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  1. 27th May 2018, 08:27 AM #1
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    Headrests on TD5 Front Seats - Help with removing them

    Managed to get them to slid up.....but cannot work out how to remove them.

    Is there a way to remove them? Wanting to put seat cover on.
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    Anybody got any tips?
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    From memory , there is a steel clip inside the head rest stem . It protudes out eather side of the stem and stops the stem moving past the seat frame . You can manipulate it with long nose pliers so that the protruding points close in and the stem can pass the seat frame. Or you can just brute force it up and out .
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    I have a set stripped of upholstry...I can take some pictures tonight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fubar View Post
    I have a set stripped of upholstry...I can take some pictures tonight.
    That’d be great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    That’d be great.
    A bit late but here you go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fubar View Post
    A bit late but here you go.

    Thanks.....

    So it’s just that little slither of silver I can see in the pic.

    I have read on the web that brute force sometimes works.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    Thanks.....

    So it’s just that little slither of silver I can see in the pic.

    I have read on the web that brute force sometimes works.
    Yep...I reefed one out before I understood that it was the little tab, not rust keeping, them in.
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    Headrests on TD5 Front Seats - Help with removing them

    Progress

    Once seat was removed from defer I notice the OEM trim is secured by a zip lock looking plastic, i pried these apart



    Than with a torch I could see what fubar posted a pic of......

    I grabbed a pair of long nose pliers and slid my hand up the inside of the trim, pulled the offended little stopper and removers the headrest.

    Stopper in its location




    Removed for good......holding onto it while I wait my insurance companies response, just want to make sure it doesn’t void insurance.



    Oh, I guess brute force could work but I did want to risk damaging anything......given the money we paid for the new seat covers I didn’t want to be repairing the seat as well.
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