'84-'85 Pontiac Fieros had headrest speakers. I've heard different opinions from people varying from "those would be annoying!" to "oh I love them!". I love the little headrest speakers, heh, and as you can see I have them in my '86 Fiero:

Any other cars have them? Anyone got opinions? I think they're a cool little thing that makes our cars unique.


I managed to find this:

Apparently some Miatas also had headrest speakers? Did they steal the idea from the Fiero?

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I saw an add on E-Bay for replacement speakers. I think it also said Mustang.

Uhhhh....are you talking to yourself?

quote Originally posted by Tinton: '84-'85 Pontiac Fieros had headrest speakers. I've heard different opinions from people varying from "those would be annoying!" to "oh I love them!". I love the little headrest speakers, heh, and as you can see I have them in my '86 Fiero:

Only slightly off topic, but I'm about to put speaker seats in my 88 Chop top, (the B pillar speakers are lost in the chop) and I was wondering how they will sound. I don't know that I have ever sat in a car with working headrest speakers. What is the general consensus on how they sound??

quote Originally posted by jscott1: Only slightly off topic, but I'm about to put speaker seats in my 88 Chop top, (the B pillar speakers are lost in the chop) and I was wondering how they will sound. I don't know that I have ever sat in a car with working headrest speakers. What is the general consensus on how they sound??

It depends on what you like. I like an immersive audio experience, and the speaker seats provide something like "surround sound". If you like a lot of bass...those tiny little speakers aren't going to provide it. Also, unless you get some good speakers for the seats...they arn't going to like having the volume turned very loud. I usually set the fade up towards the front til the point where you can hear the fronts and the headrest speakers evenly. Because the headrest speakers are so close to your ears they can get kinda deafening if you don't adjust the fade. I think that's the biggest complaint from people, they don't like having the speakers blaring into their ears. I think they're a LOT better than the B-pillar speakers in my '88 GT, you can barely hear the rears in that car even with the fade set back, and they don't give you the "surround" experience.

The Cadillac XLR has speakers in the seats near the headrest, close but not in the headrest.

Over the years a few cars have offered a seat speaker but not many.

Nissan even offered a speaker in the seat bottom so you could feel the sound.

The expense and difficulty of replacment keep most from putting the speakers in the seat as with the better engineered systems today they can put the speakers anywhere and sound as good or better.

I installed them when I got my new Mr. Mikes seats and I like them:

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I had them in my 84 and they worked, its one of the few things that actually did work in that car. They sounded pretty good but I had after market pioneers in them. want to talk about a pain to install. Anyway they sounded pretty good however you didn't want to turn them up very loud its like having headphones on while your driving. They are a bit overpowering. I had the tendency to do more of a front fade so the rears weren't so overpowering.

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I added them in my 88gt with the new mr mike seats.
I believe some rx7s had similar speakers as well.
They aren't annoying, they aren't loud like everyone thinks, its a nice compliment

quote Originally posted by Tinton: Uhhhh....are you talking to yourself?

No. I thought you asked a question.
Look, I type forty minutes a word. Excuse me for not being more grammatically correct.

quote Originally posted by cliffw: No. I thought you asked a question. Look, I type forty minutes a word. Excuse me for not being more grammatically correct.

It looked like you were responding to your previous post...

Found this too:


From what I can tell some S2000's have speaker seats as a dealer item. That weird "pod" thing is actually the speaker attachment I think, I can't get any better pictures of it.

Link to S2000 Headrest speakers

[This message has been edited by Tinton (edited 11-23-2006).]

I have seen Fiero speaker seats in T-Buckets and other hot rods. It's easier than finding a place to mount speakers.