anyone have a lukebox with a non skipass/armrest rear seat?

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  • ACS Cabrio
    Wrencher
    • Aug 2012
    • 243
    #1

    anyone have a lukebox with a non skipass/armrest rear seat?

    im in a pickle,

    Ive got EXCELLENT garage kept original owner blah blah interior that id like to keep all in there. Downside is that i have the solid back rear seat.

    I saw on GAS site that the 12" woofer has ports that extend through the rear speaker deck. that seems like a viable option. (awaiting response from luke)

    Other than that, What have ya'll, with a fixed back rear seat, done as far a lukeboxs are concerned?

    Thanks in advance
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    • butters
      E30 Fanatic
      • Nov 2010
      • 1202
      #2
      I have a 10" lukebox and an excellent original interior as well, and I am using my standard vinyl rear until I piece together black fronts to match my armrest/headrest and black door cards.

      Simply gut some of the foam where the skipass would be and it's fine. I actually am enjoying the uber stealth nature of it. Sound is still incredible, the foam and vinyl don't stand a chance. The ports are somewhat blocked of course, and I'm not sure what I'm missing out on with that, but I have no complaints.

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        • ACS Cabrio
          Wrencher
          • Aug 2012
          • 243
          #3
          Originally posted by butters
          I have a 10" lukebox and an excellent original interior as well, and I am using my standard vinyl rear until I piece together black fronts to match my armrest/headrest and black door cards.

          Simply gut some of the foam where the skipass would be and it's fine. I actually am enjoying the uber stealth nature of it. Sound is still incredible, the foam and vinyl don't stand a chance. The ports are somewhat blocked of course, and I'm not sure what I'm missing out on with that, but I have no complaints.
          Awesome! thanks for the reply, just what i wanted to hear

          Luke also replied and said nearly the same.

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            • rhett325i
              E30 Addict
              • Jan 2005
              • 575
              #4
              I have a 10" lukebox, no ski pass, with no foam gutted, and it still sounds far better than any other setup I have tried.

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                • StereoInstaller1
                  GAS
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 22679
                  #5
                  A big factor is what seat you have too. Cloth, M3, skipass, vinyl or leather all work differently

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                    • Steve Corbett
                      E30 Addict
                      • Jul 2012
                      • 449
                      #6
                      I take it not all E30's have a Ski pass access plate/hole. I was looking at purchasing a Luke box, removed the trunk partition only to find this. Bummer! 1984 325E Cloth seats.
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                        • Schnitzer318is
                          R3VLimited
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 2057
                          #7
                          I used a couple of ports on my rear seat back. I do not consider the car an original show quality car so I just wanted something nice and clean. I have vinyl seats installed and with some foam gutted and the sub hitting moderately it would flap and rattle the heck out of the vinyl. Soooooo... I cut it. Now it sounds amazing(er) especially considering I only have about 200 watts going to my sub. By the way this sounded so much better I did it to my other e30's rear seat as well.

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                            • 325ix
                              R3V OG
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 7783
                              #8
                              I have the set up above with leather seats.

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