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jajou318
01-30-2007, 11:56 PM
Tools needed:
10mm socket
Razor blade or exacto knife

Parts needed:
Rear Headrests (2)
Rear Headrest Mounts (2)
Hole Covers w/ their clips (2)

Begin by taking out your rear seats.

To remove the bottom bench simply lift up at each end of the seat. There are two clips that hold the rear bench in place. The red arrow shows the one the driver side.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8751/clipherebottomseatjh6.jpg

After you got the bottom bench out, it's time for the upper part. Two 10mm bolts hold this piece in place as well as two clips.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2531/screwherefc5.jpg

The red arrow points to the bolt on the driver side. Once again, same thing needs to be taken off on the passenger side.

To remove the seat simply lift up. After the seats are out the inside of your car should look like this (perhaps w/ the ski hole still intact):
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2921/upperseatoutyt4.jpg

Here's what the clip that holds the seat in looks like :
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4167/upperseatclipsw0.jpg

Now with the seat out of the car we can begin working on mounting the headrests.

This is where the mounting kit attaches but first we will need to make holes for the headrests and coverings to go through. To do this I just took a pen and centered it as best as I could in the opening of where the mount attaches.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7452/penpokewy4.jpg

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9453/penpoke2ng1.jpg

Now do the other one so it looks like this

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7034/headrestholesfg6.jpg

Now we have to use a razor blade to make the holes a bit bigger and trim off the excess vinyl in order to fit the coverings in.

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6041/headrestcoversia7.jpg

Take off the white part of the cover. This is the clip which holds the cover in place.

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5057/headrestcovervh5.jpg

You are going to have to trim until you can fit the cover into the hole you made on the top part of the seat. Once you get it in, from the back of the seat you insert the white clip and snap it into the cover. I used a flat head screwdriver to secure the clip back on.

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7740/screwdriveroy4.jpg

Once you get both on you can begin to install the mount. It sits on the seat like this:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9831/mountingpartgv8.jpg

It takes two 10mm bolts to secure this piece.

Now take one headrest and insert the shafts into the covers, once it hits the mount it'll clip in and should look something like this:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8720/oneheadrestinstalledla2.jpg

Repeat the steps to do the other side.

Once you have both headrests installed. Reinstall the seats in reverse order that you took em off. Remember to pull the seat belts back to make sure they are not behind the seats upon reinstallation.

Final product:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8122/seatsreinstalledtz8.jpg

By yours truly :D

318kid
02-18-2007, 07:31 PM
Hey that looks nice. Where did you find the rear head rests, and how much did it all cost?

FL318is
02-18-2007, 07:34 PM
U da mon! I have a set and need to install them.
Thanks for the DIY!:)

jajou318
02-18-2007, 08:16 PM
U da mon! I have a set and need to install them.
Thanks for the DIY!:)

lol, well so does zoso, i didn't know at the time i made this though

318kid, i found them for sale on e30tech or r3vlimited forums in the for sale section, you can occasionally find them for sale on ebay as well

Cost me $65 plus shpping

bmwman91
03-19-2007, 06:34 PM
Awesome, I have been wanting to do whis for a while now. Who has some extra black vinyl head rests FS lol?

jajou318
03-20-2007, 12:32 PM
Awesome, I have been wanting to do whis for a while now. Who has some extra black vinyl head rests FS lol?

you can find them on ebay every once and awhile from viking automotive or something like that, he usually sells em for $85 but they look like they have new vinyl on em and new headrest pieces