TOYOTA TUNDRA/SEQUOIA SEAT LIFTERS INSTALL

 

 

Do you wish the front seats in your Toyota were more comfortable and had more storage options? Then this product is for you!

The only question I have for you is this; how comfortable are you while seated in your Toyota?

I have never thought of the seating position of the Yota as anything other than okay. I have sat in dozens of trucks and I have been both more and less impressed.

At 5’10”, I am not a huge human. However, I do have longer legs, which has always made the seating position feel a little off.

There are many conversions throughout the forums: 

• How do you increase your seat comfort
• How to increase the seat height
• Seat position problems on Toyota

Along with changing the angle of the front of the seat, we will have soon a rear seat Jacker which changes the angle of the rear of the seat with different width spacers.

They will also come up with a multi-mount panel (Coming soon) for the Front Seat Lifters and the Rear Seat Risers. These multi-mount panels are set up to accept molle pouches which are a standard system used by both military and police.

Honestly, they had me at molle!

TOOLS NEEDED FOR INSTALL

Suggested Tools List:

• Philips Screw Driver
• 6mm Hex/Allen Key
• 6mm Hex/Allen Socket (not needed but faster)
• 14mm Socket
• 15mm Socket
• Socket Driver
• Foot Pound Torque Wrench

PART 1: FRONT SEAT LIFTERS INSTALL

 

The front Seat Lifters from is a nicely machined piece of aluminum that is painted black. I found the fitment on the front Seat Jacker to be superb. Let’s see how it all goes together.

STEP 1: REMOVE THE FACTORY SEAT BOLTS

 

There are a total of four bolts that hold in your seats, two in the front and two in the back. Locate the two bolts at the front of your driver’s seat.

 

Utilizing a 14mm socket, remove the two bolts on the front of the seat.

STEP 2: LOOSEN REAR SEAT BOLTS

 

Start by removing rear seat mats. In my case, I have the rubberized Husky mats and they were almost covering the rear of the seat. Once the floor mats are removed, locate the two plastic covers that hide the rear bolts to your seat. Slowly, and carefully, remove the covers off to expose the bolt heads.

Utilize the same 14mm socket and loosen, don’t remove the two rear-seat bolts. Leaving these bolts in but keeping them loose will allow you the access under the front seat bolts you need but making it easier to align the holes later.

STEP 3: PUSH THE HEADREST TO LIFT THE FRONT SEAT

 

The easiest way to lift the front of the seat is to push on the front of the headrest to create that space between the seat bracket and the floor of the Toyota.

STEP 4: INSERT THE FRONT SEAT LIFTERS

 

Utilizing the room you have created by pushing back on the headrest, place the front Seat Jacker so the front two screw holes face toward your pedals. On the bottom of the Seat Lifters, there is a post that lines up with where the post of the seat bracket inserts into.

 

Insert the bottom post of the Seat Lifters into the post hole and it will fall into place. You should be able to look down into the holes and see that they align.

 

Lower the bracket into the Seat Lifters and all the holes should align perfectly.

STEP 5: FASTEN THE FRONT SEAT JACKER

 

Pro Tip: It was way more challenging than I thought it should be to get these front seat bolts tightened using only one hand, so I came up with this little cheat to free up a hand. I took some thin rope and tied one end to the front seat headrest then tied the other end to the back seat headrest.

Then I tightened the ends together which held the front seat off of the Seat Lifters. Now, the rope is holding the seat up so you don’t have to!

Be careful not to cross-thread these bolts, they should go in pretty easily.

I also torqued these bolts to 27ft lbs before moving onto the next step.

Note: The screws that come with the product are installed in the lower hole (large hole), the vehicle's available screws will be installed in the upper hole (smaller hole).

STEP 6: FASTEN THE SEAT BRACKET TO SEAT LIFTERS

 

The bolts should go in very easily. If you are having any difficulties getting these bolts in, lift the front of the seat slightly to free up the bolt hole.

For my application, I am installing the rear Seat Jacker so I have to leave these bolts loose. However, if you are only installing the front Seat Lifters, then tighten down the bolts with a 15mm socket. Then torque the bolts to 27ftlbs.

You have successfully installed your front Seat Jacker.

PART 2: FRONT SEAT MULTI-MOUNT PANEL (MMP) INSTALL (Coming soon)

 

The front seat multi-mount panel is my favorite piece of this installation. Having a Molle pouch storage within quick reach is right up my alley.

The front seat multi-mount panels either have to be used with the front seat Jacker or another bracket that sells separately.

STEP 1: MOUNT MULTI-MOUNT PLATE

 

Attach the multi-mount panel utilizing the four 6mm Allen/hex head bolts that come with the kit. The bolts will go in most of the way by hand.

 

I used a 6mm Allen/hex head socket to tighten all the bolts except the bolt closest to the center console. Because of the proximity to the console, I did not have the clearance to use the socket. However, a 6mm Allen/hex key worked just fine.

 

Secure all the bolts down nice and tight. Once that is done, the front multi-mount panel is installed. How nice does that look?!

As you can see, the front bolts are still loose, that is for the next part.

PART 3: REAR SEAT JACKER INSTALL (Coming soon)

 

The Rear Seat Risers have three different spacers so that you can completely customize how much lift you want for the rear of your seat.

The smallest spacer is ¼”, the middle spacer is ½” and the large spacer is ¾”. If you are utilizing the ¼” or ½” spacers, use the 40mm bolt that is supplied. If you are utilizing the ¾” spacer, use the 60mm bolt with the ¼” spacer as a washer.

For any spacer combination above 1” be sure to use the 60mm bolt.

STEP 1: REMOVE REAR SEAT BOLT

 

These bolts were still loose from installing the Front Seat Lifters. If you are only installing the rear Seat Risers, begin by carefully removing the plastic covers, then loosen and remove the two bolts with a 14mm socket.

STEP 2: LOOSEN FRONT SEAT BOLTS

In my case, this is already done since I left them loose from the front Seat Jacker. So again, if you are only installing the rear Seat Jacker, loosen the two front seat bolts with a 14mm socket, don’t remove them.

STEP 3: PUSH FORWARD ON BACK OF HEADREST

Again, we have to make clearance between the rear seat bracket and the floor of the Tacoma for the Rear Seat Risers.

STEP 4: PLACE DESIRED SPACERS UNDER SEAT

 

I chose to use the ½” spacer because I wanted my seat to be higher in the front than the back, because of my long legs. For now, I am only guessing at the height and I can always go back and add more spacers later if necessary.

STEP 5: TIGHTEN REAR SEAT BOLT

 

If you are only installing the rear Seat Jacker, then you’ll need to tighten these bolts down with a 15mm socket then torque them to 27ftlbs.

STEP 4: TORQUE FRONT SEAT BOLTS

Be sure to go back and torque the front seat bolts that were loosened. After I’m done torquing the front, I like to re-torque everything. Better safe than sorry.

INSTALLATION REVIEW

 

First, I have to say that all of the machined pieces to the Front Seat Jacker, Rear Seat Jacker, front multi-mount panel and the rear multi-mount panel fit great. It is so nice when you are putting these pieces together and everything fits flawlessly.

Second, the tapped screw holes in the pieces were again, flawless. The hardware, both factory and the aftermarket hardware, that came with the kit all went together by hand. That rarely happens.

The install went together very well. A great confidence-builder project for someone new to the modification realm.

Product review

Seat Lifters

I never gave much thought to making my Toyota seats a more comfortable ride until I made this upgrade. The Front Seat Lifters and the Rear Seat Risers take the comfort from a 7 to a 9. It completely changes the angle so the front of my seat is ever so slightly higher supporting my legs more comfortably in the driving position.

You have to experience the difference to understand what I mean. It’s just better.

Front Multi-Mounts

Now the fun part. The front multi-mount panel is amazing. So far I have been playing with the setup and the above picture is how I am running it now. I have my Glock 19 in a Kydex, in the waistband holster setup, lefty but still accessible. Luckily, I make all my holsters so that will be a quick fix.

My SOG multi-tool is also on a belt clip. The holster and the SOG all clip over the top of the multi-mount panel and clip into the slots. There is the slightest movement side to side but completely acceptable. The flashlight has a Molle mount pouch and isn’t going anywhere. It is a truly amazing setup.