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Originally Posted by Hydrocket
My lovely wife is as big a car nut as I am..maybe even more! She finds it terribly difficult to drive the 911 since she's short (4'11"). It's particularly the long(ish) clutch travel that gives her issues. I understand where's she coming from, since with my 31" inseam the clutch can be a bit of a stretch. But for her, the seat must be up VERY close. This is not only uncomfortable, but make shifting gears difficult...2nd gear comes close to the seat since the seat is moved all the way up.
I was thinking of making some 1" (or more) extensions to put on all the pedals. I'll likely use some hard, dense wood and then put some covers over them. Unless somebody else has some other ideas?
Thanks in advance!
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Hydrocket,
I have a 30" inseam and have to move the seat closer but my youngest son who is a couple of inches shorter than me needed a closer setting. So I made a 1" wooden extensions for the brake, clutch, and gas pedal extensions in 1998 and still have them at the moment. And Rennline aluminum pedals on them.
So my next project is to do same conversion for my son's '87 Carrera whose wife is barely 5 feet tall and likes to drive stick shift. But instead of using wooden materials, I'll use synthetic or hard rubber materials to prevent the spacers from cracking or falling apart. The 1" wood has a tendency to dry up and crack over time.
Tony