Ducting AC to Backseat VIA Center Console

[Ravenkeeper]

I'm looking at modifying my center console for AC to the backseat.  I'm looking for a way to tap into the AC ducts up front and run them through the center console.  Did a basic search, didn't see anything.

[davester]

What's the problem?  You find the duct for the zone you want to draw air from, you cut a hole in it, and then duct it thru the console.

 

Trying to use get air from any of the upper vents will likely be, uh, not easy, as the dash is pretty packed together with not a lot of extra room, particularly around the middle with the radio and stuff there.  Ducting is anything that doesn't leak air and that you can attach to stuff at each end.  Probably can score vents from junkyard trucks, or you can buy new ones from the dealer and graft them in.

 

You are unlikely to find much on it, as it's more of a custom shop kind of thing, not a guy at home doing it.

[xSHIFTxNASTYx]

5 hours ago, Ravenkeeper said:

I'm looking at modifying my center console for AC to the backseat.  I'm looking for a way to tap into the AC ducts up front and run them through the center console.  Did a basic search, didn't see anything.

There is a 3D printed vent deflector option to better direct the air vents from underneath the seats up and over the carpet. You could get creative and somehow make them even better to direct more air flow up towards the rear of the back seats but that could be a stretch. Maybe branch off of that idea and come up with a way to direct those vents to come out through the center console? Could be an interesting project that several would copy.

[Ravenkeeper]

On 8/25/2020 at 4:38 AM, xSHIFTxNASTYx said:

There is a 3D printed vent deflector option to better direct the air vents from underneath the seats up and over the carpet. You could get creative and somehow make them even better to direct more air flow up towards the rear of the back seats but that could be a stretch. Maybe branch off of that idea and come up with a way to direct those vents to come out through the center console? Could be an interesting project that several would copy.

I've seen those, have contemplated getting a pair, but they "want to feel it on their faces."  Not that what I'm looking at doing will suffice.  But I have a secondary idea for it, to cool my CB and Scanner(s), in my center console.

[2016DenaliGuy]

Not having rear air vents sucks, but I've found that if you turn the center vents inward and level the air diverters that when you crank the a/c fan speed up you can get that air on the face feeling in the back seats if the passengers (my two kids) lean toward the middle.

 

The problem is that after a while, my wife is usually freezing in the front.

 

I've seen that 3D printed piece for under the seat too, but always figured it was more of a gimmick.

 

[Ravenkeeper]

53 minutes ago, 2016DenaliGuy said:

Not having rear air vents sucks, but I've found that if you turn the center vents inward and level the air diverters that when you crank the a/c fan speed up you can get that air on the face feeling in the back seats if the passengers (my two kids) lean toward the middle.

 

The problem is that after a while, my wife is usually freezing in the front.

 

I've seen that 3D printed piece for under the seat too, but always figured it was more of a gimmick.

 

I already have the center ones pointing straight back, driver's vent at the window (I don't need the air blowing on my face), and the passenger vent is wherever my wife/kids, whoever sat there last, leave it (until I detail the inside of the truck, then straight back).