MGB headrest speakers

[b6281t]

I liked the idea of built in speakers in the Miata and Fiero seat swaps. But having a limited budget and wanting to keep a more stock look I came up with this.


Starting with a set of headrest in such bad shape I couldn't tell they were supposed to have a wood strip along the bottom to staple the ulpolstery onto. I ended up using sheet metal screws to attach the cover.

I fabricated sheet metal boxes to house the speakers.

I split the foam cover lenthwise and opened up the cavities to fit the new speakers and used contact cement to reassemble the two halves.

[Moderator]

So very, very cool!

Does the third photo show that you tried two different kinds of speakers, or does it show the front and back views side-by-side?

[b6281t]

Thanks, its front and back views. I wired the drivers side as the front speakers and pass. side as rear speakers so the volume can be adjusted from side to side.

Bob

[MGBV8]

Very nice!

[bsa_m21]

I like it!

[mowog1]

Nice job!  Did you vent the rear of the headrest to allow the speakers to breathe?

[b6281t]

No should I? they sound fine to me

[mowog1]

From Mr.Mikes webpage...(scroll down through the instructions)

http://www.mrmikes.com/fierospeakers.htm

[b6281t]

Thanks for the feedback Rick I'm always open to learning something new. I made the speaker headrest 9 years ago and I'm no audiophile but they do sound fine to me.
Bob

[mowog1]

I was talking with Kelvin Dodd (Moss Motors) at the BMTA conference last weekend.

I think he's going to be doing a conversion similar to yours for his MGB.