I know that it has been a complaint regarding the rear seat Headrests getting in the way when folding down the rear seats to drop the Midgate. Unless you have extremely short legs, you have to move the front seats forward quite a bit in order to let the rear seats drop down and clear the head rests.
The factory configuration of the Headrests allows for up and down height adjustments with different clicking positions. The only way to remove the Headrests so that the front seats can have more leg room is to insert a small pin into the holes at the base of the Head Rests and release the lock.
I have performed an easy mod which will still allow all of the various click stop height adjustments but when you fully lift up the head Rest, it will slide out after the last position.
Step 1) insert a pin or small tool into holes at base of Head rest mounts. Push in pin and lift up Head Rest on that side. Repeat for other mount base and lift Head Rest all the way out.
step 2) Notice that the last cut out on the posts have a 90 degree ledge. All the other cut outs above these are at a 45 degree cut. The 45 degree cut allows the locking mechanism to slightly hold the Head Rest in that position until a little upward force is applied and the locking tab will just slide back. Obviously when the last cut out is reached, the lock slides in and get's hung up on the 90 degree ledge preventing it from going any further up.
Step 3 ) Place Head Rest posts in a secure vice and file down at an angle the two 90 degree ledges so that they look just like the others. (45 degrees). The key is to make sure that there is no more 90 degree ledge left to hang up the lock. When you have completed and tested one Head Rest, do the other.
I posted photos on my Photo Page of the 3 simple steps.
The whole thing took me less then 1 hour. The Head Rests store perfectly under the rear seats when folded down and now I can slide the front seats back a bit more.
The factory configuration of the Headrests allows for up and down height adjustments with different clicking positions. The only way to remove the Headrests so that the front seats can have more leg room is to insert a small pin into the holes at the base of the Head Rests and release the lock.
I have performed an easy mod which will still allow all of the various click stop height adjustments but when you fully lift up the head Rest, it will slide out after the last position.
Step 1) insert a pin or small tool into holes at base of Head rest mounts. Push in pin and lift up Head Rest on that side. Repeat for other mount base and lift Head Rest all the way out.
step 2) Notice that the last cut out on the posts have a 90 degree ledge. All the other cut outs above these are at a 45 degree cut. The 45 degree cut allows the locking mechanism to slightly hold the Head Rest in that position until a little upward force is applied and the locking tab will just slide back. Obviously when the last cut out is reached, the lock slides in and get's hung up on the 90 degree ledge preventing it from going any further up.
Step 3 ) Place Head Rest posts in a secure vice and file down at an angle the two 90 degree ledges so that they look just like the others. (45 degrees). The key is to make sure that there is no more 90 degree ledge left to hang up the lock. When you have completed and tested one Head Rest, do the other.
I posted photos on my Photo Page of the 3 simple steps.
The whole thing took me less then 1 hour. The Head Rests store perfectly under the rear seats when folded down and now I can slide the front seats back a bit more.