I know the reason for the headrest angle, but I just didn't like the way it felt so I "FIXED" them. I pulled them out and using a vise, bent each post @ the top near the pad by pulling on the pad just enough to change the angle to something more comfortable.

I know like Harley Davidson, it probably voided my warranty and moved the liability to me in the event of an accident...........but I don't care. I did both sides and my wife is happier with the new position as well.

They don't bend easy, but they will bend doing one post at a time.

 

Pics of said work, I'd like to see how they turned out.

 

hehe...i've always wanted to be the one to post that....but yeah pics would be nice...my wife bitches constantly about the head rests....

 

I can take a hint.........

Here you go.



It is hard to see the slight bend at the headrest itself, but it is there.

 

I don't mind the angle that much, as during a quick stop it would keep the neck from being thrown back, but rather the the hardness of the rest. I have softened it up with the Okole's, and it is much better now.

 

I agree. I think they should have used another material other than concrete.

 

me too.

 

I softened mine too when I had them off for the re-bend of the post.

 

Once my wife thought I put them on backward, No honey they've always been backward. I know the importance of having the headrest, but why is it bent weird in the first place. If I tell her about this, it will be my next mod. I don't have a bench mounted vise, can it still be done without one.

 

It would be hard.........I am not sure how you could do it without the vise. I had the leg clamped in the vise up by the pad and pulled/yanked on the headrest pad itself to get it bent the way I wanted it doing each leg separately.