Old man question re: seat comfort

Im finding recently that my 2017 TRD sport seat is causing me discomfort on my right hip. Im constantly pushing myself up using the console and adjusting my seating position. Its like the right side of the drivers seat toward the console is sloping or too soft that way. It doesnt seem like it when i check and i know the cushioning has got a little softer as normal wear and tear after 8 years and 250,000km but nothing i can tell would cause me to be uncomfortable . I tried putting my sweat shirt rolled up between my right hip and the console and that seemed to offerd me some support. Wondering if anyone has same issue and a solution or knows a product i can buy . Ive tried all sorts of different search terms but coming up blank. Thanks for any input .

 

I moved my wallet out of my back pocket.

 

I do that to. Leaned that lesson the hard way a few years ago . Still getting discomfort and wouldnt be so bad but i drive a lot for work to different places to teach.

 

This might work?

$50 KNQZE Heated Lumbar Support Pillow for Office Chair, Car, Bed, and Recliner-Customizable Height for Personalized Comfort - Relieves Lower Back Pain and Enhances Posture

https://www.amazon.com/KNQZE-Suppor...7094066&sprefix=vibrating+lumb,aps,145&sr=8-7

 

Have you tried seat jackers? May sound counterintuitive but they do help. I find them a bit too tall so added a small spacer in the back as well. So 1.5 in front and .5 or .75 in the back I find to be the sweet spot.

 

2015 DBLC. Found I was miserable on long drives. Back hurt, always needing to stretch up under dash, pain in sciatic. Seat Jackers saved me. Seats are too flat and needed more leg support. My two cents

 

As discussed here over the years, the 2nd gen front seats and position are not comfortable to put it mildly. I bought a square cushion like the ones that go on a wood-seat dining room chair, in a color to match the interior and fit the lower cushion. (gray/titanium) It is approx 3-5" thick.

It corrected the entire seating position: The rear of the bottom cushion at the seat back is now higher and sitting high also provides much better outward vision and view. Thigh support for my legs, previously non-existent, is perfect and comfortable. I no longer feel like I am sitting on the floor. Even the lumbar support is better, as the bottom cushion is now raised and matches the lumbar support area of the seat-back. For a $10 outlay, it's like I put in a new 6-way power seat. Borrow one from the dining-room chairs and give it a try.

 

Seat Jackers are a placebo mod IMO, but many here swear by them. IMO, the best thing if you really want a more comfortable seat is to dump the Taco and get an F-150

 

How is it placebo if it is literally changing your seating position?

 

Cut off ones nose to spite their face, seems a tad drastic...

 

Desert Does It seat jackers on the front only. Without them I would have had to sell the truck.

The seats have no thigh support, it felt like all my weight was on my heels & butt bones. I could only drive about an hour before I was constantly shifting around trying to relieve the pain.

 

Sorry, let me clarify. The claimed "night and day difference" people say when they put these things on is anecdotal at best. Those claiming it helps are definitely exhibiting the placebo effect. They "experience" an improvement due to expectancy or belief. But mainly they say it helps because they blew a C-note for those things and don't want to admit they got ripped off. Does that help?

 

Is it possible the sore hip is a symptom of something else going on, like tendon inflammation that becomes more irritated while sitting for too long?

 

If the hip pain is fairly new and the seat never bothered you as much before, then it could be something new with you as someone noted above. I have tumors in my lower spine (L3 and L4) and other issues at L5/S1, so I'm constantly fidgeting to get comfy on a normal day, but when I'm in a flare up, nothing helps and I just have to wait it out until it settles down again. I'd also say the seat jackers may not help in this case if the seating position was acceptable until recently. Perhaps look up a good automotive upholstery shop in your area and see if they can rebuild the bottom seat cushion(?); with its age and mileage, that might be the best investment in your comfort.

I'm 6' 2" and have my seat all the way back for the legroom, but then that puts me having to reach out almost straight armed to grab the steering wheel since the Taco's have such limited telescoping adjustment. I can't imagine how much more uncomfortable that would be with seat jackers installed on the front mounts, which would tip the seat backwards a bit more causing that reach to increase. Those seem like its a personal preference whether it helps or doesn't, but it might be another option to try, even if you rule them out afterwards. Guessing someone would buy them off the TW classifieds.

 

I understand what you are saying. But no it does not help or contribute to solving the problem. We’re just trying to make this guy more comfortable. If you have a suggestion (other than go buy an F150) I’m sure he’d appreciate it.

I also adjusted the passenger seat on my truck because I thought they improved the seating position. So much so that my wife commented on it and told me the new seat covers were so much more comfortable. She had no idea I had adjusted both the front and rear of the seat.

So yeah, it’s possible some people justify it only inside their minds but that doesn’t mean we are all schmucks wasting our money and living a lie.

 

OK, so I probably should have left off the "blowing a C-note" part.

 

bought my truck in 2016, thought it was uncomfortable as he!!, seat jackers on the front only fixed it for me. I've done multiple cross country trips. Seems like a good fix for. me. 5' 9" , 180 lbs

 

To whom it may concern with at least a 2nd gen truck with this issue: Find a good cushion around the house as described in my earlier reply and just try it: no knees hanging in mid-air off the seat bottom. No sitting on the floor feeling, thighs supported, visibility out 100% better, back supported by the seat back and lumbar support for the first time: It works. If someone notices the cushion is gone: just take the beating and go for a drive to get an Ice Cream...
...or just blame the dog.

 

I'm going to respectfully disagree.
The jackers are a personal thing, it depends on your build and preferred driving position.

The first test drive I went specifically to see if the seat hurt my back, I need to sit quite vertical and have had problems in the past, especially with the older Chrysler bucket seats that wouldn't go vertical enough.

The (shocking) lack of thigh support was more of a "creeping up on you" problem, I would start getting achy after about an hour of driving and be constantly shifting around. It seemed like my weight was being supported by my heels and butt bones and my leg muscles were constantly engaged to keep me in place.

I haven't had a seat issue since those Chrysler cars of 70's & 80's vintage, I'm 5'11" with a 30 inch inseam - pretty average. You would think with all the data gathering and computer modeling in modern engineering this wouldn't be an issue.


I personally think nobody on the Tacoma interior design team was over 5'6"...