For me, the passenger headrest has always blocked a lot of my vision while looking over my shoulder. So I took it out. And just to keep things symetrical, I removed the driver's side also. It kind of gives the seats a hot rod look.

Yes, it's dangerous to do this, so anyone who's as much into safety as they are Mustangs, don't do it and then go out and drive. Just pull them out, sit in the car to see how it "feels" then put them back. It literally takes less than 5 seconds. You won't believe how much it opens up the interior!

I might put the driver's side back in and keep the passenger side in the back seat to reinstall anytime someone rides with me.

I look at it this way. It's no worse than riding around in my '65. Those seats didn't even touch my shoulder blades!

 

I agree it gives you more space inside and opens things up, but it doesn't look right. I just pulled mine all the way up and they don't bother me anymore. Does it help you to see out of the back too?

 

Yes. More than I would have ever thought. That's the reason I wanted to see what it was like with them out.

I agree, it takes some getting used to with the way it looks, but it has the look of those high-end hot rods.

 

Better go out and buy some voice recognition software now and start practicing, so when you get rear ended and become a quadrapelegic after breaking your neck you can still talk to us.

 

Ouch.

 

while i agree with your dangerous view on this...most of the time you snap your neck it`s from going foward.......

 

Interesting indeed!!

I give it a :notnice:

 

You might want to rethink that. When you are at a standstill and get rearended, your body (which is firmly held into the seat) moves forward with the car and your head (with no restraint in respect to the seat) will be snapped/forced backwards. Hence, not from going forward; more than likely from not even moving at all (in a rearend collision).

EDIT: Darn spelling

 

 

as everyone else has pointed out already, unless you're 4ft tall.. this setup could be potentially dangerous should you ever -god forbid- be rear-ended..

 

just sit real low ... lowrider style ... no worrys then

 

As I already stated, yes, it's dangerous, but I drove my '65 for several years and never thought about the danger. It even had lap belts.
Just try it and sit in the car. You don't have to drive around and it really only takes a few seconds and is very easy.
Or the next time you go somewhere in your car and you know no one's going to be riding with you, just take out the passenger side. Visibility is greatly improved.

 

Wow, you know what they say about opinions..........

 

Doesn't look at all good to me, and potentially quite dangerous. I'm afraid I really don't see the appeal.

What about removing the airbag in the steering wheel? It probably decreases visibility of the dash... :nono:

 

It's also illegal. You're disabling a safety device.

 

Not to mention if you are rearended, and, you are seriously injured your insurance will not cover it, since you "disabled a safety feature"

You and your passenger get a mild rearend and have to hit the hospital, thats 10-20k out of your pocket for medical for better visibility and an akward looking interior.

 

While I actually like it the fear of getting rear ended at 35-40 MPG or more make me say no. At those speeds you would be in BIG trouble where if you had them you would walk away.

 

OK. The concensis is no one else would do it...(or even remove them just to experience what I've described) however that's never stopped me before.

I went for a ride tonight and it confirmed how much I love it. I love the feeling of having more room and I especially love the visibility.

I've had 10 other cars since I was 16 and 4 of those were Mustangs. None of them, especially the Mustangs ('65, '88, '88, '03) would have given any support to my head in a rear end collision. Think about that the next time you get in a pre-'05 Mustang.

As for the comment about the airbag, it's funny you should bring that up, Paul. When I was looking for my 2nd Fox body Mustang I would only consider an 87-89 because I wanted a tilt steering wheel more than an airbag. Salesmen used to look at me like I was crazy and I'd just tell them if I wanted safety, I wouldn't be buying an LX 5.0 coupe.

 

They might not have given you any support in a collision, but, at least you wouldn't have to pay out of your pocket for medical expenses.

It's your car, ya can do what ya want. I guess some folks have 20k+ laying around minimum for medical expenses.

 

I would love to see a judge's face when someone gets brought in to his court for removing the headrests on their own car...
I'm sure the arresting officer would get an earful from the judge.