4HP Help, Need Surround/Basket spacers

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

hey there everyone, im building a pair of custom 15" 4hp subs.

the spider assembly has an extra spacer on it, so the cone and surround sit 3/8" higher than the surround landing on the basket.

where can i find a spacer that fits the top of a 15" basket?

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[kfx450r 10+ year member]

If you've got the time and money im sure any machine shop could make you some spacer rings fairly easy. Not sure how much it'd cost but i would think itd work fine.

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

Do you need that extra spacer? It will add some stability, but how tight of a gap are you running? The foam surround , is also pretty stuff, i don't think you need a spacer that tall, its going to complicate things quite a bit... more than its worth perhaps.

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

Do you need that extra spacer? It will add some stability, but how tight of a gap are you running? The foam surround , is also pretty stuff, i don't think you need a spacer that tall, its going to complicate things quite a bit... more than its worth perhaps.

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[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

I was talking about the "spider" spacers. Looks like you have about 1.5 to 2" there. you can just use a 1" spacer and it will probably all fit. Take off the second spacer.

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

yes i need the spacer

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

I edited, my post, i see where it was unclear.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

Why

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

the coil assemblies came like that, and i don't want to be ripping them apart.

 

[Kyle_Keating 10+ year member]

the coil assemblies came like that, and i don't want to be ripping them apart.

next time order the parts separately.

 

[Zeuslicious 5,000+ posts]

Dude.... 3/8" its a big gap between the surround and the basket //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

If the parts are already glued (spiders/spacers/coil/cone) there's nothing that you can do because the only way to make the recone fit, will be if you remove and remplace the spider/spacer of the bottom BUT if you do that, you will give the coil a different aligment on the Top Plate thats assuming it's already set in the midle, Otherwise you need to set it up first and then deal with the other parts. AND The other way to do it is using another cone style which I would do if you haven't glued the cone yet...

 

[bernser1er 10+ year member]

wow this is a big problem here !! i would try and get one of those spacer out of there. looks like the top spider is not guled down? what was that re cone made for ?

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

You will just need to talk to a machine shop.

 

[Toxic Tuan 10+ year member]

Honestly, for the amount of money that you're going to spend, it might be option to reconsider the assembly. Possibly tear it down and take out the extra spacer.

If you plan on using a machine shop, measure the height of the space very carefully or you will run into some major issues with the cone or surround.

Tuan

 

[jonny101abc 10+ year member]

Dude.... 3/8" its a big gap between the surround and the basket //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
If the parts are already glued (spiders/spacers/coil/cone) there's nothing that you can do because the only way to make the recone fit, will be if you remove and remplace the spider/spacer of the bottom BUT if you do that, you will give the coil a different aligment on the Top Plate thats assuming it's already set in the midle, Otherwise you need to set it up first and then deal with the other parts. AND The other way to do it is using another cone style which I would do if you haven't glued the cone yet...

thanks for your input Chris