I am tall and want to raise the seat in my 97 2500 van. What is the best and cheepest way to raise the drivers seat 1 to 1 1/2 inch?

 

To raise it that far you will have to change the studs that hold it down, or use threaded couplings to make them longer. I raised the back half of mine about 3/4" by lifting the seat and slipping spacers onto the floor studs. I then reinstalled the seat. You'd be surprise how much that little bit made a difference. Prior to doing that I felt like I was reclined back when driving. I made the spacers by cutting them off a piece of pipe.

 

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It looks like a length of square or rectangular tubing would work well under the seat pedestal of my '91.

Mech