WheelmanZ28

I just bought some new Rockford Fosgate speakers to replace my Sh*tty rear Pioneer speakers. They mounted differently so i had to readjust my setup. When i was screwing the mounting screws down, MY DUMBASS ACCIDENTALLY STABBED THROUGH ONE OF THE SPEAKER seals (the rubber ring) I was so pissed. I cranked up the volume and tested it compared to the others and it sounded ok. But im a perfectionist when it comes to my car and this will eat away at me in the back of my head. Will this eventually cause sound problems? Is there anything i can possibly do to fix this?

PLEASE HELP!

Thanx all, peace

el_caminos_rule

seems like it would help start it to split, maybe try a rubber type compound that would help seal the hole, and keep the rubber from splitting. I dunno, its hard to say.

firebirdude

exactly. It might split further. Sound wise, with a small hole it will allow the rear wave to mix with the front and cause some cancelation. If if gets worse, you will be facing speaker dampening problems as well. You can try to seal it with something like rubber cement. But go easy on it. The less weight you add the better.

LWillmann

You might try partsexpress.com and look for a repair kit.

I have heard of people using adhesives like the rubber cement that firebirdude mentioned.

Best of luck.

cam3.4aro

Use silicone.

Erik

There are companies that repair damaged speakers. You might check your local yellow pages to see if you can find someone who can fix your speaker.

JefT

You can replace the rubber surrounds with kits. That's when they are competely deterioriated, I'm quessing that with the glue and a small amount of the stuff/glue you could patch the rubber.

Go here:

http://www.partsexpress.com

...and search for "speaker repair" in Quick Search

This place has a ton of great stuff for great prices.

NineSevenWS6

Sucks dont it? When I first started, I used to do it all the time. I got much better, and if the situation is difficult, mark the place to drill and move the speaker.

Where did you get them?

Compstall

I did one better than that one time. I bought a brand new deck for my car and speakers. Wired up the back speakers to the amp, checked it out, all was good.

Then I went to wire up the front speakers to the amp, got in a hurry, mixed up the wiring and wired the speaker OUTPUTS from the amp back to the speaker outputs on the DECK. Needless to say the amp won the battle and forced wattage through the deck and blew it up.

Live and learn.....

- Brent

Jibberish18

Duct Tape will work fine if you really did puncture the surround. If it is only the out part which is glued to the frame then I don't think it'll matter. If Duct Tape is used to tape camanches then it's good enough for my speakers. But I know how yuo feel. The A-Holes at Circuit City pinched the surround on my Kappa Component Woofers.