04' 545 Sport Seats
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I purchased a 04' 545/Sport earlier this year. The seats are still killing my back!!! Several people said that I would get use to it or the seat would break in more. Has anyone else on this forum experienced the same pain and come up with a creative way to solve it?
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It seems as if people either love or hate the sport seats. On my 2004 car with sport seats, I was fine -- they didn't bother me at all. There are others who've hated them so much that they've gone to the expense of getting rid of the car or retrofitting the comfort seats. Either option can be expensive...
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Originally Posted by bimmer545' post='467329' date='Sep 8 2007, 10:39 AM
I purchased a 04' 545/Sport earlier this year. The seats are still killing my back!!! Several people said that I would get use to it or the seat would break in more. Has anyone else on this forum experienced the same pain and come up with a creative way to solve it?
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I'm in the "hate the sports seats" camp - drove with them for 20 minutes once and just found them so uncomfortable. You say you bought an '04 with sports seats, so any "seat breaking in" will have been well and truly done. Infact I guess depending on how much the seats, maybe that have been broken in "too much" but somebody of very different size and shape to you which is making it worse. Unfortunately I've never seen a remedy for it other than swapping the seats out. You never know, maybe somebody on this board in your area has a set of standard seats in your colour in their car and is desperate to swap to the sports seats...? I guess it's worth asking around in the various appropriate forum areas
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Originally Posted by bimmer545' post='467329' date='Sep 8 2007, 10:39 AM
I purchased a 04' 545/Sport earlier this year. The seats are still killing my back!!! Several people said that I would get use to it or the seat would break in more. Has anyone else on this forum experienced the same pain and come up with a creative way to solve it?
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Ouch. I guess it really depends on the build of a person. I find the sports seats very comfortable. I've taken it on long trips with 3 other passengers and no one had a complaint. Are you using the lumber support to help support your lower back more?
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='467389' date='Sep 8 2007, 01:47 PM
Ouch. I guess it really depends on the build of a person. I find the sports seats very comfortable. I've taken it on long trips with 3 other passengers and no one had a complaint. Are you using the lumber support to help support your lower back more?
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Originally Posted by bimmer545' post='467391' date='Sep 8 2007, 02:53 PM
Unfortunately my 545 doesn't have lumbar support.
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Originally Posted by bimmer545' post='467391' date='Sep 8 2007, 01:53 PM
Unfortunately my 545 doesn't have lumbar support.