I have taken the clips out on the driver side head rest. This way I  can
take the head rest out so that the door closes better when you have the
driver seat turned 90 degrees.
I do not feel there is a safety issue. I am 6' and even with the headrest
all the way done I feel safe that it will protect my cheese head :-)

Hans
Cumberland, Ontario

86 Westfalia (Slow Poke)
92 Cabriolet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flub@ADELPHIA.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:19 AM
Subject: Headrests- SAFETY CONCERN!

> I just finished swapping "new" seats from my '82 GL into my '82 westy
> (ones with arm rests!).  When I finished, I thought I'd position the
> headrests (restraints!) into their correct positions when ziipp! out
> came the plastic sockets that hold the drivers headrest in the seat! I
> managed to extend the restraint a bit by holding the plastic sockets in
> the seatback while lifting on the restraint... BUT, I really want to fix
> the problem. I feel this is a serious safety issue.
>
> Question-  does anyone know if the plastic sockets can be replaced? Or
> must I replace the whole seat?
>
> -  does anyone know of any other solution??
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brad