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Before they started building truck seats with headrests you could buy a headrest that slipped over your bench seat. I like my bench seat. But would like the headrest. Is there a source for that type headrest.
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Next time you're at a junk yard and can find a junk seat with the adjustable headrests, take a look inside and see what makes them tick...
The back of my bench seat (soon to be reupholstered) is open... I'm thinking a couple of headrests in the right color, from a totaled newer car/truck, with PVC or galvanized pipe mounted vertically in the seat back as receivers for the support arms on the head rests would work just fine. Did that make sense?
The back of my bench seat (soon to be reupholstered) is open... I'm thinking a couple of headrests in the right color, from a totaled newer car/truck, with PVC or galvanized pipe mounted vertically in the seat back as receivers for the support arms on the head rests would work just fine. Did that make sense?
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I don't think I would try and engineer something like that for the simple reason of safety. Their use is two-fold, one for comfort and two preventing your head from becoming implanted in the back glass in case of a rear end collision.
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Which is why a headrest... mounted the same way headrests are mounted in todays cars (like I said, take a modern seat apart and look at how it's designed)... is a good idea. Today's headrests have 2 steel rods running thru 2 pieces of channel, imbedded in the seat... they are notched and have a plastic piece attached to the top of the channel which allows for elevation adjustment. They are no more nor less than that.
Hell, take a throw pillow off the couch and put it behind your head between you and the rear window glass... better than nothing and it's not mounted at all... agree?
Hell, take a throw pillow off the couch and put it behind your head between you and the rear window glass... better than nothing and it's not mounted at all... agree?
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No way. I'd rather bust my head on the glass than try to explain to my wife why I have one of her sofa pillows in the truck (lol)!
Seriously, I put an aftermarket seat in my truck but couldn't use the included head rests because of the cab angle; seats had to be too far forward (either position or angle) to be comfortable. I was kinda bummed....
Seats still look nice, though.
Seriously, I put an aftermarket seat in my truck but couldn't use the included head rests because of the cab angle; seats had to be too far forward (either position or angle) to be comfortable. I was kinda bummed....
Seats still look nice, though.
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