Hi all,

I was wondering what year TLs have tilting (front to back) front headrests. My 06 6-spd does not have this option, and I'd like to know if I might have the option of swapping with a different year TL. I realy like this option in my wife's BMW.

-Mike

 

If you can create this feature, I will buy it from you!!

None of them do, they only go up and down. (at least mine 08 TLS doesn't)

I do miss this feature also from my bmw, but then again, they are not mean to keep you comfortable, but to prevent a whiplash in an accident or hard braking.

 

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My '07 TL-S front headrest DOES have a front/back tilt.

 

ok. now I feel like a dumbass, will check this out later, they just looked like they dont, lol.

live and learn.

Be back with an answer later...lol.

 

Damn now I wanna go home and check.... I couldve sworn that they did tilt a bit

 

They do tilt, but it's hard to get them to stay in place.

 

my 06 has the tilt headrest

 

WTF is everyone talkin about??? lift the rest up one notch and it tilts. EVERY MODEL TL EVERY YEAR TL

 

the reason you think they dont tilt is because they are slotted into the seat thats why u lift it up a little bit

 

Wow, I need to check this when I get home (drive my 4x4 on bad weather days). I'm sure I tried tilting them in the past, and I do keep the headrest up a couple of notches.

 

it does tilt, just not the way I was hoping for...it goes up (away from you head), and as you tilt, you are really just compensating for height and the move away distance....hope I'm making sense.

In bmw, i could of raised the height straight up, and tilt the headrest towards my head.

But whatever, this is still better than what I had in my 2G

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I"m with above stupid, in addition, I also own an '06 RBP/Parchment TL.

RBP 4 everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

Once I moved the headrest up a bit (I am too tall for the default position), I was able to move it forward (toward my head). Getting it to stay there when pushing on it with anything harder then minimal pressure is a different question

 

This is one of the sweetest options on BMWs. I miss my old 3 series simply for this.

 

FYI the headrest is there for when you are in a collision and it minimizes whiplashes, thats pretty much all they are for.

 

True that they minimize whiplashes, however, they are really meant for your head to rest on... hence the name "headrest".

 

Umm, no. Fulani - I've seen alot of your posts and your are way off all the time bro. WTF.

 

When I got home last night I went into the garage to check my TL's headrest to see if they tilt. I needed to apply just a bit of force, but they do indeed tilt. Cool. I guess I was being a bit too gentle and just assumed that they didn't tilt.

Another stupid question answered by the forum

-Mike

 

My '07 TL-S has the tilt feature.


But since I've added my P2R throotle body spacer/gaskets, and my K&N CAI
the added thrust makes it stay tilted ALL THE WAY BACK

 

Glad to hear you found the solution Mike because my 06 has the tilt headrest. You should had it also

 

Yes they do tilt for sure, all TLs do. It's a feature I can't live without. The only thing is they don't tilt as much as they do in a Mercedes or BMW. Ol skool Mercedes headrests tilt a lot!