I ned to take them off to ship so how the heck do you get them off?

Viper

 

You have to remove the cloth or leather cover, don't know if your familiar with it so I'll go through everything
There's a plastic strip at the bottom that holds the front and back of the back portion of the seat together, You need to pull it apart, then slide the seat cover up the seat, it'll want to roll inside out as you pull it loose from the strong super velcro that holds it to the foam core of the seat.
After that is pulled all the way up you can get to the plastic pieces that hold the metal bar for the headrest. They work alot like the retaining clips that hold the cowl on. Pull them apart and slide the headrest out.