I thought I was closing out this thread with some final thoughts and it turned into a completely new topic... funny how you guys so quickly create tangents.
I really don't want to cut any padding out of my seats and I love the diamond stitch. I can try popping a few more washers under the front to see what that does, but for normal driving around town its not that bad and I really didn't notice I was that high up until I saw the pictures with me driving it.
I guess if I really want to lower it, I could just bolt the seats directly to the floor, but that is very limiting on angle and no adjustment for people who aren't 6'2" like me.