Forgive me for anything that may sound dumb , I have looked into the forum but have never made a post myself. I am 18 years old and have been into corvettes for about 2 years now. I genuinely love learning more about these cars, history, mods, parts and love seeing unique builds and ideas with them. I currently own a 98 C5 corvette in white which I purchased myself about a month ago. introductions out of the way here some background. for as long as I've wanted a c5 corvette I knew I'd want corbeau seats. I looked and searched the forum and found that some people can sit comfortable in these seats in around my height (5'7) . After having purchased them ( corbeau A4's) I found that I sit a little too low for comfort, nothing I can't drive and still be able to be safe, but for the most part I can't see over the top of my steering wheel. I used the corbeau provided brackets for my specific car and was wondering if there is anything I can do to possibly sit a little higher. I've adjusted the seat forward, back, reclined, upright and for the life of me I can't see over maybe 1/4 of the steering wheel. Maybe this is normal for someone my height. regardless is there anything I can purchase / do that will make me sit a little higher up in my seats I do love the way the way they look and feel so replacing at least for now is not an option. Thank you ! any help is welcomed!

 

You can buy height adjustable brackets for bottom mount seats something like-
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/jzp-450-010-09

However if you don't need a ton of height some washers and longer bolts will probably be fine.

I'm not a huge fan of slots. When you pick brackets I'd try and get something with holes for the rear bolts. Slots in front are okay to accommodate angle. Most of the force in a crash will be on rear bolts.

 

Best of luck in finding a way to adjust your seats to allow for a better driving view.

 

Just kidding. If you find that these seats aren't working, seats from the c7 bolt right in an have up and down motorized function that lets you sit way higher in them.

 

You can't shim the stock bolts much due to the length and you want a full set of threads holding that seat! These will allow you to screw to the stock mount bolts and then shim on top of them some to raise the seat height. You could easily get .5-.75 of lift from this set up. I know it says ultra low but take a look.

Ultralow Corvette Seat Mount | AMT Motorsport - AMT Motorsport

 

You wouldn't shim those. You'd shim the bolts holding the rails to the bracket or seat to bracket if you mounted without rails.Still, actual purpose built adapters aren't much more than the AMT bolts.

FWIW I'd get in the car with the seat upbolted and try stuffing various bits of wood between the mount and seat just to get an idea of the extra height you want and then start looking for brackets to get that height. Way better than going in blind.