Ultima seats

[mt308]

I have standard factory seats in leather. Not sure if it is the shape of my back or the shape of the seats that is the problem but I keep getting a big bruise in the middle of my back after a long drive.

Therefore thinking of fitting lumbar padding. Has anyone done this as a retro-fit? (my car is only 2 years old so would not want to have to replace the leather if possible)

Also, for anyone that has fitted the factory lumbar support option (I think air hand pumped?) do they find it effective?

Many thanks
Mark

[Storer]

Why not get some foam and make a temporary lumbar support and tape it in place (carefully or you will pull some of the colour off the leather).

It will give you an almost cost free way of deciding if inflatable lumbar support will help you before you start cutting things.


Paul

[F.C.]

Factory lumbar support is both useful and effective.
I would not like to drive mine without the air bladder part full for any length of time.

[deadscoob]

Same here

[v8yes]

Hiya I find it comfy with the pump up support also

[Corsair613]

Getting a bruise in the middle of one's back sounds to me as though something is pressing on it, not as though there's a gap that needs filling with lumbar padding.

That said, I personally can't stand lumbar "support" of any kind. It feels like a fist pressing into my lower back; running the lumbar feature all the way into the seat is the first adjustment I make when settling into a new car.

Ken

[UltimaCH]

OK it's not an Ultima but I have two lumbar supports per seat in my C43AMG. It is very rare that I use them at all but perhaps after having spent some hours bent over in the garden and the lower back is a tad soar. I do have them in my Ultima seats however.