I have an 2003 SLK32 (owned for 5 years. I'm the 4th owner) and the one thing that was driving me nutty was that the seat would move towards the door whenever a took a curve to the right at a decent speed. The seat mounting bolts were tight so I took it to my Indy mechanic and he said the seat frame was cracked. Mercedes doesn't sell the frame anymore and non of their sources had it. So I took the car back and started searching. Found a used seat frame on Ebay, removed the driver's seat and swapped the frames. Actually when I took the old one out I saw that a bolt was missing on the old frame so I was sure this would solve the problem. And it did, for a while (few months)... but now the seat is starting to move again.
My indy made a comment to me last week that he doesn't know how I fit in the car. I'm 6'4" and 290 lbs. It is a bit claustrophobic with the roof closed but fine with the roof down. And so it got me thinking. I love that SLK is a small car but are the seats made for smaller folks? Could I just be too big (heavy) for the car and perhaps I cracked the replacement seat frame too?
My indy made a comment to me last week that he doesn't know how I fit in the car. I'm 6'4" and 290 lbs. It is a bit claustrophobic with the roof closed but fine with the roof down. And so it got me thinking. I love that SLK is a small car but are the seats made for smaller folks? Could I just be too big (heavy) for the car and perhaps I cracked the replacement seat frame too?
