:::RHMT::: Real Home Made Turbo
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Phate on March 12, 2010, 01:39:01 AM
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So I had some shit in the trunk that I forgot about, and went for a drive over a winding road near my house. Of course, things shifted around, and hit one of my subs, making a nice hole all the way through the dust cover and the cone.
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There was an entire piece missing, which I had to shake out of it:
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BTW, all of these are taken with the webcam in my laptop. Batteries were dead in all my cameras.
I kinda had to pry up the cracked parts to get them to all go back on top of each other so the cracks could line up.
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After using a shitload of superglue, and making patches with electrical tape on the inside of the cracks (to hold the glue up in there), I got the piece that broke out that I recovered wedged/half taped into place, and glued that in. At this point I found out there was another shard missing, so I just said fuck it, and wadded up some electrical tape and glued it in. If this fails, a new piece will be made out of JB weld. O0
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I figure, worst case, the thing is slightly messed up, but not leaking anymore, and I can use it until I buy another one to replace it for $50. I just got sick of hearing the thing bottoming out even at lower volumes. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
These can't hurt either.
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Sasha Grey....
what where we talking about? ???
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Sasha Grey....
what where we talking about? ???
lol, I figured you can never go too wrong with that.
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mmm sasha grey
imma make her sasha white
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another good repair is
cover back of cone with duct tap
coat outside with just enough JB weld to cover
firmly press another piece of duct tape over the JB
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Best repair is the trash can, crappy Kenwood subs
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Best repair is the trash can, crappy Kenwood subs
If I had the cash to just replace these now, I would. But this seems to work. The tape/JB weld/tape was plan B, if this didn't work. These subs also aren't bad at all for only costing $45 a pop. I think I might have to add some epoxy to the repair, to make it just a little more solid with the rest of the cone. But it doesnt leak anymore. They'd sound a whole lot better if I gave them all the power they wanted. I'll eventually downsize to a single 10 or 12 running 4 or 500rms. Its not a bad first system though. Factory bose system from a nissan maxima, nigged to interface with my pioneer deck (including relays to turn on individual amplifiers, DIY RCA connections, etc), a profile mono amp for the subs, and the two kenwoods.
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I have a 12" MTX Thunder sub, mad cheap brand new
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Drywall mesh joint tape and shoe goo.
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seems to be holding up pretty well so far, and I've cranked it as loud as I ever have with some Pendulum. And I still have my JB Weld for other things, which is pretty nice.