[Jiraiya]

What can you guys tell me about this box? It seems like a perfect solutions to the space problem but how hard is it to put into the seat without destroying the whole thing? Any of you guys use one?

[JKNIPE2000]

Im in the process of doing mine. Yesterday i finished up building the box and bolted it into my seat frame. Now i have to get the foam i need and start trimming it to make it look like a seat and cover it and put it back in the jeep.

if your scared of messing it up go to the junkyard and get an old seat and do a practice run? the materials are cheap enough...i have 15-20 dollars in mine and its almost finished.

[SirGCal]

The 33engineering design one is based off using two 10" boston subs. If you stray from those, you might not get the best sound due to the small box volume and mounting depth. For best results, it also requires your seat to be raised a few inches... But it's custom built for the speaker size you want to use. (most single 10" and even a few 12" might fit in there. 5.25" mounting depth limit.) Personally, the box leaves me wanting... It's a good box but seems to cut some corners for simplicity... That why I designed my own.

The schema for my box is available here: http://sirgcal.lunarpages.com/2ktj/ (use the 2nd one, picture 2 in the enclosure section...) I put my schematics online for anyone to use. My design doesn't require the raise of the seat for improved sound and can hold 3x6", 2x8" or 1x10" with minimal modifications. The smallest design (3x6") is .589 ft^3 total internal volume. So far, no one has been able to tell they were sitting on a box in my TJ either. (they all ask me where the subs are once they hear the audio but never know they are sitting on the box...) Once I mention it, they think for a minute and can usually tell the seat is slightly firmer if they know what a regular TJ rear seat is like... but that's about it.

Feel free to use my designs and give them to your preferred custom box builder... It's a pretty simple design that can be done in a day. All cut pieces are listed for quick laybor. (I used 36" top height for the best seating performance, (notice the two items checked with a *...))

Also, note: both of these (mine and the 33-eng) are also only designed for the frames of the late '90s, up to '02 seats. Newer seats will require a new design but I havn't had an 02-04 seat to work on yet.

[ldogg]

SirG.... hey man... I'll be in Austin in July.. maybe I'll drop my Jeep off at your house and you can play with my backseat... perhaps improve my box design to make it both more comfortable and easier on the fold/tumble aspect...

[SirGCal]

Sure!

[350JeepCj5]

Does anyone know of somethin like that for a cj rear seat, or can anyone draw up some plans for one?

[SirGCal]

I'd need to see the frame and get measurements and dimensions of that and the foam before anything could be designed... Anyone in Austin got a CJ? LOL!