528i headrest removal

[cyrnos]

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I have a '99 528i and want to remove the front headrests to install sheepskin seat covers. I have been unable to do so and 2 BMW service reps have told me they are removable by just pulling them out. Maybe I am not strong enough, but I can not extract them. I have an '06 Jag XK8L and its head rests not not removable. Is that really the truth with my BMW???

 

[E30m42cab]

okay, I just went out and tried mine, granted it's not the same model (1992 e34 525i), but I know where you're coming from. They stop at a the highest setting and you'd think thats as far as they go, but if you put it back down to "low", and then jerk them up as fast and as hard as you can, they'll go past the notch that keeps them in, and it'll pop right out... and you'll bang your hand and arm on the ceiling of the car

 

[White94RX]

Yup. just jerk on it.