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Date:         Fri, 4 Mar 2005 06:53:42 -0330
Reply-To:     Phil Menchions <pmenchions@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Phil Menchions <pmenchions@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: how to add headrests to a westy rear sofabed seatback.
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
In-Reply-To:  <1ad.32b06073.2f5961d1@aol.com>
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This is the post to which Chris is referring. Yeah its crude looking but as Chris describes it can be done to look like a factory job. Some great pics of retrofitting shoulder harnesses, as well.

Cheers, Phil

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0410b&L=vanagon&F=&S=&P=18802

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 02:01:37 EST, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > i got this idea from another lister - please forgive me for forgetting who - > they posted up pics and everything... good idea. but i sort of refined > their idea alittle more. > > as most of you know, if you have a passenger van, there are already > provisions in the seatbacks for the middle and rear seats for adding headrests..you can > take your thumb and feel the holes in the metal framing of the seatback. > adding headrests to passenger van seats is easy..all you need is headrests and > headrest sockets ..i have both available if anyone wants to add headrests to > their middle/rear vanagon seats. > > for westy owners, its another story.. > the rear westy sofabed is made of plywood, and the seatback and seatbottom > are simply pieces of plywood with foam glued to them and then the upholstry > covered and stapled to them. there are no provisons for headrests. > > but it can be done. i borrowed the "hinge" idea from the other lister. > basically you take one of the headrests off your front seat, and measure the > diameter of the steel headrests posts, or bring the headrest to the hardware > store with you. > find a strap hinge, or a large door hinge..hinges that would normally be used > to hanging gates or shed or other large doors. find one that the hinge pin is > the same diameter as the headrest post. you need to buy 2 hinges. > > take the hinges home and tap out the hinge pins. you may need to cut off the > hinge pin head to tap them out. once you have the hinges seperated, these will > be the "brackets" that hold your headrests. > remove the tape that covers the staples on your westy seatback, at the top > back. remove the stapeles, and then peel back the upholstry and foam. > then you can use 1/2" screws and screw the hinge pieces to the inside of the > plywood seatback at the appropriate places so they will recieve both headrest > posts. > replace foam, and re-staple and tape upholstry. > you'll need to poke 2 holes in the upholstry for each headrest, but the > brackets will be concealed in the seatback so it will look stock. > just slide headrests out and throw them under the seat when you want to fold > it down into a bed. > > chris >


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