The mounting bits were brand new from MB, but the headrest cushions were from my car and I got two more for the front, then I got the headrest posts (bent ones) from a W126 and just swapped them prior to checking out, kinda like what you did with the new headrest cushions.

Cool to know that an older W123 would still have rear headrests. Were they original?

edit: I hate to burst your bubble but it seems you installed them slightly too far back. Hard to describe how but the front lower portion of the headrest should be in line with the front top portion of the backrest, and they both fold in symmetrically.

Then again I realized you got them with the pointed headrests, which fold forward exactly as you've shown. On mine I got them from a W126 and they fold a bit more forward than yours.

Just another difference in both I guess!

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No bubble bursting here. I know they are off as you stated the post are for the bunny eared headrest and has a different frame to support the cushion. The internal brackets in the seat back are positioned correctly. I kind of like it this way because they actually sit lower when bent down forward without protruding too much cushion on one's head then the other setup. Of course I can easily get a set of w126 posts.

[EDIT: Looking at thedon's pic his is almost the same position as mine. ]


And yes they are original to the donor car.

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I'll whip the camera out and get some better pics of my rear headrests.

The interior came out of a Euro 230E sedan

Here is another shot with the headrest in its full upright position. It gets closer to the seat edge, opposed to the downward forward position.

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