Hey just like the headline says i cant figure out how to remove the headrests. do i just have to pull up with over excessive force.? im trying to take my seats apart to get some custom upholstering done to them. yes i could get new seats but the person that is doing it is a retired leather working, he made leather/upholstered chairs for a living and is doing it for next to nothing(retired peeps rock!)

I think there is a proper way to do it. I believe there are C-clips. But when i took mine off i just yanked really hard.

sit in the back seat and tilt the front all the way back, now pull the headrest the whole way up. If you look into the hole where the rod goes into the actual seat u can see a little clip, thats the gu u gotta get rid of to take the head rests off

i just pulled up on the headrest real hard and mine poped out and just to the clips off after that and slid the plastic peice off

How to remove the headrests/seat belt guides


Supplies:
- eye glass flat head screwdriver
- towel, rag, etc.
- some sort of soap i.e. dish soap

Instructions:
01. Sit in the rear seat facing the front seat you will be removing the head rest from
02. Lean the front seat back so you are looking down at the head rest
03. Pull the head rest up as far as it will go
04. Take a small flat head screwdriver and slide in into one of the holes surrounding the head rest poles
05. Move it around until you feel some resistance (if you're lucky, you might be able to move the fabric a little and actually see the clip you need to remove)
06. Wiggle the screw driver around until the clip pops out (it may take a while, but eventually it will pop out)
07. Repeat steps 4-6 for the second head rest pole
08. Once you get the head rest off, turn it upside down and you will see two very thin metal discs holding the seat belt guide onto the head rest, you need to remove these
09. Take a screwdriver and pry up on the discs
10. Once you get the discs up a little bit, put some soap on the head rest poles
11. Take a towel and start twisting the discs, continue doing this until they slide off

*NOTE: After I did this mod my head rests did not stay up because I did not re-install the clips. If you want to be able to have your head rests stay in the upright position, make sure to re-install the clips.*

i have seat covers on my seat and i just got a couple of peices of pvc tubing lke abou 1 inch or 1/2 inch in diameter and i cut them at about an 1 1/2 inch and put them on the post and put the post in the holes and put m seat cover on but there are products out there that u can acctually buy that look good and stuff so u could put that in between the seat and head rest i just had the pvc just laying around and it was going to be covered so i didnt car what it looks like

thnks all for your quick replys

i tried pulling really hard but i actually pulled the headrest outta the seat with the pillars still in the seat LOL, so i gave up on trying it the brute force way. ill check out thous clips tomorow when i get some time, working nightz this week

damn that sucks that u had that happend to u but good luck