I'm going to have wrap-around seating!

[NautiqueJeff]

I have decided to do something similar to what WakeJunky did to his boat. I am having a new cooler cushion made by a local upholstery shop, and I'll be building the box myself. I'm not sure what I'll put in the box (sub, batteries, or maybe just storage), but the additional seating will be nice. It should be complete within a few weeks!

[lcap]

Nice! Mine serves dual purposes: A seat for the hound and a house for the subwoofer

[actiondcpd]

I want to do the same thing as well. How much is the cushion costing you? Does that upholstery shop have the same material??

[NautiqueJeff]

Not sure on the price yet. I am taking over my cooler seat next Tuesday so that they can duplicate it. They say they can get pretty much any material. I know the owner, so I am hoping to get a good deal. They repaired a broken seam on a seat in my old boat for free, so I think I'll get a decent deal. I'll let you know what they charge once it is done.

[RAB]

That looks great. You should make a bunch of them and sell them. I would be interested at the right price.

[SilverSpraySports]

Hey Jeff,
Did you decide what to put in the box? I would be interested in hearing what you come up with!
-Doug

[NautiqueJeff]

Finally got the quote from the upholstery shop today. They're making the seat cushion for $100. I'll make the base myself out of marine plywood. My local dealer wanted $388 for the cushion and $296 for the base!

Does anyone know where I can get some of the carpet that CC uses? Is that a dealer item? I want it to match perfectly.

I still haven't decided what to put in the box. If I put a sub in the seat, can the panel where the factory sub mounts be removed to allow longer items like skis to be stored under the observer's seat? That factory sub isn't worth much anyway.

[ffmedic74]

The carpet is made by syntec. You should be able to call them and find a distributer for an exact carpet color/ounce match

[jhiestand]

I just did same with my '01. I'm pretty stoked to have some extra cupholders and a step. Cushion is in the works that will taper on both sides into the rear cushion.

NautiqueJeff, I ordered both the carpet and vinyl through my local dealer. Took a while on the carpet and unfortunately you can tell it's brand new versus my 3 year old boat carpet. Regardless, I'm digging it and the addition of the sub enhances boat sound nice.

[NautiqueJeff]

I have this almost done. It should be complete by tomorrow night. I'll post pictures then.

[AirNautique211]

How about before and after pictures? I do not have a Sante, but this may sper some ideas for us 211 folks or others.

[AirNautique211]

Spur not sper - my spelling is not good!

[Deuce]

Jeff....maybe time to write a how to article. I would love to give it a try...

Look forward to seeing the pictures.

E.J.

[jhiestand]

Hey NautiqueJeff, you get this completed? I FINALLY finished mine. Big holdups were problems with accompanying stereo upgrade and getting the cushion done. Anyway, it's a killer nice stereo upgrade, a nice step to access board rack (not that it's needed) plus some additional seating for my somewhat unconventional v-drive cockpit setup. I've got a Kicker 10" CVR in it, but found out after the fact that it should easily be able to accomodate two of them. That will be a winter upgrade as I have new amps that will easily power another CVR10.

[jhiestand]

Oh, and my fear was confirmed that the carpet is a tad fluffier than stock given the age of my boat, plus the vinyl looks a little too clean, but a little use should remedy!!

[NautiqueJeff]

Looks great! Mine is done too, and I am very happy with it. I had my cooler seat from the other side duplicated at an upholstry shop for $100 and built the seat base myself out of marine plywood. I covered it with marine carpet that I got at Lowe's, and it matched pretty well! The vinyl on my seat matches almost perfectly, and the seat looks stock. I really like the idea of shaping the seat like you did. That is a really good idea.

Here are some shots of mine.

[Laptom]

Oh, and my fear was confirmed that the carpet is a tad fluffier than stock given the age of my boat, plus the vinyl looks a little too clean, but a little use should remedy!!

It looks great!!
I have 1 question, can you take a picture of the base (pref. bottom). It looks like you have the base on some sort of legs (don't know the correct English word). Why is this?

[jhiestand]

Yes, I'll run off a pic when I get home of the bottom. Since the box houses a subwoofer, I cut vents along the front edge and the side for sound and to vent it. They're not really "legs", per se.

[jhiestand]

OK, managed to dig up a couple pix of the box in progress. Painted the bottom to seal it up and the side 'vents' are readily visible. Had to 'glass it on top and the sides to compensate for the thinner top I had to use in order to get sub clearance.