2005 XXX- major fail by previous owner...

[Wes2020 10+ year member]

short story, i originally bought this sub off ebay and when i got it found out it had "vince" wrote in sharpie on the motor. kinda disappointed but not a big deal.

i then sold it to a guy i know who proceded to blow it like a dumbass and let the bare sub sit around in his trunk for 3 months. i then bought the motor back off of him. i knew the condition it was in but was just wondering if there was anything i could do to get the small rust spots off of it and maybe a tip on how to remove the "vince" logo from it.

here are some pics, its hard to show the rust but you probably know what i am talking about.

any help appreciated

thanks

weston

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[benchambers80]

dont worry about it because it goes inside the box?

 

[Wes2020 10+ year member]

dont worry about it because it goes inside the box?

i was thinking of getting it reconed and selling it. so i'd like it looking decent.

otherwise i wouldnt really worry

 

[hemi=22s 10+ year member]

paint thinner or rubbing alcohol clorox wipes etc will get the sharpie off no prob

 

[benchambers80]

people that know what it is wont have a problem. just clean the gap real good maybe take some clr or lime away to the rust spot, rubbing alcholhol to the sharpie

 

[tooloud4tv 10+ year member]

y go threw an million problems with 1 sub? **** if it were me id just keep the sub.

 

[dumpin907 10+ year member]

get that shet re chromed.

 

[sue bee 10+ year member]

powder coat the motor?

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

didnt someone have a write up on how to shine your backplate with a buffer or something?

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

goof off

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

000 or 0000 steel wool should take away the rust in the pole vent, you could also use the 0000 steel wool w/ a non-abrasive chrome polish to shine up the top/bottom plate.

 

[Wes2020 10+ year member]

y go threw an million problems with 1 sub? **** if it were me id just keep the sub.

because...

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

holy ugly *** green carpet!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[Wes2020 10+ year member]

holy ugly *** green carpet!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

yep...this has been established in one of my previous for sale ads.

 

[bass-aholic 10+ year member]

000 or 0000 steel wool should take away the rust in the pole vent, you could also use the 0000 steel wool w/ a non-abrasive chrome polish to shine up the top/bottom plate.

agreed, i have had a lot of success using steel wool and wd40 to remove light surface rust. If its pitted than this method will clean it up and make it look better but wont do much about the pitting.