2nd gen Tacoma Seats

[JasonRedwood]

Test drove a 2012 Tacoma quad cab the other day.
I Found the head rests made the seats very uncomfortable. The headrest seems to be constantly angle forward which, for me makes for some uncomfortable posture... or sitting with a slouch.
Anyone else feel the same, and what have you done about the head rest/seat?

Thanks

 

[upcountry]

Which model did you drive? TRD seats are much nicer. I have never had the problem you describe and I'm 6'3". I'm curious why the headrest was so far forward.

 

[JasonRedwood]

Hmm. I must be the only that experienced this.
It was a TRD Offroad model. My wife and I both checked out the headrests, seemed to be no adjust for them to tilt back. I may have missed something. The sales man was a a lot of help, suggested we could just take them off. I'm 6 foot and the misses is 5'10". We may just be used to my 89 4runner and her 98 rodeo seats.
The tacoma angled my chin into my chest when I allowed my back to follow the seat. When I sat with a straight back, middle back head on the head rest there was a void between my back and seat.

 

[Plannerman]

My wife hates my headrests for this very reason and turns hers around when in the truck. I always wonder if she'll end up with whiplash in an accident...

 

[upcountry]

Hmmm. Ill take a pic of mine and post. Are the rear ones perhaps swapped with the front ones by mistake (assuming with post size this is even possible?)?

I personally have found them to be placed just right and the seats fit my height very well. Maybe they have changed them since my 07 was built?

 

[Finlay]

I've seen this complaint on other forums a time or two. Some people have a posture/body shape that makes the headrests really uncomfortable. I'm not one, and I think the Tacoma seats are pretty nice actually. People are different, and all that.

Anyway, some people just reverse or remove the headrests. I don't know that there are any aftermarket ones. It might also be possible to modify the existing ones somehow - there are guides for getting the headrests apart to replace/upgrade the upholstery (katzkin leather, for example) - with a vise and some persuasion.

 

[JWP58]

I LOVE the seats in my '10 TRD. They are about 100 times better than my '01 TRD and 200 times better than the bench in my '09.

 

[cwvandy]

Seat solution for '09 Tacoma TRD

 

[BenMara]

I found the seats so uncomfortable in my '09 Tacoma that I finally purchased a couple of Recaro seats in matching grey leather.

No seat airbags in 09' tacoma? Would love to see some pics of the seat frames..

 

[4RExpo]

I never really had a problem with them, but my wife who is shorter than me, absolutely hated them for the reasons you mention.

 

[bcrez]

What car did those recaros come out of? Or if you know it, what model are they?

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[BenMara]

What car did those recaros come out of? Or if you know it, what model are they?

http://www.recaro-automotive.com/en/product-areas/original-equipment.html

 

[cwvandy]

The seats were purchased from Recaro. They are the Recaro Style Topline seats. See:
http://www.recaro-automotive.com/us...uct/retired-products/style-style-topline.html
Purchase and installation was done in Seattle at:
Brad's Custom Auto
12719 28th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98125
Phone 206-367-1471 / Fax 206-368-8118
bradscustomauto@comcast.net
http://bradscustomauto.com
Absolutely fabulous seats. Price not for the faint hearted, but you get what you pay for.

 

[steve103]

turn the head rest around and you will be good to go..

 

[JWP58]

How are you sitting? I tried today to get the head rest to hit my head and the only way i can get it to is by laying the seat back and resting my head on it. Hopefully thats not how you guys are driving.....layed back homie style..

For reference Im 6'1".