Can you explain the process again, pls. I tried last night, but wasn't successful. THXtnorfitz said:We removed the rear seat head rests. Improves the rear vision and accessibilty for attaching car seats.
I know the method, but wasn't successful on my single attempt to do it by myself. You'll need something long and small enough to fit the tiny holes in 2 plastic bases where the headrest rods go into the seat. Two allen wrenches of appropriate size would be best since one of the holes will be facing directly under the headrest..the trick is to push in the release for both rods simultaneously and then lift the headrest off. The hard part is that you can't start lifting until both are released, and that is very difficult to do since the headrest sits so close to the seatback. It would help if you had a second person push down slightly on the headrest while a second carefully inserts the tools and clicks the releases...and the the push person could pull up on the headrest after they are released. Hope this makes sense..ckmullin said:I've been told by the dealer they cannot be removed or adjusted...they are fixed.
Pls tell us your method...as I can now see a bit of an advantage to doing this.
Interesting, as I too thought you could not remove the rear headrests. In the owner's manual it says the rear headrests are fixed and cannot be moved. Look on pg. 2-2 in the Equinox owner's manual:NoobNox said:I know the method, but wasn't successful on my single attempt to do it by myself. You'll need something long and small enough to fit the tiny holes in 2 plastic bases where the headrest rods go into the seat. Two allen wrenches of appropriate size would be best since one of the holes will be facing directly under the headrest..the trick is to push in the release for both rods simultaneously and then lift the headrest off. The hard part is that you can't start lifting until both are released, and that is very difficult to do since the headrest sits so close to the seatback. It would help if you had a second person push down slightly on the headrest while a second carefully inserts the tools and clicks the releases...and the the push person could pull up on the headrest after they are released. Hope this makes sense..
Can you describe what you did in layman terms and how it works? They was I nunderstood is you blocked the opening with screw, so how does that work when "slipping" them back?aero said:The rear vision is very poor with the rear head rests in place. I did remove the head rests but do think that the head rests should be in place with passengers in the rear seats. What I did was purchased pan head screws #4 by 3/8 inch and screwed them into the holes that hold the headrests in place. Now if there are passengers in the rear seats I just slip the headrests in place. Very easy to remove.
I have a 2012 Nox, and was able to remove the headrests without removing the plastic caps. I used the metal ends of an very small bungie cord that I had. I bent the ends into an 'L" shape, and they fit perfectly into the little holes. I worked on one post at a time...applying pressure to the metal pin AND pushing up on the headrest at the same time. I was able to wedge my hand under the headrest (I was in the back cargo area) and pushed up. Once the post moved up a little, I kept upward pressure on the headrest, and then worked on the second post. Once the second post moved a bit I applied equal upward pressure on the headrest, and it popped right up.bowtieman said:Ignore the lil holes the black pieces have, they are useless lol well at least on the 2012 and up.
How did you get the plastic cover off ?g-man said:Yeap found the two holes and removed the headrests. Did a little different route and did not put in a screw but popped the plastic cap off and removed the sliding locking tab and replaced the plastic cover. Now I can when I remove and replace the headrest and they will not lock any more. Keeping the parts so could in the future put the locking pins back.