it's placement to also look good with whatever design is used. Heat & Stereo controls & equipment, speaker placement, storage, door handles, window cranks, etc.
If the finished interior is beautiful, but you have to slide the seat all the way forward to open the console lid, the design is wrong. If the owner is looking for a Chiropracter after 45 minutes of driving, the ergo is wrong. Do all this & still make the interior look integral to the rest of the theme of the vehicle.
Compared to this, the restrictions of the interiors in these trucks actually make them easier to work on.
Damn, what was the Q again? Tequila must be kicking in!
Recline the backrest, gotta slide the cushion forward. Tilt the cushion up in the front, gotta slide the cushion forward. Doing 'either' without doing 'or' & those little cable driven motors will force the seat against the back wall so hard that the frames of the seat will break, & the ratcheting backrest adjustment can be torqued right out of the bolt holes. Blown fuses. Any major combination of weird adjustment settings, & pretty soon the wheels right in your chest, & your knees are in the dash. Through in a full length console, & those seats are starting to feel like their pretty big in that small cab. The headrests are hard on window tint film, 'cause they sit right against the window.
When I've had students, what I spend alot of time on, after they have the basics down, is about style, design, & ergonomics. Especially when designing interiors in custom vehicles, weather modifying an existing interior or fabbing one from scratch. Modifying an existing interior is somewhat limiting. Certain parts are not, or won't be changed. The new or modified parts may interfere with un-modified. As long people realize the limitations of what's being used & where, then there's no problem.
You would not believe some of the explaining I've had to give to passengers that get in my truck on how to adjust the seat so as NOT to twist the **** out of 'em.
Fabbing a custom interior involves, sometimes, invloves hours & hours with the customer sitting the vehicle at various stages of the build, just to get everything to fit him. From the seat height/rake/tilt, it's length, distance to wheel & pedals, cushion & backrest foam firmness, to how the armrest fits to the seat height & it's placement to also look good with whatever design is used. Heat & Stereo controls & equipment, speaker placement, storage, door handles, window cranks, etc.
If the finished interior is beautiful, but you have to slide the seat all the way forward to open the console lid, the design is wrong. If the owner is looking for a Chiropracter after 45 minutes of driving, the ergo is wrong. Do all this & still make the interior look integral to the rest of the theme of the vehicle.
Compared to this, the restrictions of the interiors in these trucks actually make them easier to work on.
Damn, what was the Q again? Tequila must be kicking in!
