Lamborghini Gallardo - Seats & Head room problems

[Max Veloce]

Got a Gallardo and you're tall? your vision is impared and your head on the roof ??

Well read on..............

I thought I'd speak about the Lamborghini Gallardo height problem as so many other 6 foot plus people seem to share this problem, and the "belt and braces” solution I have found that may suit some owners.

For those that don't know, the Gallardo is designed for people below 6 feet tall, (racing drivers and typical Italians).......... well that's not exactly true, it's more to do with how long you are from your butt to the top of your head. As any tall-ish Gallardo owners (or passenger for that matter) know you have to stoop to see through the windscreen to have a good view, this is particularly problematic at traffic lights as a good example.

My first Gallardo was a standard 2008 spyder, this wasn't too bad with the roof down as you could simply look over the windscreen to see traffic lights, but with the roof up it could give you neck ache due to stooping all the time. My next Gallardo was the 2009 SuperLeggera (great car) but without the benefit of a drop down roof it was a pain, so I sold that and bought the 2011 Performante. This car is great also but I needed to find a solution for the head-height problem still.

After speaking to Lamborghini several times on this matter during May and June without a positive result I eventually met with one of their engineers from Italy in Manchester to discuss the problem first hand. They came back with very little in the way of solutions themselves. Anyway, being an engineer myself I came upwith an idea to help....anyone interested to hear more ?

Max

[Deerfoot]

Somebody in the Lambo section of the forum might be interested.........

[sparkyhx]

Max Veloce said:

Got a Gallardo and you're tall? your vision is impared and your head on the roof ??

Well read on..............

I thought I'd speak about the Lamborghini Gallardo height problem as so many other 6 foot plus people seem to share this problem, and the "belt and braces” solution I have found that may suit some owners.

For those that don't know, the Gallardo is designed for people below 6 feet tall, (racing drivers and typical Italians).......... well that's not exactly true, it's more to do with how long you are from your butt to the top of your head. As any tall-ish Gallardo owners (or passenger for that matter) know you have to stoop to see through the windscreen to have a good view, this is particularly problematic at traffic lights as a good example.

My first Gallardo was a standard 2008 spyder, this wasn't too bad with the roof down as you could simply look over the windscreen to see traffic lights, but with the roof up it could give you neck ache due to stooping all the time. My next Gallardo was the 2009 SuperLeggera (great car) but without the benefit of a drop down roof it was a pain, so I sold that and bought the 2011 Performante. This car is great also but I needed to find a solution for the head-height problem still.

After speaking to Lamborghini several times on this matter during May and June without a positive result I eventually met with one of their engineers from Italy in Manchester to discuss the problem first hand. They came back with very little in the way of solutions themselves. Anyway, being an engineer myself I came upwith an idea to help....anyone interested to hear more ?

Max

....................so you bought a car you don't fit it? duh

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Edited by sparkyhx on Sunday 16th October 10:34

[traffman]

Jeez never known so much willy waving claptrap.

[Twincharged]

I'd love to hear the answer, provided that it's something more interesting than "Mount the seat lower", "install a different seat" or "alter the headlining"...

[hilly10]

WTF

[Alpinestars]

Yes please.

[Mart-1]

please say you haven't done something like this to it

[iandc]

Twincharged said:

I'd love to hear the answer, provided that it's something more interesting than "Mount the seat lower", "install a different seat" or "alter the headlining"...

Its even better.... put a cushion at the base of your spine to push your a**** forward!!! But don't tell anyone as it's a secret!

[crostonian]

Don't quite understand the negative responses to this thread, seems like a genuine issue so lbring on the answer, funny how none of the piss takers own a Gallardo

[AndrewW-G]

Isnt the usual solution to this sort of problem, to relocate / lower the seat rails or have the seats reupholstered with less foam in the base?

interested to hear what Max's solution is . . . . .not that I've ever had a problem with head room in cars as I'm under 6', not fitting width ways however can be an issue

[toppstuff]

I would like to know more.

The Gallardo, like so many performance cars, is only really comfortable for smaller people.

As far as the negative comments here are concerned, it can only be because you are all shortarses.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

crostonian said:

Don't quite understand the negative responses to this thread, seems like a genuine issue so lbring on the answer, funny how none of the piss takers own a Gallardo

Most of the early negative responses are because for unknown reasons the OP originally posted this in the watches section.

[Mart-1]

I would like to hear really

I'm 6' 3" and would have bought a Superleggera in 2009 but for the fact I couldn't fit in it properly by a small margin

[bigandclever]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

crostonian said:

Don't quite understand the negative responses to this thread, seems like a genuine issue so lbring on the answer, funny how none of the piss takers own a Gallardo

Most of the early negative responses are because for unknown reasons the OP originally posted this in the watches section.

That, plus (at least) two threads have been merged together, definitely with some posts being snipped. In this thread, the solution makes sense. In the Watch forum it basically ended up with "Head touching the roof lining? Move your arse down the seat".

[Big Al.]

bigandclever said:

That, plus (at least) two threads have been merged together, definitely with some posts being snipped. In this thread, the solution makes sense. In the Watch forum it basically ended up with "Head touching the roof lining? Move your arse down the seat".

Nope no thread merge here, we mods can't do that I've checked and the thread is as shown.

But agree it was moved from the watch forum, which I'm still confuse as to why it was it was posted there in the first place.

[bigandclever]

Big Al. said:

Nope no thread merge here, we mods can't do that I've checked and the thread is as shown.

But agree it was moved from the watch forum, which I'm still confuse as to why it was it was posted there in the first place.

Sorry Big Al, my mistake

I'd also read this thread and got a bit confused. It's easily done (by me at least!).

[iandc]

crostonian said:

Don't quite understand the negative responses to this thread, seems like a genuine issue so lbring on the answer, funny how none of the piss takers own a Gallardo

Really? I am 6'3" and have owned both a spider and coupe and have been fine without needing cushions etc. The normal seats are OK for me but the racing seats useless as they do not recline.

[clorenzen]

I tested the whole Lambo range at Millbrook and loved how they drove but simply did not fit - i"m 6:3. The spider was the worst because the seats even have less room backwards.

[sparkyhx]

hight to a certain degree is irrelevant i'm 5 7.5 but have a long body and struggle in some cars for headroom. I unfortunately can't drive an mx5 cos my eyes are level with the top of the screen