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Nah i like the blind spot, makes changing lanes more interesting
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Do you drive with your passenger seat down? (Ext Cab)

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Old 09-08-2008
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Do you drive with your passenger seat down? (Ext Cab)

I do. It gets rid of that blind spot on the passenger side. Especially with the high back seats in my truck...
 
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Nope dont have that problem, and that is why my truck is better than yours... even knowing i dont have a 26 jigawat battery like you! :P (sorry, just a little come back from sunday...)

and you didnt give us a option for "we dont have that problem"!
 
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You mean like reclined forward? I keep both of mine the same.
 
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I dont mess with mine at all I dont have the blind spot problem
 
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I don't mess with it. But I had it out for a while and loved not having it. If I didn't have the GF I would have no passenger seat.
 
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i leave mine alone and dont mess with it, only when the wife puts it forward to help my son get out of the back
 
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leave it where it should be ... doesnt recline as far as the drivers though cause of the sub box
 
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what blind spot??
ive never noticed one
 
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leave mine the same as the other one.. why would you put it down? i would think that would be more of a site hazard than anything else haha
 
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Originally Posted by kyle12201
leave mine the same as the other one.. why would you put it down? i would think that would be more of a site hazard than anything else haha
If you drive a 2004 or 2005 u would understand

They did a high back rest on both seats. When you try to look out your passenger side mirror, and are not sure if there is some one in your 'blind spot.' you glance over your shoulder, but all you see is passenger head rest

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I leave mine at the same angle as mine so I can lean my arm on it and talk on the phone with having to hold my arm up for a long time, lol.
 
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I have mine back most of the time cause my dog rides with me. Otherwise, it stays the same. It is my desk for work, so yeah, LOL!
 
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I wouldn't, and can't, I have my sub box there
 
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No way. I leave mine vertical, about the same angle as the drivers seat.
 
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thats why you have a neck
 
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I don't move mine... funny thing about my cab... on the other side of the seat is the column where the two doors meet so it doesn't really block anything...
 
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
You mean like reclined forward? I keep both of mine the same.
me too
 
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I like to rest my arm on the passenger seat sometimes.
 
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Nope, don't look out of it anyway.

Go buy some little convex stick on mirrors or something.
 
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yea....when i went to test drive an 05, I HATED those seats....can't look behind ya on either side.

My truck, no need to pitch the seats back at or forward at all. I can see JUST fine.
 
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I have blind spot mirrors...
 
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Nope but I love my 07 seats same style as the 04-05 just not huge headrests.
 
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glad i dont have the high back seats... i look out the quarter window to see cars lol
 
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Blind spot mirrors ftw
 
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The biggest blind spot is in 90% of drivers' seats.
 


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