TR6 Headrest

[NevSpit]

Good evening all. 
I have been working through a list of car jobs and whilst doing so noticed something that doesn’t seem quite right to me.  Maybe my logic is wrong but is this headrest the right way round with regard to the bend in the stem? 
Many thanks,

Paul. 

[dougbgt6]

Yes, I think that's right, certainly the same as my GT6. You crash, your head's thrown backwards, you want something that's going to spring backwards, not something that's going to stop you dead !

Doug

[NevSpit]

Thanks Doug.

I was thinking that the curve would move the headrest further away from your head when it was up so your head had further to travel before it was eventually stopped by the rest. If it was the other way round it would move it closer.  Academic really as my head is well above it anyway!

[Pete Lewis]

and keeping the stem away from your back bones 

not on a |TR but the orig seats in the 2000 has a similar unit and with the soft backrest having seen better days 

you could feel the guts of the seatback and head rest stem 

hence now have alfa seats witha ..........proper head rest  

many of the period were for advertising bumph not  serious safety 

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

It follows the curve of the spine (roughly) for driver comfort. The other way round, it would be like sitting at the Dentist's all the time...

[dougbgt6]

Are there still dentists? 

db

[Colin Lindsay]

3 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said:

Are there still dentists? 

db

Probably as many as TR6s. Used to be common, now rarer and quite expensive.

[Gully]

1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said:

It follows the curve of the spine (roughly) for driver comfort. The other way round, it would be like sitting at the Dentist's all the time...

Which is an issue that afflicts many modern vehicles - head restraints that push your head forwards uncomfortably. I had an issue with my modern car and went online looking for a solution and there are hundreds of threads on various forums with people replacing head restraints, removing them, reversing them, bending their supporting legs... Apparently, the manufacturers' thinking is that if you are already in contact with the head restraint, rear impact whiplash will be reduced. Seems to have been a growing problem from 2017 onwards.

Gully