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Old 12-24-2017, 09:58 PM
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Hello,
Does anyone know how to remove the headrest from the sports seats for LCI models? I believe it's active headrest but I'm not certain.

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Old 12-25-2017, 07:01 AM
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Take a look at this new BMW service manual. Enter the last 7 digits of your vin number and drive down to what you want to do...

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/
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Thank you!
It looks like i have to disconnect the battery. So annoying.
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Better to disconnect the negative pole of the battery than fry a $1000 worth of modules....
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Thank you and I did successfully removed the headrest to install a seat cover. The battery disconnect part was actually easy enough.
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I documented the steps in https://5series.net/forums/diy-do-yo...emoval-148006/
Hopefully it will help someone else who's in my shoes.
Once again, thank you for helping out.
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You're certainly welcome and pleased it worked out for you.
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