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How long is my repaired sub going to last me?

Discussion in 'Car Audio' started by savage1987, Oct 1, 2008.

  1. savage1987

    savage1987 Donating Member

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    My sub box tipped over when I was having some fun in a grassy paddock with the 5L... it hit something and split one of the sub surrounds (rubber flexible bit)

    I took the sub out and repaired it from both sides with plastic cement.. this isn't going to last long, is it? Worked fine on one of my Alpine 6x9s when I put a screwdriver through the same part by accident...

    Any thoughts? I want a new bass setup anyway, shame it had to happen like this as I was happy with my S Types

    Sam
     
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    VrWagz1 The Wagon on Wheels..

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    I'v never found repairs to last very long, few weeks at most i recon and a day or 2 at the shortest. If it starts to tear, maybe just use scissors to try and head the tear off and cut the small section thats torn out. Might work....
     
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    holdenboy Custom Car Stereo Systems

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    Another way to repair a rubber surround is to get another peice of surround from an old subwoofer etc and glue (decent glue) a peice over the tear on the front and from behind the woofer. Ive done this for a few people and seems to hold up fine, never had any problems either.
     
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    hey? I thought that rubber surround had to be sealed to work properly... haha shows how much I know about speakers!

    My little jobbie seems to be holding up OK so far, 2 weeks and counting :p and I'm not being gentle with them.
     
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    yZoH //There Ain't No Rest For The Wicked...

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    Ive got a sub for sale in perth if interested check my signature.
     
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    Wish I could take it off your hands but I really have no use for it.. does it come with an amp? What RMS? Didn't want to waste space in your for sale thread so thought I'd ask here...
     
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    no amp, and im not sure of RMS...

    if you ever need a sub, come find me lol
     
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    haha ok sorry mate!
     

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