Seat foam & Lukebox

[StereoInstaller1]

WHEN are you gonna post pics of those ports?

[quickervicar]

I think I found me a ski-pass seatback. Problem (hopefully) solved

[Schnitzer318is]

WHEN are you gonna post pics of those ports?

Will get some today when the wife gets home. I keep forgetting... or putting it off... or both. I forget which. ;)

[808BMW]

Fold down seat would be ftw though.

This. I'd convert to fold down before I put ports in the seat (well, I did :P).

[Schnitzer318is]

For Luke

Not the most elegant solution, but it really doesn't look bad, and completely (100%) eliminated the vinyl "flap." Also allows all bass into the cabin which is what this box was designed for anyway. I was terribly disappointed with the seatback in unmodified.





Oh well, not for everyone, I'm sure there will be those who think it looks terrible. Wife digs it, and she is very picky about these things. Get a great massage sitting in back now too. :)

[harv]

I don't think it looks half bad. Might look a little better if the ports were matched but then again, maybe not. Are the ports flared on the other side too?

John

[StereoInstaller1]

Oh yeah, that doesn't look half bad, does it?

I wonder how it would be to cut a small panel to fit behind the foam, something you could shove the ports through to secure them so they looked "tighter" in the seat?

Imma go grab a USPS shipping box, see if I can sell some 4" ports cheap enough to help anyone out who wants to do this. I have an assload of them, but if shipping is $10, it really isn't worth it.

[318Joe]

Oh yeah, that doesn't look half bad, does it?

It really doesn't. Would look a lot better on a black seat. And, I think, maybe one more port on top.

Are those secured from the back? I agree they could be tucked in a little more, but not much.

I have an armrest back seat, but it is tan leather and the rest of the interior is black. I could just port one of my vinyl seats and be done.

Where do you get the ports?

[harv]

Since I have a cloth int, I could just port the foam and leave the cloth cover intact. I guess you would still see em.

Hm.

John

[StereoInstaller1]

Since I have a cloth int, I could just port the foam and leave the cloth cover intact. I guess you would still see em.

Hm.

John

I would not even bother. I just swapped out the wifes "cut foam" to a non-ripped stock seat.

Seriously, about 10% difference between cut and not, and maybe a 5% difference between seat in or out with the seat I cut before I even started her install.

I wish it was not such a pain in the ass to take photos. I really should have at least 3 or 4 pics of the damn seat.

[KenC]

I left the foam in my vinyl seat and I haven't experienced any of the "flap." it vibrates my rear seatbelt receivers, but that's about it.

[Schnitzer318is]

It really doesn't. Would look a lot better on a black seat. And, I think, maybe one more port on top.

Are those secured from the back? I agree they could be tucked in a little more, but not much.

I have an armrest back seat, but it is tan leather and the rest of the interior is black. I could just port one of my vinyl seats and be done.

Where do you get the ports?

Weird, they are flush with the seat... pushed in as far as they can go without being pushed through the seat. They aren't secured by anything but friction. Just put some tape over the seat and trace around the port. Then cut just inside the lines so that the port sits tight in there.

I get the ports from a local audio wholesaler who sells to installers. Cost me $3 per port.

[StereoInstaller1]

So weird that the only store in this region that sells parts wants $15 each port (!) for that same plastic crap! Parts Express is like $2.05 or whatever, $3 is great...but $15? Weird how the whole Seattle area has less speaker building accessories than LA or San Diego, or even Portland.

[Schnitzer318is]

So weird that the only store in this region that sells parts wants $15 each port (!)

Holy crap! :shock:

[quickervicar]

+1 on the ports looking good. I would have considered this if I hadn't found the skipass seat.