At one of the previous meets, I tried out Petes(?) headrests and found that at 6'2" they sat too low on my head to be comfortable, but I also get a cold draft of wind right in the middle of my head with the roof down. So I have inserted a piece of perspex into the headrest to block the wind coming through the mesh. It is virtually invisible, only if you look closely can you see it, and it appears to be guiding the wind out from my head (onto my ears unfortunately) and I no longer get that drafty feeling.

Its not perfect ( the slightly colder ears), but it definitely has made my head warmer, and means I can go on wearing a baseball cap rather than a beany cap (like Tif) that just doesnt suit me

Took 10 minutes per side, and can be removed in seconds. For those taller drivers amongst us it might be worth a try!
Now I just need to increase the height of the wind deflector to warm those ears!!

 

Sounds good Ross, I tend to get a cold right shoulder at motorway speeds too when I wear only a fleece jacket

PS I don't think I suit my PRH either but I gave up caring about it a long time ago - my ears are lovely and warm

 

Ross, got any pics ?
How did you attach them ?


Cheers.

 

Yes, that was me (I look stupid in a woolly hat too

Incidentally, Ross, how do you stop your baseball cap from blowing away? I have a problem and I'm only just 6'

 

I will post some pictures later, but basically the plastic piece on the back of the headrest is attached by 4 clips (thanks Pete for showing me this) and once removed the mesh area is exposed underneath. This area is slightly larger than the plastic covering you have removed, thus once cut to size and the headrest is clipped back on, it holds the perspex in place perfectly. No rattles at speeds up to 60mph (all I have tested so far) and no ties or anything to show you have done it.
I will take some pictures in a minute and upload them.

Pete - I have a baseball cap that is a tight fit and make sure I pull the brim down, it makes life even more difficult to see traffic lights if you are first in the queue but oherwise works fine for me.

 

Quick question -

Does anyone else get a freezing cold draft down the right hand side of the driver's seat with the roof down (and windows up) ? If I put my hand down the side whilst driving its like a gale down there !!

Matt.

 

Not that I have noticed Matt - will check later

Okay, some pictures for you Andy
Taking it really simple - the back of the seat with the perspex installed



Then with the clips higlighted after the back is removed (perspex is now just visible around the edges



Now the view of the piece removed with the perspex laying on top - you may just see the small overlap that holds the perspex in place (highlighted by the orange arrows) and the clips highlighted in green.



Then just in case anyone wanted to try it, I have shown with a ruler for scale, my perspex cut outs, same for both sides obviously.



Hope that helps, I am off to try and make my own higher wind deflector now!! (Can you tell I haven't got a job?? Still, the sun is shining and the golf course is calling ) (Sorry to all at work )

 

Ross!

A medal for innovation and practicality is currently being minted! I think others who've made noble attempts at similar solutions didn't realize that the back of the headrest unclipped like that. I certainly didn't. Yours is the neatest most elegant solution.

NOW: Can we please have a proper breakdown of the job.... tools, methods used, sourcing of plastic etc.

 

Cedric, that's how mine and MattRs's headrests are fastened on. They have four pieces of nylon tape that pass through the OEM "hole" and then the retaining screws as shown in Ross's pics screw back in through the tightened tape. Then the cover clips back on and job's a good 'un (Nothing to do with me, mind; the installation instructions came with the headrests!)

Just as a caution, and I don't know if Ross did this too, but when I levered off the cover at the back of the headrest, I used a stiff putty knife covered in carpet tape to protect the edges of the plastic covers.

Pete

 

Ross, that is a brilliant job you've done!

Will you have the wind deflector in place by May 11th? If it's really neat will you make me one (at a suitably approriate price of course)?

Pete