About Us

Why Extend My Seat?

Short Answer; Because you are currently cramped in your car and you need more legroom to be comfortable.

Cars these days are getting smaller and smaller. Bottom line is that most cars are not designed for bigger people(taller than 6’).

Sure you can go out and buy a bigger car(more expensive) but for most of us, that’s not an option.

Not only is leg-room a major problem for big and tall people but there are very few options to extend your cars legroom on the market. Up untill now, the most viable option was visiting your local fabricator or custom shop and paying several hundreds dollars for a custom solution. Option two was to be cramped and uncomfortable in your car.

This is a problem that needed solving.

We believe that Extend My Seat has solved the problem.

We started with an idea and made it a reality. Our fabrication process starts with a single piece of high grade steel, uses meticulous engineering, applies state of the art manufacturing techniques, and ends with a fantastic new product.  

The Extend My Seat brackets are safe and ergonomic. Check out our process to learn more.

What others are saying about Extend My Seat

This product completely  transformed my Prius driving experience - it's now my most comfortable car!!
- Jim Schelter

All in all, an EASY mod to provide an extra 4 inches of seat travel! OK... I've been driving with the extra positioning for the past week... MAJOR improvement for me... 6ft 1in (normal build)... my knees are no longer very close to the dash... I can even add one of the thicker lumbar cushions, and still have a lot of clearance for my knees... a much more comfortable drive (3 hour total commute each day), still can have people sit in the back... Product quality? These brackets are thick steel... so I'm not worried about safety... I'm satisfied... and the pricing is reasonable... when compared to alternatives!
- Geoffrey Hicks

I feel the seat does a much better job of supporting my legs now that I can sit further back, in fact I now have trouble reaching the gas pedal if I put the seat all the way back, and on the passenger side I can not touch the fire wall and there is still a bit of room between the front and back seats. I definitely recommend this product!
- Robert Muir

The seat extenders are exactly as advertised. Following the installation instructions that came with them was easy. Delivery was quick (less than one week) and they fit just fine.
- Tom Henry

Our Founder

My name is Griffin Cogorno and I am 6'5 inches tall. I drive a generation 2 Toyota Prius because it is one of the best cars ever made. I absolutely love my Prius but the factory driving experience is just uncomfortable with the stock legroom. When I purchased my Prius, my knees were in the dashboard and my back was killing me.

Eager for a solution, I scoured the internet for options and ended not finding anything for the job.  Then, I went to my local fabrication shop and was quoted over $1,000 to make the custom brackets for the car.

It was with that level of frustration and desire for a solution, I created the first Extend My Seat brackets. I personally pulled the seat out of my Prius and made a steel template, completed a CAD drawing, and made a proto-type with the help of a 100 year old manufacturing company based in Los Angeles, CA.  

After a few months of driving around really excited about my solution and talking to my friends I kept hearing the same refrain. "How can I get set?" or "Will you make me a set". 

Fast forward almost 3 years, over 800 sets sold worldwide, and perhaps more importantly, the multiple "Thank you’s" and "I love my car again"  or "You have seriously improved my life, thank you's"; I knew this product was here to stay. This is a business that tall people and larger folks need.

It all started with my 2007 Prius three years ago and ExtendMySeat.com has been expanding the product line ever since. We are committed to adding new models as fast as we can and hope that if you are unhappy with the leg-room in your car that you will give us a shot at fixing it for you.

Here is to a better driving experience,