rear headrests

hi everyone havent been on for a while and i just wondered if anyone has ever fitted rear headrests tin a cabriolet ? cheers jeff

There are one or two about, do a search.

T

thanks tian

Go on Tian give us a clue, is there a how to, or any advice.

Ive done a search in the past and posted a Q but no responses,.

djheap22 said

Go on Tian give us a clue, is there a how to, or any advice.

Ive done a search in the past and posted a Q but no responses,.

Did a search for 'Rivage' and hey presto!

The Mk1 Golf Owners Club

T

Thanks for taking the time to post.

will keep looking was looking for info on how to modify for or fit rear headrests.
unfortunatly not fitted to myn but would be interested in adding.
Apols to jeff for hijacking your thread.

hey no probs dj i cant find anything either !

There are a few ways of doing this. Some more reversible than others.

Nice easy one is to mount the headrests to the back of the seat. Usually by mounting 4 tubes using pipe clips found at DIY stores in the plumping aisle. Whilst this works it can look a bit odd if you don't get the right headrests as it puts the headrest further back.
The other option and the one I adopted last time I did this (to a friends fiesta because he is a chav) was to remove the seat cover and mount the same tubes on the inside only stepped off an inch from the backing and cut the foam to suit.  Then to the scrap yard to find set of head rests and the plastic bits that go though the fabric and have the lock on them. Then rewrap the seats with all this fitted.

It looked professional at least. Lol

Personally with the golf I'd go for the first way. Seats are getting harder to find these days and cutting holes in fabric is not something I'd want to do.

novocaine said

There are a few ways of doing this. Some more reversible than others.

Nice easy one is to mount the headrests to the back of the seat. Usually by mounting 4 tubes using pipe clips found at DIY stores in the plumping aisle. Whilst this works it can look a bit odd if you don't get the right headrests as it puts the headrest further back.
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This wouldn't work mate. The hood clearance is so minimal that any overhang behind  the seats would deffo foul its movement on closing. I only know becasuse I've looked in to it before.

T

fair enough.
option 2 it is then.
still wouldn't be willing to do it to my golf though. i could see it being easy to get wrong if your not sure about it.

unless your getting your seats recovered. at which point i'd do it and let the upholsterer work out the fabric side of things.

i recon mk2 golf parts would work, basically held onto frame with some self-tapping screws. drill a couple holes in top o frame to allow headrest plastic tubes to clip into the rails and bobs ya uncle. main thing is rear headrests arnt as angled as front ones, so if you chuck a pair o front headrests in they sit to far forwards and look a bit odd.

Thought I'd add to this thread rather than starting a new one.
Did the tintop GTi ever come with rear headrests? A set of campaign seats went on ebay the other day with a parcel shelf and rear headrests and I'd never seen them before, and can't find any info about it?

not standard no, but its not hard to insert mk2 rear headrest rails to a mk1 bench