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Old Oct 9, 2014 | 01:03 PM
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i don't always have people in the backseat but with my little baby and wife sitting in the back they don't get cold or hot as i do in the front. The es330 was the first es with rear vents so i was thinking it there a way to mod a vent in the rear?
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Old Oct 9, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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Everything is possible, but it will be a lot of work. You would need to run a pipe through the center console and splice it into one of the front vents.
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Old Oct 9, 2014 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBooby
Everything is possible, but it will be a lot of work. You would need to run a pipe through the center console and splice it into one of the front vents.
Work I don't mind. Comes down to money spent. If it'll be cheap I'm in. I can take out the coin holder above the cupholder in the rear but how thick would the pipes be? What type of material?
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Old Oct 9, 2014 | 06:26 PM
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If your car is similar to my 2001 es300, it should have an air outlet on the floor under each front seat. Those outlets are for the rear passengers.

I never paid much attention to them, so I don't know if they're only for heating, or for AC as well, nor do I knw which mode the climate control needs to be in for them to blow air.

Have a look, and if it's there, you can experiment a bit.

Good luck,

Phil

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Old Oct 9, 2014 | 10:38 PM
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Phil they are there but the flows weak...it'll work on a/c since it'll hit your feet and lower your body temp. I wouldn't know how to tap into those vents since there long and rectangle shaped.

There is a product called noggle which looks like a house that clips on a front vents and it brings air to the rear...50 bucks for that unit but its in the way...
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