Nigel215

Ok, My friend built a speaker box for my truck, it looks and fits great. The only problem is that he never accounted for the lip of the speaker sticking out of the top of the box. The seat goes down, but you have to sort of force it. I guess is part of the seat frame that comes down on the back of the speaker lip ...and i dont want all the weight on the speakers.

I was thinking of raising the back seat. it only needs to go up about 1/2 inch or so. First I thought of just using some washers under the seat mounts...but then i realizes that wont let the "foot" of the mount be flush with the floor. Then I thought I could just get some small metal plates and just drill some holes..... anyone else have any ideas or have already done this? I need to get this dont by the weekend before I have people pile in my back seat. thanks.

p.s. I will post up some pics soon.

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jeverett

When I was going to raise a 02 back seat, we considered using either some square tubing, or round tubing to lift about an inch or so. It all looked like it would work, I'm not sure though. You could also fab a small bracket that would mount to the factory holes, and then mount the seat to your newly fabbed bracket.

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White Lightening

Nigel,

Considering that the seats are already properly placed, secure, and comfortable - how about just shaving down the speaker box? If that is possible - don't just take off the 1/2 inch, maybe go 3/4 so there is not pressure on the cabinet - you'll get better response.

White Lightening

Nigel215

yea, i was lookin to get a metal plate and drill holes to match the factory bolts. At first we thought to just shave down the box but its not thick enough..pluss its too sweet to possibly damage. Maybe ill get some more responces

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jeverett

It would be easy to make the little spacers. How about like cutting a a hockey puck and drilling a hole in the center for the bolt...people even use those for body lifts on their trucks.

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Jetts

yea and they die, thats a horrible way to do a bodylift

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Nigel215

i would rather use metal than a hockey puck...

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v10_viper

I raised the bench seat in my 92 reg cab for the same reason, got some 1.5" by 3" metal tubing and put under there, I dont mind the seat being higher either. I can't really say that I know what your seat looks like so the pics would be nice but maybe just some metal pipes that you can slip a bolt through, just cut them down on a chop saw and get some longer bolts.

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chuck16

Just out of curiosity why not flush mount the speakers. Router the ring of the sub so it's flush with the box? Or can you mount the subs from inside the box???
Or
Cut the carpet out???? not really an option as it would really hurt your resale value...

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jeverett

I was using that as an example. Where did I say I agree with lifting a truck like that?

Exactly.

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batmn7

I am in the process of raising my backseat right now. I am using 1 1/2 in. steel square tubing. I custom fabricated them, but now am stuck wondering how to mount the back of the seat to the wall??!! So if anyone has any ideas on how to mount the back of the back seat to the wall let me know. But thats how I did the bottom.

Here are pictures of the mounting bracket

Let me know what you think

If the link above doesnt work, just copy and paste this one.
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/765541/3

jeverett

What year truck do you have? On the '01 I just installed some stuff in, the back seat came out as a whole. I thought they were all like that.. oops

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batmn7

You're correct it is one whole piece, its just that the back of the back seat slides down into place on these little U-shape things. The U-shape things are welded to the back of the cab. So i need to figure out how to make it slide down back into them. See what I'm sayin??

batmn7

I have an 01 too.

jeverett

I gotcha now. I'll check out that truck I did and see.

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