Luke's Box with an M3 rear bench? NE1?

[jeffesaurusrex]

Did anybody ever try a port in the rear deck? Is that even possible?

I used to have an Impreza and that was a popular solution for that crowd.

[Schnitzer318is]

which you still have not posted pics of!

I posted a whole thread with plenty of finished pictures...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=165607

LOL was wondering why you hadn't posted in it yet.:mrgreen:

Did anybody ever try a port in the rear deck? Is that even possible?

Yes, see above link for pics.

[Gruelius]

i dunno if this is hijacking but my e30 doesnt have the ski port in the wall behind the rear seat. what would you reccomend for a sub box luke?

[rhett325i]

i dunno if this is hijacking but my e30 doesnt have the ski port in the wall behind the rear seat. what would you reccomend for a sub box luke?

you just have to bang the hole out with a mallet or other blunt object. When you remove the rear seat back, you will see a square in the middle that must be removed. Then just get one of Luke's boxes and you are all set.

[Gruelius]

no there is no hole to speak of. I have seen the ski port on my 4 door but my 2 door doesnt have it

i know you dont believe me so ill find pics

[Gruelius]

not my car but same deal

[ck_taft325is]

Scrooged.

[StereoInstaller1]

not my car but same deal

Yup, if there isn't room in the trunk to fit a battery (318i, 325, pre-86) you have no ski pass.

I have done 2 like yours. Both got holes cut!

[Gruelius]

ah i thought it was luck of the draw good to know that its a years thing.

Does the ski pass have any structural benefit?

** well i mean the wall thats there (not the flimsy knock out ski pass)

[StereoInstaller1]

I can't claim to be any kind of structural engineer for anything beyond subwoofer boxes, and I can tell you I cut only what is needed to make the bass work...but the cars with the ski pass do have 2 vertical braces running on either side of the hole.

Grab a mates car and peek in there, with the false wall off, you will see what I mean.

Luke

[Gruelius]

nah my parts 30 has the ski pass so ill just check that out lol, im tempted to try and headbutt it out when the insurers tell me how much my cars worth (my 5 month project e30 got written off 20 minutes after i registered it when someone crashed up the back of me, was driving it home from vicroads (registration place where they have to sight the car) and cause i got no insurance im up shit creek for arguing my cars assessed value)

[foglght]

So if I have an '89, I should have a ski pass?

Crap, don't have a fold down seat, so what should I do? The one I have is in really nice condition.

[ck_taft325is]

You don't need a ski-pass through seat. Behind the regular seat there's a punch out piece of sheet metal you remove. You can drill some holes in the center foam directly behind it and mount a box (sub facing in with ports up to the speaker deck) to get better sound quality.

[mrbobian]

Does anyone with ports running into the cab but sub covered up by the seat have a problem with peaking around the tuning freq? It seems like a hell of a lot more sound would make it though right at tuning if the ports were in the cab and the sub really wasn't...

[StereoInstaller1]

Does anyone with ports running into the cab but sub covered up by the seat have a problem with peaking around the tuning freq? It seems like a hell of a lot more sound would make it though right at tuning if the ports were in the cab and the sub really wasn't...

It is called "compromise" my man...I just like the ones I pick, best.

I do cut out 3" or so of foam on the heavy leather, cloth and M3 seats, only where the ski pass is. It makes a huge difference.