Lowering seat height

[karterron]

Anyone know the best method for cutting down the foam on the seat.  I need to lower mine about 1 inch and want to cut down the foam rather than spend bucks on the suspension.  Anybody done this,  whats the best way to do it?

 

[Philip]

Cut it with an electric knife. It's as easy as cutting a loaf of bread.

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[pvxr400]

I just lowered my KDX seat.

First I used a electric knife. Since the foam is soft. I was hard to get a uniform seat. So what I found best was to use a drill with a 3inch diameter cylinder covered with sand paper (availlable at any home hardware store).
It made the job a lot easier and you can modify the shape of the seast as you want.

Patrick

 

[Fred T]

I used an electric knife and then smoothed it out with a belt sander. Worked great.

 

[darringer]

I also used an electric knife. But I then sanded the foam by hand to get the right shape. I was able to knock off a little over an inch. After using the knife, I used some 80 grit paper and then finished it off with 240. It turned out very well. I have done three seats in this matter and it doesn't take very long.

 

[GeoffM24]

Have you tried drinking Milk to grow a few inches? :laugh:

 

[Tom Ludolff]

Yeah! I rounded the seat on my KX500 with a belt sander. Works great!!! I made it more narrow so I can touch the ground better. It is soooo much more comfy now!!!