i get it and i agree - to try -
would be helpful to have real help who is thinking on the same page also - then you make a basic plan - get the tools needed and try it
You moved the seat. Thats most of the tools!
you have to accept the facts also - it can work - it may not work - or your not able to do it - if all goes to waste - or takes a year etc,
Its all just mind over metal. One way or another It WILL work. It looks to be super simple. The SAME chair assembled slightly differently. Takes seconds to turn the seat around. 10 mins to correct the programming. And IF they fit and they look to be identical, swap the caster arms left/right is 2 nuts...
as long as you accept the possible outcomes - its fine
Heres the outcomes. You want a rear drive Q500 or Q700. They wont let you have one. So theres TWO choices! You either do it yourself. Or you suffer the next 5 years in a dumb mid drive that you hate. The only thing you had to lose was the chair you want.
like gambling - the chances are your goin to loose - if it bothers you that much - or you cant afford to loose what you gamble - dont gamble
if your OK with loosing - then you have a chance -
Its only TINY gamble though. I can see by looking at the chairs, and the parts site that the damned things are the same. So its a super low risk. I took a punt on a Dell rugged laptop (over 3k full retail) and bid 350. Was sold as spares or repair not working. No returns. Looked brand new to me, and the sellers description of the laptop did not fit what I saw. Turns out its brand new, and the only thing wrong is a tiny dent on the metal rear cover. Which is gone now. I bought a replacement online. 22 quid... So I have a brand new 3k laptop with absolutely unblemished unused boxed condition. Its identical to the one I just paid almost 3k for. Now I have 2. You got to take a punt on the things that your BRAIN says will work out. If you never do a bad deal you wont do all the good ones I keep doing either! As I said. Everyone is too careful and worries way too much!
buying from the UK - would be an option - but not many will for one big reason - insurance - money - most dont have the money to buy one outright - with seat lift - tilt etc, -
My 700K was new. With warranty. With EVERY SINGLE OPTION ticked. Even a gyro... A 12.5K chair for 4.4K and that included them fitting a power centre footrest to match the lift/tilt/recline/etc.
then the fitting - you have to make sure - at least get close as you can fitting wise size etc, - then make minor adjustments
No you dont. They are all the same. Everything IS a minor adjustment. You can get longer seat rails. If your thighs are around 3 feet long! And you can get different seat back heights/widths. But one look tells you if it will work, and different sized ones are cheap. So a technicality. Same with arm tops. Want padded longer ones? Give me the part number ant the price of a round of drinks and I will post!
Shipping - and repairs - that would all be out of pocket for someone - not cheap - not many can afford that - and if some can - may not want to invest when you can get it free -
True. Suffer the mid drive hell then! You only live once. Too late later!
if it came down to NO RWD chairs here - which is very close to that now - the best option would be to reverse seatting -
if you have a few backups already - you wont need to rush to do it - and it may actually work out in the end - you get the free chair and do the work yourself -
i rather hire a tech and do it that way - if all planned out what needs to be done - maybe a few weekends and done -
If I couldnt do that in the same time as it takes to move it rearward or forwards plus maybe 5 mins I would sell all my tools. Worst case you may need to order a different cable, or different lights from the rear drive one. Certainly nothing much.
i wonder how the 500H would ride if moving the seat all the way back
bigger tires in the rear to lift it - air tires all around - dosnt look that bad of a chair - at least can get 8mph motors still
It doesent have the suspension on the drive wheels in the same way the rear drive does. It will not be as good. Without a good look at one its hard to say. But since the front drive/seat reversal is a much better bet as it IS the rear drive chair, then its not really worth looking at one is it? Its a modded mid drive.
i wish the V4 RWD could go 8mph
Well it cant! The Q500R and Q700R can.