I realized yesterday that the passenger seat in my '98 318ti provides more rearward travel than the driver's seat. I bought the car second hand in February and the dealer told me it was a one-owner and the owner was a woman. I am considerably taller than most women.
I looked at the seat rails on the driver side and I see two bolts protruding up through the rails about two inches from the nut that secures the rails at the rear. There are no such bolts on the passenger side. They look to me to be there for the purpose of limiting rearward travel by about two inches.
I'm not very adept and I'm not very adventurous, but I can't imagine that removing the seat and its rails and unscrewing these two bolts would cause any harm (They are screwed in from the underside of the rails.). But then I usually fail to anticipate problems in even simple jobs.
Comments or suggestions appreciated.
Fritz Wagner
Columbus, Ohio