Seating position, with helmet on...

Ex_Stig · 05-10-2019, 01:23 PM

Anyone else struggling to find a decent seating position when wearing your helmet? I've got a CS, so I already have the extra headroom from the CF roof, but it feels like the headrest pushes my helmet too far forward for me to be comfortable.

wsccsw13 · 05-10-2019, 02:34 PM

I feel the headrest pushes my head too far forward as is...and it’s worse with a helmet like you. My ‘track’ seating position is different than my street setting, and for it I have the seat reclined a touch more and that seems to help...but not ideal.

nicknaz · 05-10-2019, 03:01 PM

I too reclined my seat more in f80 to make space for the helmet

melanthius · 06-08-2019, 12:03 AM

Agree with you, but not a deal breaker. Not the most helmet-friendly seats... but you can still get out there.

I don't think there is a magic solution with the stock seats.

MaynardZed · 06-08-2019, 08:57 AM

I’m big, tall (6’4”), and have long torso. Because I like to be close to the steering wheel, my helmet was pretty much lightly pressing against the roof on my CF M4 I had. I worked fine, but not ideal. In this video you can see my helmet is basically just behind the visor.

GasBurnlife(landapanda) · 06-11-2019, 09:30 PM

I took out the headrest and put it on backwards. It's a bit skewed for DD, but I don't really rest my head against it, and it gave me the clearance I needed with my helmet on.

MyFragileHalogen · 06-11-2019, 10:52 PM

I like to seat very close to steering wheel as well with steering wheel a bit lowered so that *middle of laps touch the bottom of the wheel (and two knees touches the bottom of steering wheel shaft) if my legs are not stretched toward pedals. I set the seat pretty higher with back reclined for helmet space for my vision of the road below and forward. (basically mirroring the setup I am forced to have in my Miata) But I am not that tall so it's not that difficult. One issue is it's hard to see the speedo so I have to set the wheel a bit higher than lowest position as the hud is pretty much useless with poor refresh rate during full braking.

*edited.

mcvaughan · 06-16-2019, 06:58 PM

Proper race seat will fix that.

nicknaz · 06-17-2019, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcvaughan

Proper race seat will fix that.

I edited my longish post.

tl:dr don’t skimp out if you do that and keep in mind tech rules for the car might change from HPDE to race tech because you changed a safety item to be non stock

Don’t mean to be a downer but I’ve seen some super sketchy setups posted on this forum from time to time of cars I wouldn’t get into (eg sketch quality seats, inappropriate shoulder harness mounting angle, unknown quality seat rails, etc etc)

Spun Crankhub · 06-27-2019, 12:20 AM

Seat slightly reclined and helmet gently resting against headliner.
I actually like my F82 seat over E92 M3 because it lets me feel more comfortable closer to the wheel than in my E92. I remember not feeling comfortable with my seat adjusted to the point where wrist joint was on the wheel, but in F82 I have that exact hand position and feels perfect.

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wsccsw13 Private First Class 88 Rep 173 Posts Drives: 2016 M4 Join Date: May 2015 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	I feel the headrest pushes my head too far forward as is...and it’s worse with a helmet like you. My ‘track’ seating position is different than my street setting, and for it I have the seat reclined a touch more and that seems to help...but not ideal.
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nicknaz Lieutenant General 3187 Rep 10,509 Posts Drives: C6Z Join Date: May 2008 Location: NorCal iTrader: (0)	I too reclined my seat more in f80 to make space for the helmet
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melanthius Second Lieutenant 255 Rep 295 Posts Drives: 2015 M3 Join Date: May 2018 Location: SF Bay Area, CA iTrader: (0)	Agree with you, but not a deal breaker. Not the most helmet-friendly seats... but you can still get out there. I don't think there is a magic solution with the stock seats.
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MaynardZed Lieutenant Colonel 1231 Rep 1,789 Posts Drives: wife crazy Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Phoenix iTrader: (0) Garage List 2019 Ford Raptor [0.00] 2016 Porsche 991.1 ... [0.00] 1987 Chevy Camaro I ... [0.00] 1972 Chevy Corvette [0.00] 1999 BMW M3 race car [0.00]	I’m big, tall (6’4”), and have long torso. Because I like to be close to the steering wheel, my helmet was pretty much lightly pressing against the roof on my CF M4 I had. I worked fine, but not ideal. In this video you can see my helmet is basically just behind the visor. __________________ Road course laptimes for BMW M4 2015 6MT WHP East Track: 1:04.880, Arizona Motorsports Park: 1:54.352 Road course laptimes for Porsche 911 991.1 GTS 7MT WHP East Track: 1:02.770, Arizona Motorsports Park: 1:48.889
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GasBurnlife(landapanda) Captain 576 Rep 684 Posts Drives: BMW M2 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ashburn, Virginia iTrader: (0)	I took out the headrest and put it on backwards. It's a bit skewed for DD, but I don't really rest my head against it, and it gave me the clearance I needed with my helmet on.
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MyFragileHalogen Captain 450 Rep 992 Posts Drives: '16 M4 6MT Join Date: May 2013 Location: OR iTrader: (0)	I like to seat very close to steering wheel as well with steering wheel a bit lowered so that middle of laps touch the bottom of the wheel (and two knees touches the bottom of steering wheel shaft) if my legs are not stretched toward pedals. I set the seat pretty higher with back reclined for helmet space for my vision of the road below and forward. (basically mirroring the setup I am forced to have in my Miata) But I am not that tall so it's not that difficult. One issue is it's hard to see the speedo so I have to set the wheel a bit higher than lowest position as the hud is pretty much useless with poor refresh rate during full braking. edited. Last edited by MyFragileHalogen; 06-13-2019 at 06:55 PM..
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mcvaughan Lieutenant Colonel 704 Rep 1,917 Posts Drives: F87 Competition Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Katy, TX iTrader: (1)	Proper race seat will fix that. __________________ Matt
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Spun Crankhub Major General 964 Rep 5,032 Posts Drives: 15 F82 SOLD Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: San Jose, CA iTrader: (63)	Seat slightly reclined and helmet gently resting against headliner. I actually like my F82 seat over E92 M3 because it lets me feel more comfortable closer to the wheel than in my E92. I remember not feeling comfortable with my seat adjusted to the point where wrist joint was on the wheel, but in F82 I have that exact hand position and feels perfect.
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