Bent back headrests for more comfortable angle!

[illverado]

Wife said I kinda have tech neck and I need to work on my posture. Thinking about why, while driving, I realized my non-adjustable headrests push my head unnaturally forward when I rest my head on it and I’ve had my seat adjusted a little farther back to compensate and it’s uncomfortable to put my head against the headrest. So, looked into buying the adjustable headrests so that I can lean them back, and planning on swapping over covers. Pulled one of mine off to look at how cover comes off. Free will kicked in, and I put one prong at a time fully into my receiver hitch and bent them straighter until they were comfortable. You can feel in the foam the top of the prongs form a U shape, grab the top of the head rest and around that headrest frame there.

Best free mod ever idk how I went 3 years with them so far forward like that! Pics are passenger side stock. 2nd is how I held them in my hitch and pulled upwards making small adjustment at a time and making sure to get them perfectly even. Then 3rd pic is after, drivers side done and passenger side not done yet.

Perform this mod at your own risk, end result may be more likely to cause injury in a bad rear end crash. Didn’t feel like the metal work hardened or lost any integrity, but if you’re scared then pay up for the adjustable ones. I didn’t care if I broke them because I was going to buy new ones anyways.

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[PWillette]

You sir win the internet "Hack of the Day" award

 

[Steve_In_29]

Improvise, adapt and overcome.

 

[Caldoh]

That’s a real men of Genius commercial. Nice work.

 

[Fly by Nite]

Even easier..... just take it out, rotate it 180* (so the back of the headrest is now facing forward), and reinstall.

 

[Tiresmoke410]

I turned mine backwards before I even took it for a test drive.

new car headrests are awful.

 

[HotdogThud]

Far be it from me to be the voice of reason around these parts, but headrests are a safety feature. Them being forward is what keeps your neck from, you know, breaking in an accident

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

OMG I hated.mine so bad I removed them completely Im doing this mod first thing tomorrow!!! THANK YOU

 

[swamp2]

OMG I hated.mine so bad I removed them completely Im doing this mod first thing tomorrow!!! THANK YOU

Wow. Kind of shocked.

I don't buy that bending the head rest back 5-10 degrees will promote whiplash (as stated above). That said your first "solution" is a recipe for a massive neck injury given a strong rear end collision.

Get on that bending on the time frame you stated!

 

[Tacnav#1]

Wife said I kinda have tech neck and I need to work on my posture. Thinking about why, while driving, I realized my non-adjustable headrests push my head unnaturally forward when I rest my head on it and I’ve had my seat adjusted a little farther back to compensate and it’s uncomfortable to put my head against the headrest. So, looked into buying the adjustable headrests so that I can lean them back, and planning on swapping over covers. Pulled one of mine off to look at how cover comes off. Free will kicked in, and I put one prong at a time fully into my receiver hitch and bent them straighter until they were comfortable. You can feel in the foam the top of the prongs form a U shape, grab the top of the head rest and around that headrest frame there.

Best free mod ever idk how I went 3 years with them so far forward like that! Pics are passenger side stock. 2nd is how I held them in my hitch and pulled upwards making small adjustment at a time and making sure to get them perfectly even. Then 3rd pic is after, drivers side done and passenger side not done yet.

Perform this mod at your own risk, end result may be more likely to cause injury in a bad rear end crash. Didn’t feel like the metal work hardened or lost any integrity, but if you’re scared then pay up for the adjustable ones. I didn’t care if I broke them because I was going to buy new ones anyways.

Great post! Hack of the year award goes to you sir!

 

[illverado]

Far be it from me to be the voice of reason around these parts, but headrests are a safety feature. Them being forward is what keeps your neck from, you know, breaking in an accident

I hear you, valid concern, but the leather seats come with tilting head rests and at least one setting on them is further back than how these come from the factory. Also, I don’t see my neck breaking when it’s still fully supported in a straight vertical line vs the chin clapping stock angle haha.

 

[CitrusBronco]

They adjust up and down, I raised mine up higher, and it made a difference in where it contacts the back of my head and is more comfortable.

I don’t think anyone is getting a broken neck by bending it back a little making it inline with the seat or reversing it. Lots of cars with adjustable headrests have this same position as well as the tall seats that have the built in headrests.

 

[Tone007]

Necessity is the father of invention

 

[Dinger]

Betting coffee and a donut you too are former enlisted.

 

[RedTailHawk]

Do your headrests not adjust? Push it forward and you'll hear a click as it locks in. Keep pushing forward until it "resets" and it will go all the way back to the most upright position.

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