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How do you take off the head rests?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:42 AM
I want to put a pair of seat covers on my car, but the front buckets have a seat belt holder that runs over from underneath the headrest, this will now work for my seat covers, the car is a 2000 cavy, and i want to no how to take off the head rests so i can take off the seat belt holder. anyone no how? any help is appreciated

Re: How do you take off the head rests?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:54 AM
J TO ENVY wrote:These are the steps I followed to get mine off...

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

*NOTE: The following steps are only necessary if you wish to remove the seat belt guides.*

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 holder 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.*

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: j_to_envy@yahoo.com.


that should help


Re: How do you take off the head rests?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 12:56 PM
wow....thanks for the help!
Re: How do you take off the head rests?
Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:01 PM
If you are putting seat covers on you wont need the seatbelt holders.
I reccomend a hacksaw...
But i just pulled on mine really hard and broke them off...

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