My self-esteem is taking a beating.

lol

 

how much leg room do you have with the car seat behind you?

 

I haven't changed seating position at all, but I'm only 5'11". Now the boys, on the other hand, don't have nearly the leg space of the minivan, say, but they don't complain. In fact, they always, 100% of the time ask to ride in the Mustang! I did put protective covers on the seat backs, but for some reason they don't put their feet up there much anyway.

 

3rd time was the charm, thanks. For the benefit of those as dense as I am, there are buttons on both posts. Each button is on the driver side of the post.

 

That picture of the smiling kids is classic!

 

Would be a lot easier if they simply pulled upward until the posts came out. This lawyeristic design sux.

 

Has anybody tried this with cloth seats? I need to remove a headrest from my Boss but the seat does not have a seam where the leather meets the fabric in the pictures shown on this thread. Help please!

 

From what I've seen, people can replace their cloth interior with take-off OEM leather seat covers, so it should work the same.

If the Boss has the same split folding rear seat, then I would expect it to work pretty much the same way. The back of the leather seats is cloth, anyway.

 

Thanks - I looked again more closely and found the seam. It's just like the leather / cloth seam, but more difficult to locate since the fabrics are the same. I found the buttons and removed the headrest, now my son's car seat fits much better. Thanks!

 

Subbed so I can do this later.

 

This looks like something I need to do.

 

Anyone seen any aftermarket small headrests?

Scot, I'm just up the road from you in Roseville.

 

Modshack,

What and where did you get the post hole covers in the pic?

 

I'll guess reducing the car by this much weight will net .000013 MPG increase!

 

Those are just automotive plastic Push connectors. You could also use plain plastic plugs in the hardware drawers at Home Depot or Lowes..

Use a dab of clear silicone to keep them in position..

 

the front come off & the back on every other car

 

how do you remove the head rest from front seats 2006-20012

 

on the '05 you stick a paper clip in the hole opposite the shaft with the button.
on the '10 there's a flush button in place of the hole

 

On the '14, here is the release for the rear headrests. They are up inside the fabric and foam on the back of the seat. The driver's headrests have a similar button but it is on the outside. One side adjusts the headrests and you have to push the other side, too to release the headrest.
Here is the rear release.

 

I'm pretty sure this thread will be helpful for years to come. Anyone with car seats will benefit from removing the rear headrests on their Mustang to regain visibility since the headrests can't tip forward with most car seats in place.

I want to thank Skotty for the original post, pics and diagrams over 4 years ago. Also thanks to Bubbaj for the key clarification that there are two buttons per headrest, one per post, all of them on the driver side of the post. And finally thanks to Automatic 5.0 for that missing link that was the photo of the button itself. Without all this info and all the other contributions I might have wasted a lot more time and probably damaged my leather back seats in the attempt.