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06-13-2012, 11:57 AM | #1 |
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Rear seat removal?
Has anyone taken out their rear seat of their car, specifically the part attached to the floor? If so how did it come out, are there any bolts, does it just pop into place?
I'm trying find out because I have a set of 12" subs that I took out of my Dodge Magnum when I traded it in and I want to put them in my BRZ, however with the trunk being so small and the depth of the trunk being less than the diameter of the subs I don't think the trunk is feasible without losing basically the entire trunk, however since the back seats are virtually useless since there is zero leg room and they seem to dip down pretty low below where the folded back access to the trunk i'm thinking I may be able to build a custom box to put the subs where the back seats are and still be able to open the back into the trunk for when I need to carry large items. |
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I'd be concerned that it might mess accidently trigger the rear seat airbag. That or somehow adversely affect normal opperation. I don't know how rear seats and the like are integrated like that in a modern vehicle. Makes me miss my 240. You could strip that thing out without a care in the world. No airbags anywhere.
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06-13-2012, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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Haven't taken them out but looks like there is one totally exposed bolt per seat bottom and they should just slide out.
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06-13-2012, 12:34 PM | #4 |
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Well I wouldn't worry about the rear seat airbags personally because the subwoofers don't need airbags
Yeah, the rain just finally let up so I was able to go out and take a look and saw that one bolt there, if that's it that will make it nice and easy, just gotta check to see if there is enough depth for my subs, which I need just under 8" if I make the boxes out of 3/4" MDF again, maybe 7" if I go fiberglass, so i'm guessing it'll either fit like a glove, or be a hair too tall. |
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Just buy a couple of good 10"s and build new speaker boxes. Problem solved. 12"s in this car is ridiculous anyway.
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The trunk is actually quite deep. There's a large foam tray under the "floor" containing the spare tire and a bunch of jack tools. But a LOT of foam. I haven't researched it, but I'd think you could remove the spare and foam tray and tools and dynamat the metal floor, giving you a lot of space for subs and an amp. Just an idea.
I don't run a spare tire in my other car, and if you pull the spare, no need for the jack and tools either. |
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Either way though I already have $1300 worth of speakers + amp from my Magnum, so it makes no sense to buy new stuff if I can make my current setup work in the BRZ. I thought about removing the spare to possibly put the subs there, but i'd really like to have it available just in case. And there would have to be a whole lot of foam to put a 12" in without eating up a lot of the trunk/taking out the spare, even the 10" sub box I've seen for the BRZ they had to angle the sub quite a bit to fit in in the shallow trunk height. And since the back seats are 100% useless why not make use of that spot, as much as Subaru wants to call the BRZ a 2+2 it's really just a 2 seater with a storage area behind the front seats, I honestly wonder if they did it strictly for insurance reasons or vehicle classification or something because there's no value added with those "rear seats". |
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false floor would be sick making it look like you just have your rear seats folded..
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This is a real rough image of what i'm thinking of doing, so the top of the box would have a layer for acoustically transparent fabric so the subs wouldn't be visible and the top of the box would be flush with the center hump so the back seat could still fold flat when needed, also I would put speaker grills over the speakers but under the fabric so I can put stuff back there without worrying about damaging the subs.
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True, a childs seat does fit back there, but I bet 99% of the people buying a brz/fr-s don't have carying a baby/young child around in a car seat in their mind as it's not a family friendly car.
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