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Headrest works now like in any other car (adjustable)
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Member Since: 08 Mar 2007
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Headrest works now like in any other car (adjustable)

Hi Disco 3 owners


I've made my head rest adjustable. Pictures in my gallery. The best is it cost only about 250 Pounds inkl. real leather to let it make.

1. First you remove the plastic covers. For the very handy ones you don't have to.

2. Then you cut the metalpiece away that goes directly to the headrest. Attention: You don't remove the sides.

3. The follwing steps can be made through a leather specialist:

Remove the backseat cover. Underneath you find everything that belongs to a normal headrest. You lift the knobs for adjusting above the leather. The metalpipes from the headrest can also made then hightajdustable. Replace the seatcover. At last let the headrest cover in new leather to get rid of the holes at the side. Cut from each side of the foam about one centimeter of so that it moves easy. But not to much. PS: The leather of the headrest is not real Leather so this will be cheaper.

In my case my garage made everything. Took a year to find this solution.

There is no safety issue as the side handels have nothing to do with the proper funktion of the headrest.
 Daniel

Now: RSS 2008 3,6l HSE
Past: 2.7l D3 HSE, D3 4.4l HSE, FFRR 2004 4,4l 
 
Post #14168422nd Mar 2007 2:18 pm
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Interesting... but just how tall are you ? I'm 6' 2" and find the head rest fine for me Wink

As you say the side handles have nothing to do with the head rest but I would disagree about safety.

The seat structure will be far weaker now in a crash as well as the grab handles being open to bending if used. Especially by adults / teens climbing into the back.

Great mod though... and impressive Thumbs Up

But I would be wary of safety with it.
  
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Hi simon

I did for my wife because she got neckpain from it.
It has been cleared through my garage with landrover otherwise they would not made it because of the productliability. You dont interfear at all with the seatstructure. The sidehandels are a purely for designpurposes because it belongs to the discovery design indentity. Don't worry about the stability I have three kids and no bending in a year



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 Daniel

Now: RSS 2008 3,6l HSE
Past: 2.7l D3 HSE, D3 4.4l HSE, FFRR 2004 4,4l 
 
Post #14175822nd Mar 2007 6:41 pm
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Thats OK then.

The grab handles are not just part of LR D3 design, they are functional. They are used by most that enter the 2nd row in my D3. If they were only supported at the bottom I would expect they would bend after a while.

But of it works for you then thats fine.

Just airing my thoughts on the reduction in strength and thus safety.
  
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Simon,

my thoughts exactly. When my eight year old daughter jumps in, the back of my seat "moves" with her swinging off the handle. Other two get in fine, but skinny as she is - she rides horses and is tougher than the boys !!
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Yeah my 17 year old plays rugby for Stourbridge and he is stronger than a strong thing. Would bend the detached grab handle first time.

People tend to pull themselves into the 2nd row as soon as they notice the grab handle.
  
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