I have been fiddling with bits of the car and spent some time in the back seat, whilst the leg room, seat base etc are OK.

I find the rear seating position quite awkward. When you have it on full recline, you cannot rest your head on the headrest.

When I adjust to to a more upright position (wow its a plane!), the headrest is closer to my head, but again not the best.

Just wondering whether they are designed as such for safety reasons? I don't spend time in the back seat, and I rarely get more than 1 passenger, but would it be possible to fit other VAG headrests?

Coincidentally, I came across this: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/test-drives-initial-ownership-reports/587265d1312274589-battle-unequals-skoda-yeti-vs-honda-civic-10-000-km-driven-dsc_0046.jpg from http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-drives-initial-ownership-reports/105506-battle-unequals-skoda-yeti-vs-honda-civic-10-000-km-driven.html

The owner moved the swapped the front and rear headrests, this seems like a good idea for rear comfort, but would the whiplash protection still works?

I have a feeling the car belongs to a member here http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/203992-recommendations-to-skoda-on-yeti/

That just looks a bit odd IMHO.

As all the headrests are designed to provide whiplash protection they should do so whether fitted to front or rear seats but if you are tall there may not be enough vertical adjustment on the rears fitted to front seats. (adjusted correctly, the horizontal internal frame should be level with your eyes) and would the front headrests fitted to the rear seats restrict the view behind when reversing?

I have been fiddling with bits of the car and spent some time in the back seat, whilst the leg room, seat base etc are OK.

I find the rear seating position quite awkward. When you have it on full recline, you cannot rest your head on the headrest.

When I adjust to to a more upright position (wow its a plane!), the headrest is closer to my head, but again not the best.

Just wondering whether they are designed as such for safety reasons? I don't spend time in the back seat, and I rarely get more than 1 passenger, but would it be possible to fit other VAG headrests?

Just raise the headrest a notch or two, and you will be fine.

I have been fiddling with bits of the car and spent some time in the back seat, whilst the leg room, seat base etc are OK.

I find the rear seating position quite awkward. When you have it on full recline, you cannot rest your head on the headrest.

When I adjust to to a more upright position (wow its a plane!), the headrest is closer to my head, but again not the best.

Just wondering whether they are designed as such for safety reasons? I don't spend time in the back seat, and I rarely get more than 1 passenger, but would it be possible to fit other VAG headrests?

Hi there, I hope you don't mind me pointing out that "headrestraints" are not for resting heads on, they are to stop your head flying backwards in an accident. I would not like to think of what the insurance company would think of swapping them, as these days the first thing they think of is how not to pay out.

I think the person in that link that swapped the headrests must be of a very tiny frame... those rear headrests not only look wrong on the front (and in that colour resembles ET gone home) but will also be way too low for your average driver.

I find the rear headrests uncomfortable only if they are in their lowest position. Raised a bit they do not dig into my back so much.

As above,they are not for resting your head on, with the large fronts on the back the rear view must be severely limited, and the rear seats probably will not fold flat without removing them.

Thanks for the replies. I realise they are for protection as well (ie as head restraints). I don't think I am going to get better headrest for the rear passers as it protrudes when I fold the seats completely and hence impractical, also I have not spent any time in the back apart from the test drive and yesterday.

I was just thinking those range rover rear seats are really comfortable and one of the reasons are the supportive headrests which can be adjusted to your head (again similar in Mercs and BMW). My dream headrest (that sounds weird) would be from a P5B Rover, never been in one, but they do look very comfortable and pillow-like.

I think there is a very natural tendency to collect all the desirable features from all the cars one has owned and expect tham all to be collected in your next new car.

Clearly not likely to happen.

Coincidentally, I came across this: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/test-drives-initial-ownership-reports/587265d1312274589-battle-unequals-skoda-yeti-vs-honda-civic-10-000-km-driven-dsc_0046.jpg from http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-drives-initial-ownership-reports/105506-battle-unequals-skoda-yeti-vs-honda-civic-10-000-km-driven.htmlThe owner moved the swapped the front and rear headrests, this seems like a good idea for rear comfort, but would the whiplash protection still works?I have a feeling the car belongs to a member here http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/203992-recommendations-to-skoda-on-yeti/

Hi there, I hope you don't mind me pointing out that "headrestraints" are not for resting heads on, they are to stop your head flying backwards in an accident. I would not like to think of what the insurance company would think of swapping them, as these days the first thing they think of is how not to pay out.

I think the person in that link that swapped the headrests must be of a very tiny frame... those rear headrests not only look wrong on the front (and in that colour resembles ET gone home) but will also be way too low for your average driver.I find the rear headrests uncomfortable only if they are in their lowest position. Raised a bit they do not dig into my back so much.

Hi All,

Yes, this Yeti does belong to me! The Team-Bhp thread is mine, where I have compared my experiences of having driven both the cars for around 10K kms. I know the cars are completely different, but it is the perpetual sedan vs SUV (crossover) debate that many people here go through when buying a new car!

Anyway, coming back to the topic. I tried this as an experiment, and it works for me! My height is 5ft 8In, and I find the rear headrests much more comfortable on the front seats and they give better neck support. Of course with other taller people this may not be the case.

If you compare the backrests of the front and the rear seats, the length of the front seats is much longer than the rear seats and hence the position of the headrests is better this way. Also, when you put the front headrests on the rear seats, they also offer a more comfortable seating position.

Visually it may appear a little out of place on the rear seats like this, but in reality if you see Volvo XC60 and XC90, the rear headrests which they offer are like this, which was my original inspiration.

(I don't know on the whiplash protection of the active head restraints part as the mechanism could be in the seat back and not in the headrest itself. )

I find that this arrangement works well and also improves the front view for the rear passengers and offers better neck support for the driver (me).

Regards,

Sameer

Hi All,

Yes, this Yeti does belong to me! The Team-Bhp thread is mine, where I have compared my experiences of having driven both the cars for around 10K kms. I know the cars are completely different, but it is the perpetual sedan vs SUV (crossover) debate that many people here go through when buying a new car!

Anyway, coming back to the topic. I tried this as an experiment, and it works for me! My height is 5ft 8In, and I find the rear headrests much more comfortable on the front seats and they give better neck support. Of course with other taller people this may not be the case.

If you compare the backrests of the front and the rear seats, the length of the front seats is much longer than the rear seats and hence the position of the headrests is better this way. Also, when you put the front headrests on the rear seats, they also offer a more comfortable seating position.

Visually it may appear a little out of place on the rear seats like this, but in reality if you see Volvo XC60 and XC90, the rear headrests which they offer are like this, which was my original inspiration.

(I don't know on the whiplash protection of the active head restraints part as the mechanism could be in the seat back and not in the headrest itself. )

I find that this arrangement works well and also improves the front view for the rear passengers and offers better neck support for the driver (me).

Regards,

Sameer

Thanks for the reply Sameer! I knew it belongs to someone here!