Fiesta Seating

Peej · 04-09-2006, 09:51 PM

Does anyone find the fiesta seats give you bad back or are a bit hard? If so how have people dealing with the comfort factor?

Swaytan · 04-09-2006, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Peej

Does anyone find the fiesta seats give you bad back or are a bit hard? If so how have people dealing with the comfort factor?

I find them firm, but not bad. I am going to have them softened a little when I have my leather done though.

Danny · 04-09-2006, 10:49 PM

I have a feeling that I'm getting neck problems from the lack of head support. Also, I never really feel confortable in the seats either, I'm always shifting to and fro. I'm really not a fan.

RichieMK6 · 04-09-2006, 11:07 PM

Yeah im the same , the seats really **** me , u dont sit in them u sit on them , if u compare them to other seat the back part seems to slope away from the top on your back ,and you sit so high aswell

Teki04 · 04-09-2006, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny

I have a feeling that I'm getting neck problems from the lack of head support. Also, I never really feel confortable in the seats either, I'm always shifting to and fro. I'm really not a fan.

YEP! Got to love the Clio's headrests > they move forward to hold the head in place :P

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Originally Posted by RichieMK6

Yeah i a do the same , the seats really **** me , u dont sit in them u sit on them , if u campare them to other seat the back part seems to slope away from the top on your back ,

Agreed! As above

RE: The Fiesta's seating

Basically, I feel as though I'm sitting on the seat. I really need to make sure the seat is pumped into the lowest setting it has. Then, and only then do I feel secure. But then my feet feel a little awkward.

After checking out Matt's (Zetec's) Focus Mk1 Zetec the other night, I find the seating in the Fiesta ridiculous! His seats were much more comfortable and had massive side bolsters (in comparison to the Fiesta's)

Have you guys ever been in the passenger seat whilst your make flogs the Fiesta? WHOA - feels like your about to go out the windscreen! You sit extremely high and don't feel secure. Especially with the lack of handles on the roof

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Oh well... I guess one more reason we should have either the Zetec S or ST seats available :P

Pieoter · 04-09-2006, 11:55 PM

I have the seat at the lowest setting. After 2years 6months you get used to iy

Ives · 05-09-2006, 07:20 AM

They're fine with me. No problems. But then I havent driven any other Fords. But for a $18,000-or-less small car standard, it's pretty good.

MISTA FIESTA · 05-09-2006, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Pieoter

I have the seat at the lowest setting. After 2years 6months you get used to iy

LOL Thats Parra Style For You.

Anyways, I too have the bottom of the seat at its lowest setting and at that point its comfortable and i got used to it. From a drivers seat perspective it is not very supportive, needs more bolstering all over. Head rest i dont see anything wrong with it. Overall its a good package for the monies spent.

Bring on the ST seats.

robjh80 · 05-09-2006, 09:27 AM

The WQ seats are not anywhere near good enough imo,....pretty hard and not at all comfortable, I put up with them and indeed I have got used to them to some degree, I did for some time play around with all the adjustments to try and make them a bit better, moving the seat backward and forwards, adjusting the back tilt and the pathetic height adjustment which of course only changes the angle of the rear support, I think in the end I pretty much gave up and must have just got used to it,.........in contrast the Suzuki Swift seats are just tops!!.........extremely comfortable and supportive, I think Ford seriously stuffed up with the seats iin the Fez and I would presume could in fact be losing sales to the competition such as Suzi because of them, having comfortable seating in a vehicle is to some people an extremely important factor in their purchasing decision.

Nappa · 05-09-2006, 10:32 AM

Yeah i have heaps of problems getting comfy in a fez, sure i love buzzing around the suburban streets but when i visit my folks in the country i get a stiff back and painful knees, the two things that bother me the most on long trips is the lack of room to put your left foot and a the feather light throttle so that with no cruise i often find myself doing 130 without realising it.

photn · 05-09-2006, 11:19 AM

i dont have a problem with them..i hate my dads AU it sucks balls you feel like your in the back seat...and they make you wanna go to sleep. alot of my driving is done at night especially on weekends...like 12 oclock at night...and i find with a hard days work or what ever im doing on the weekend that the fez seats keep me awake while im driving 1 hour to home from my gf's house......with no street lights or road signs apart from speed ones and no gutters those firm seats to the best job keeping me awake and no dozing off to fall asleep and crash into a tree or a roo.....for me they fit perfectly on my back and i dont use the head rest so it doesnt bother me...

05-09-2006, 11:34 AM

Its not only the Fiesta seats that are like this... sit in the passenger seat of a new Focus.

photn · 05-09-2006, 11:55 AM

repco could possibly have seats that would suit the fez, i was in there the other day and saw sum seats just lying around......

Steffo · 05-09-2006, 12:41 PM

I don't mind them at all. Sydney-Canberra and back I sat in one position the whole way without feeling the need to shift myself at all.

Steffo · 05-09-2006, 12:43 PM

Just a query... how tall are you folks that complain about the seats?

Danny · 05-09-2006, 01:01 PM

I'm fairly short.. Aww.. Um nah, average size

Peej · 05-09-2006, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Just a query... how tall are you folks that complain about the seats?

I'm fairly short, but ive tried adjusting the seat in almost every way... even put a pillow in to cushion my back lol....

Steffo · 05-09-2006, 01:52 PM

Ok that's two so far plus I know how tall teki is so that's 3 really... I'm just testing a theory I've cooked up reading this thread, that the people who complain about the Fiesta seats are shorter people... I'm 6'2" (190cm) and I think the seats are great.

MISTA FIESTA · 05-09-2006, 03:30 PM

I am approx 5'9 but the majority of lenth is is my legs not upper body. I am prone to contantly be hitting the gear stick with my knee. But the seats are fine for my purposes, tho i do recall some occasions of back pain

**Professor Farnsworth** · 05-09-2006, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Peej

Does anyone find the fiesta seats give you bad back or are a bit hard? If so how have people dealing with the comfort factor?

YES, finally someone said it lol I get a bad back in Mrsfantz' WP Zetec after i'm sitting in the passenger seat for more than about 15mins... When i've driven it however, i've been fine.. the driver seat is still a bit firm, but the passenger seat is cactus.. Even Mrsfantz reluctantly agrees. And i've owned 4 lowered Falcons so i know what hard ride/suspension is all about...

Majority of my height is in my torso. i'm a bit shy of 5ft11 when i stand with proper posture ;p

these on the other hand....

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Scareybear · 05-09-2006, 04:21 PM

I find them fine, I'm about 6', drove Bris-Sydney and back no problems, (except my left foot cramping up).

Peej · 05-09-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Ok that's two so far plus I know how tall teki is so that's 3 really... I'm just testing a theory I've cooked up reading this thread, that the people who complain about the Fiesta seats are shorter people... I'm 6'2" (190cm) and I think the seats are great.

So short people like me should just sell the car? lol... naa jks, i dunno what to do really.

RichieMK6 · 05-09-2006, 04:26 PM

:sm_headba :sm_headba

best seat in the world ,

Peej · 05-09-2006, 04:37 PM

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:sm_headba :sm_headba

best seat in the world ,

What brand, how much and have you got them fitted to yours?

FlaminFiesta · 05-09-2006, 05:06 PM

i drove to the snow and back and ill tell u its a hard ride!! its nto nice, and no lumbar support, i have a grandpa cushion for the long drives heheh

robjh80 · 05-09-2006, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Just a query... how tall are you folks that complain about the seats?

Just under 6 Foot

LethalLeigh · 05-09-2006, 07:36 PM

I find the seats very flat and need more side bolstering. I don't mind the firmer cushioning but I feel like a move around too much laterally. It also seems like the cushion raises on a pivot point so when you raise it you feel like you're being tipped out. So I too use the lowest setting.

Sonia · 05-09-2006, 07:47 PM

The seats are crap.... they made all their efforts in the mechanics and appearance..... but did anyone actually sit in it when the first one was made ?? I think not.

**Professor Farnsworth** · 05-09-2006, 07:52 PM

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The seats are crap.... they made all their efforts in the mechanics and appearance..... but did anyone actually sit in it when the first one was made ?? I think not.

is that really you in your avatar ?

Sonia · 05-09-2006, 08:01 PM

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is that really you in your avatar ?

Yes ! Does my eye turn you on ?