Hole/compartment in center of rear seat? - Honda Prelude Forum

FGarcia1 · 05-12-2002, 12:03 PM

This is a dumb question, but I gotta ask:

What the hell is that compartment in my back seat for? Between the two rear seats there's this hole covered in a fine mesh or something like that. Does it serve a practical purpose?

Machine Head · 05-12-2002, 12:05 PM

it's supposed to be for a 6x9 subwoofer that came from the factory..

FGarcia1 · 05-12-2002, 12:07 PM

A subwoofer? Were they self-powered or did Honda have an amp somewhere in the car?

Machine Head · 05-12-2002, 12:15 PM

You mean this peice right?

the amp was small and mounted back there as well,
most people remove it and replace it with a larger 6x9 and use an outboard amp

BryanS · 05-12-2002, 12:15 PM

rumor has it that there is an amp somewhere that powers it. I will be removing mine soon and will try to locate the amp. I bet a Helms manual would show it's location...

G_Loc · 05-12-2002, 12:22 PM

according to my helms, the amp sits right below the sub on a metal plate

SiR-P12eLude · 05-12-2002, 12:45 PM

G-Loc is correct it's just a little amp powering that little 6x9 sub. It's small but really help pack in the punch

SiR-P12eLude · 05-12-2002, 12:47 PM

And one more thing (replying to FGarcia1) you've never knew what that part of mesh was all about...?

you've never notice sounds come out of it??..?

FGarcia1 · 05-12-2002, 02:07 PM

Yeah, there's no speaker there; the previous owner must have taken it off. I'm surprised he didn't take the tweeters, too. But I had no idea what that was. Makes sense, I guess...

Right now I've got a pair of subs in a box, the box is really tightly packed into the trunk, so there's no way for any air to flow through that opening. If I could make a custom enclosure, maybe that opening might let more bass flow through. Thanks, everyone!