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buongiorno boys. im keen on the idea of having rear headrests in my EL GLi. i pressed around the top of the seats this arvo, feeling for holes for the headrests to just drop into but coulcnt find anything. maybe they go into the parcel shelf... anybody able to shed a bit of light on this extremely important issue? i cant have my precious backseat passengers having nowhere to place their heads.
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| XRfairmont67 |
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hi, the mounting brackets are not welded into the gli seats. you need futura/fairmont optioned rear seat frames. probably easier to find a set of futura /fairmont seats at wreckers than changing frames. craig
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thanks craig for clarifying. i was thinking it may have been something like that. damn pov packs... step by step i have to keep building mine up to a fairmont.
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it can be done,did so myself recently. i went to my local self serve wreckers and bought a pair of rear seat backs with headrests for $20 and have transferred the frames into my el xr8 rear seats as they didnt have back headrests. i found a rear pair of ed ghia leather donut headrests at same wreckers $20 and had them retrimmed to match the el fronts
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so whats the go? there is a seperate frame to get? i just thought that there would be holes in the seat to slot the headrests in. im on ebay now looking for fairmont seats.
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so whats the go? there is a seperate frame to get? i just thought that there would be holes in the seat to slot the headrests in. im on ebay now looking for some fairmont velour seats.
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hmmmmmm. au fairmont rear seats. i know u can fit the au fronts into an el with a bit of playin round with the bases but what about the rears? can they just drop strait in?
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yeah the rear seat uppers are different internal frame. i swapped my el xr material and foam onto the fairmont frames. dunno about au seats sorry
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oh yeh ok then. thanks craig
 off to the wreckers i go
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| EBIIexpress |
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AU rears ( mum's got an AU III Falcon ) have a humped design...no "separate" headrest
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EBIIexpress wrote: AU rears ( mum's got an AU III Falcon ) have a humped design...no "separate" headrest
yeh i found one on ebay and thought it looked allright. im liking the fold down arm rest with built in drink holders. not sure wether they are a simple switch though. |
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duderat wrote: hmmmmmm. au fairmont rear seats. i know u can fit the au fronts into an el with a bit of playin round with the bases but what about the rears? can they just drop strait in?
Can be done but needs some mods and trim work done. macxr8 fitted AU front and rear leather, here is some poor pictures I took of the rear seat conversion.
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oh yeh... hmmmmmmmm could be a project for the school holidays. thanks macca
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Wowo--- Now you've got me almost buying some black leather AU XR8 seats that have been hit by deploying airbags......
Hope it wasn't too much work to get the seats fitting... I am handy with an angle grinder, but I leave the welding to someone who owns the equipment... I think I'll buy them if the price is within my outstretched grasp....!.... (will have to pick up the pace of selling parts on auction sites...!) |
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