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trayson
10-21-2014, 05:59 PM
My XLV has a rectangular cutout under the driver's seat. what is this for? I will probably put the Euro vents from my heatercraft heater system there when I install them over the winter. just curious what was the original intention.

You can see it in this pic:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GH9nxBiFEko/VA8vp81e1LI/AAAAAAAAUN4/2Hf-R3zM_cY/s800/20140908_201917_resized.jpg

KG's Supra24
10-21-2014, 06:08 PM
Mine has a storage box that goes in that hole .... If you are talking about below the seat, facing the bow

trayson
10-21-2014, 06:14 PM
Mine has a storage box that goes in that hole .... If you are talking about below the seat, facing the bow

Yeah, that's where I'm talking about. It's an interesting spot, given that the seat is over the top and the storage compartment behind it isn't accessible from the top because of the flip up reclining seat.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JjL-lOknuPE/VDdY091FClI/AAAAAAAAUg8/euIM5LrTfAs/s400/20141009_180553.jpg

Personally, I think when all is said and done, that having the heatercraft blower and hot tubes under the driver's seat and under the flip up seat's storage compartment will work out pretty well. Good place to keep all that hose.

KG's Supra24
10-21-2014, 06:19 PM
That does sound like a good plan. Only issue I would see is that those flip up seats are the strongest and if someone laid against it wrong, it would smash the extended hoses. Or you could have the houses come out of the seat base, facing the cabin.

How are you going to get the heater box in there?

The storage box is a slide out box.

KG's Supra24
10-21-2014, 06:21 PM
The seat towards the stern, past the flip up ... I'm guessing that compartment runs all the way under the driver seat?

bergermaister
10-21-2014, 06:22 PM
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trayson
10-21-2014, 06:33 PM
The seat towards the stern, past the flip up ... I'm guessing that compartment runs all the way under the driver seat?

Yes, the storage compartment runs from under the driver's seat ALL the way back with NO dividers at all. If I put a baseball in the slot at the driver's feet, it could roll all the way to the back of the starboard locker and hit the back of the hull.

This is the storage compartment that you'd talking about, and there are no partitions at all.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9_rlcyDEHPc/VA8vrNttrOI/AAAAAAAAUN4/_eYsBDF1XgY/s800/20140908_202018_resized.jpg

trayson
10-21-2014, 06:38 PM
That does sound like a good plan. Only issue I would see is that those flip up seats are the strongest and if someone laid against it wrong, it would smash the extended hoses. Or you could have the houses come out of the seat base, facing the cabin.

How are you going to get the heater box in there?

The storage box is a slide out box.

My plan is to put the heatercraft box under where the flip up backrest is behind the driver. That backrest has a solid carpeted panel so even if the hinges failed completely, the heater and hoses would be fine.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JjL-lOknuPE/VDdY091FClI/AAAAAAAAUg8/euIM5LrTfAs/s800/20141009_180553.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1MHwu-mqnbg/VEVg0OSnJCI/AAAAAAAAUtc/BeFe9meOR-Q/s800/GOPR1322.JPG

Where does the factory put the heater box and the hot tubes on the XLV from the factory?

KG's Supra24
10-21-2014, 07:38 PM
That makes sense. At first I thought you meant the tubes would pull from under the flip up seat, instead of the seatbase.
Id think the factory location for the heater box is under the helm, towards the bow.

Here is what was likely under the driver seat ...

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/21/6cd4ffca4cbed1c29429cff6a353126d.jpg

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/21/38d5d1e3ba15d93dfb8cf327029b976e.jpg

mmandley
10-21-2014, 08:30 PM
Trayson the panel you originally asked about is an access to the bolts that good the seat down.

Pretty sweet that supra made a drawer for it.

trayson
10-21-2014, 08:58 PM
Trayson the panel you originally asked about is an access to the bolts that good the seat down.

Pretty sweet that supra made a drawer for it.

Good to know Mike. My kit came with two of the Euro louvers, so I think that cutout will be a perfect spot to have the pair of the 3" euro louvers blowing on the back of the driver's legs...

http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server3900/ec621/products/86/images/238/H5041B__27083.1410852954.1280.1280.jpg?c=2 http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server3900/ec621/products/86/images/238/H5041B__27083.1410852954.1280.1280.jpg?c=2

Boonejeepin
10-21-2014, 09:01 PM
On my XLV that hole has a plastic plate/cover. No cool function like the Supra drawer.

parrothd
10-22-2014, 12:37 AM
I have one under the seat blowing on my feet and a second bent blowing out to the side. The louver part will brake off or come off from your feet kicking it. I just removed it..

KG's Supra24
10-22-2014, 10:05 AM
My bad .... not a box

jmvotto
10-22-2014, 10:27 AM
On my XLV that hole has a plastic plate/cover. No cool function like the Supra drawer.


Just access for the seat base bolts. Heater pull out ports should be fine under the flip up bolster. I did that on my OBV.


Be nice to get that supra Drawer and install and still have access to the bolts.