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Apologies if this has been covered before, I didn't search to see.
Well I wasn't happy to find the 25 Lariat had fixed 2 way headrests. The angle was too severe and the top of the headrest hit my head at an uncomfortable angle. Lots of other threads on this.
My first thought was to buy a 4 way maverick headrest from the old 22-24 luxury package and swap covers. But they're hard to come by, and seem to be overpriced. Plus they're still Maverick quality padding. Well, Escape parts are known to work, but only small percentage of top trim had 4 way adjustable headrests. But the Lincoln Corsair is escape based so....
I searched a bunch of corsair headrests on ebay and car-part.com. I found a pair that were 4 way adjustable with a very similar profile to the mav. And reasonably priced. I rolled the dice and ordered. They fit the mav perfectly. The covers swapped over with almost no wrinkles, I think they will settle in.
The adjustable is just different enough to be much more comfortable. I still have it all the way upright. The profile is slightly different for the better. It contacts my head evenly instead of just the top pushing uncomfortably. And the big bonus, the lincoln has a second softer foam inset in the front. So much better!
Since the maverick cover is 2 way, you wouldn't want to be adjusting it often. The 4 way covers have slots for the posts, the 2 way covers have holes. But I don't plan to move them.
And, I put the lincoln leather back on the maverick headrests, I can resell those. (With full disclosure, not screwing anybody)
All in all, I would have paid a lot more for this upgrade, but I wasn't sure it was going to work. It cost me $120 and I can still sell the other headrests. If you try it, be aware there are a few different profiles of corsair headrests. I'm also not sure if the activex headrest differs from the cloth. Just find one that looks like yours and go for it!
The first pic is both headrests with no cover. Note the foam insert on the lincoln.
Second pic is both maverick headrests, one original and one converted, and the tan lincoln headrest. Last 2 pics are the installed converted headrests.
Well I wasn't happy to find the 25 Lariat had fixed 2 way headrests. The angle was too severe and the top of the headrest hit my head at an uncomfortable angle. Lots of other threads on this.
My first thought was to buy a 4 way maverick headrest from the old 22-24 luxury package and swap covers. But they're hard to come by, and seem to be overpriced. Plus they're still Maverick quality padding. Well, Escape parts are known to work, but only small percentage of top trim had 4 way adjustable headrests. But the Lincoln Corsair is escape based so....
I searched a bunch of corsair headrests on ebay and car-part.com. I found a pair that were 4 way adjustable with a very similar profile to the mav. And reasonably priced. I rolled the dice and ordered. They fit the mav perfectly. The covers swapped over with almost no wrinkles, I think they will settle in.
The adjustable is just different enough to be much more comfortable. I still have it all the way upright. The profile is slightly different for the better. It contacts my head evenly instead of just the top pushing uncomfortably. And the big bonus, the lincoln has a second softer foam inset in the front. So much better!
Since the maverick cover is 2 way, you wouldn't want to be adjusting it often. The 4 way covers have slots for the posts, the 2 way covers have holes. But I don't plan to move them.
And, I put the lincoln leather back on the maverick headrests, I can resell those. (With full disclosure, not screwing anybody)
All in all, I would have paid a lot more for this upgrade, but I wasn't sure it was going to work. It cost me $120 and I can still sell the other headrests. If you try it, be aware there are a few different profiles of corsair headrests. I'm also not sure if the activex headrest differs from the cloth. Just find one that looks like yours and go for it!
The first pic is both headrests with no cover. Note the foam insert on the lincoln.
Second pic is both maverick headrests, one original and one converted, and the tan lincoln headrest. Last 2 pics are the installed converted headrests.
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