Thought I would post a follow up on this issue - First I bent the bar at the lowest bend nearest the seat - Roughly about about 1-1/2 inches rear ward - later I changed to a thinner back rest pad and added a wrap around arm rest kit - Then I pulled it off and had it bent again this time at the highest bend just below the pad - so it is parallel to the bottom inserts - It was a lot of work but , for $40 bucks it is now perfect and gives the passenger about 2" of extra room to scoot back without leaning back too far to be comfortable .