Bench seat with Headrests. Do they exist? Make or Buy?

[Far McKon]

Hey folks;

Spring is in the air, so I'm digging out my tools, looking at what I can wrench on a bit.

 

I happen to rather like my brain, but my MJ has a bench seat without headrests. I like the bench seat, and was looking to see if the MJ had bench-with-headrests, or if there was some way to retro-fit them. I'd guess you need some metal work or framing on the bench, for safety.  

 

  I searched these forums (and google) for a bit, but I couldn't find better info, so I started a new thread. My bad if someone covered it here, and I failed to find it.

1) Are there stock MJ benches with head-rests? If so, how hard are they to come by (seems hard to me)

2) Anyone added head-rests to a MJ Bench before? And not like 'glued on' but more of "Will stop my brain from visiting the bed of the truck" type.

 

Thanks.

[eaglescout526]

They do exist. 91-92 MJs got them. Supposedly late 90 did as well but we haven’t been able to confirm that. 

[Pete M]

I can confirm that.   though i don't know the exact date of change.

 

if you can find the back of a late model bench, it'll go onto the early bench.

 

oh, and RayBuck makes brand new covers for certain benches (though not all for some reason).

[fiatslug87]

7 hours ago, Pete M said:

I can confirm that.   though i don't know the exact date of change.

My 90 built 10/3/89 had a bench with headrests.

[Far McKon]

 Thanks for the photos @saveevryjp1998 .  I'm going to go dig  into that tomorrow, and see what iinside my seat. IT seems to be an 88, but worth a look. I also now know what to look for if I go get one off the forums.

 

Adding it to my checklist of things to dig around for.