Am I the only one who did this?

I remember people commenting about visibility so the first thing I did was remove them and put them in my bedroom.

NO PROBLEMS WHAT SO EVER...big clear rear view

 

there is a down side to your solution. your backseat passengers may break their necks if yu have an accident. if yu don't carry passengers a lot, maybe yu can just fold down the seats; that way, the headrests are available when yu need them.

i keep my left seat folded down and keep the right headrest pushed all the way up and peek out from underneath it.

 

Makes sense and generally nobody rides with me, but at this point in time the left portion I can't bring down because the plastic part of the pin broke off and I can't pull it out enough to drop it.

It screws off I just have to get a new one for it :/

 

with the head rests in, I couldn't get the drivres side seat back and far enough reclined for comfort. and my wife is real short and they affected her visibility. so I took them out

 

:? & here I was just going to remove the center one. Now I need to get behind the wheel & see how bad the view is.

 

I took mine out and visibility is improved a little, but its worth the risk for the passengers IMO

 

The one I test drove didn't have the backseat head rests. :D

I just keep the headrests in the trunk in case I ever do carry more then 1 passenger.

 

When I have lots of cargo, I put the headrests under the driver/front passenger seats. Otherwise, I leave them on (don't know when I'll have passengers). I use my side mirrors, rearview, and I occasionally do the "look back."

 

10 minutes after I got my xA I took out the headrest. You can't see anything with them installed, visibility is much much better without them. I hardly ever have anyone ride with me so they better have strong necks I guess if they want a ride.

 

Thats a good point. Also about how much does all 3 weigh? I dont think that much but maybe just enough to do some good.

 

They are really light, like 1lb each.

 

I took mine out before I even drove off the dealer lot.

But...good news for all the xA guys. The TC rear headrests fit in our rear side ones. And the rear TC head rests look like our center one. So if you want something back there, then there is your option.

 

I thought about doing this for the longest time, but I eventually came to the conclusion that the xA is a very small car, and that the areas blocked by my headrests are adequately covered by a combination of the center hole and the the side view mirrors.

The tC headrests would be a great idea. . . and the car should come that way stock, but I have a feeling that they are going to be pricey. The headrests are annoying, but I don't feel that they are any sort of visibility risk.

 

If I recall correctly, the xB headrests were like over $200 bucks... can't imagine what they would charge for the high-luxury tC....

 

I never ride with my rear headrests... clear view in my huge 40cm (thats right ppl!) rear view mirror. THe funny thing is.. when i drive, i utilize 8 driving mirrors! The big rear view mirror, an attached bubble blindspot mirror for it, a rear view mirror for my passenger, the standard 2 external mirrors with lil blindspot mirrors attached, and theres a mirror attached to the bottom of my passenger side exterior mirror to let me see the curb when i park (so i can get in nice and tight :D ) hahahaha :twisted:

But yah, staying on topic... i do leave the center passenger headrest there because its so short. SO when i roll with a 3rd person, they get to sit in the middle!

 

i took mine out, but leave them in the back. so that if someone does ride i can put it back in.

 

holy ____!

Do you have photos of all those mirrors?

 

Yeah I second that. Photos of the "curb mirror" would be nice!
:D

 

I have my rear seat headrests off -- except the middle. I keep 'em in the trunk. if a 3rd person is riding, I ask them where they want to sit - right or left, and I install that headrest.

Sometimes I know I'll have 2 passengers in back, so I put the headrests on before I start.

You might have to remove the headrests too if you want to fold the seats down flat - not sure about that.

 

I too agreed about the headrest. The center one is okay though, so it was left in there while my wife drove off from the dealer's lot. She also put on a wide mirror, but not 40mm of course, rather 27mm. Good things are that she can see the rear quarter windows plus the mirror itself is anti-glare, so it's good for the eyes at night. Best of all, the mirror is cute like the xA :D