Mercedes seat as an office chair

[bolomiester]

I'm a big guy, 6'4" 285, so finding a really comfortable office chair has always been a challenge. I think I've tried everything out there, including the Herman Miller Aeron (they are great chairs but not even the "C" size isn't quite big enough) without finding the perfect solution.

As I was driving from store to store looking for another replacement for my "tortured-to-death "Office Max" big & tall special, it occured to me that the most comfortable chair I sit in regularly is my '89 300 se driver's seat. Even after 21 years, and 203,000 miles it still looks and sits great!

So . . . here's my idea. Find a nice Mercedes seat, remove the tracks (no need for for and aft movement), bolt the runners to a piece birch plywood, then bolt the seat plate, gas column and roller base from my current chair to that. For a power source, use a small motorcycle battery mounted in a fabricated bracket under the seat. fabricate a bracket to mount a seat switch on the side, and I'd have the perfect office chair! High quality leather seating, plus power adjustability for seat back and base angle.

However, I have a question for the experts. I'm shopping around for a seat and so far the only thing I've found at the salvage yards close by is a seat out of '94 C220. I'm a Mercedes newbie and the only cars I've had are W126s. I just wonder if a seat out of a C-class will be as big, as well made and as comfortable as my S-class seat. Has anyone compared the two?

Thanks!