8w7 Repair possible?

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

The foam thing around the suvb is Separate but everything else is functional... What and where is the cone?

they can refoam it or you can buy a new surround and the right glue and do it yourself...they sell surround parts also

 

[Euth_In_Asia 10+ year member]

they can refoam it or you can buy a new surround and the right glue and do it yourself...they sell surround parts also

Right but for some reason its impossible to find to it... I can find the W6 one but the W7 one is like impossible to find...

 

[thisistiny 10+ year member]

someone may of mentioned this already I'm not gonna read all the poast but parts express should be able to recone it for you ....they recone subs .... Parts-Express.com sells Speakers, Replacement Speakers, Speaker Building Parts plus HDMI Cables, Home Audio and Video, Pro Audio and Commercial Sound. We offer services for Speaker Reconing, Speaker Refoaming, Speaker Repair. Great selection of Elect

Just looked at their website. They are able to recone 8w7s. Thats it tho.. no 10w7 no 12w7 no 13w7...errrrr.

go on there and check it out.

Speaker Repair Center at Parts Express 40,000+ speakers reconed

they do seem to have alot of brands and options.

 

[Chipmunk2k3 10+ year member]

I have a few 8w6's also and i tried the refoam kit but it was a waste of money. the surround you get is a generic surround that will fit many different brands. there are only a few 8" subs that have the high excursion like the jl's. the new surround doesn't allow the cone to move freely, not sure of the right terminology but if the sub should move 3" its now limited to moving 2" and inorder for the sub to play right it needs the entire 3". So the end result is a sub that looks good again but only sounds good at low volume.

 

[Chipmunk2k3 10+ year member]

someone may of mentioned this already I'm not gonna read all the poast but parts express should be able to recone it for you ....they recone subs .... Parts-Express.com sells Speakers, Replacement Speakers, Speaker Building Parts plus HDMI Cables, Home Audio and Video, Pro Audio and Commercial Sound. We offer services for Speaker Reconing, Speaker Refoaming, Speaker Repair. Great selection of Elect

Gave them a call this morning and they said its a misprint . They repair a number of jl subs but they are unable to repair W7 subs

 

[Euth_In_Asia 10+ year member]

Gave them a call this morning and they said its a misprint . They repair a number of jl subs but they are unable to repair W7 subs

So it looks to be impossible... I guess I settle for a serious glue job..lol

 

[Chipmunk2k3 10+ year member]

Okay here are some pics. I finally got the ball$ to tear one of these subs apart. the voice coil is 2 1/2", the copper wire goes 2" up the coil, the coil part is about 4 1/4" long from the bottom to the cone, i think the top part of the motor where the basket screws in is 5 1/2", the space between the basket and the magnet is3/8". the distance from the center of opposite screws is4 1/2" and from screw to screw is 2 1/4"

oh and sorry i took pics with the metric side of the ruler.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

its hard to tell with a ruler bro...

 

[Euth_In_Asia 10+ year member]

I used Loctite's Vinyl, Fabric & Plastic Flexible Adhesive. I will say that the sub does not look pretty but it works. It is very flexible and allows the sub to have full motion. I recommend this after consulting a few sub owners that work at Lowe's and personal experience. Make sure to use a few layers.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

ya know those lowes people know what they are doing with subs now,lol. sorry bro it just made me lol

 

[Euth_In_Asia 10+ year member]

ya know those lowes people know what they are doing with subs now,lol. sorry bro it just made me lol

*Sigh* Clearly I meant that the people I spoke to at Lowe's had experience in their own car audio and gave me some advice. This along with advice from other people on this site made me take the recommendation of the Lowe's employees as a viable means of "re-gluing" the sub together. Gluing foam back on a sub is totally different than wiring a sub. Making this comment is like saying "Ya know those walmart people know what their doing with bandaids now, lol. sorry bro it made me lol." You don't need to be an expert on subs to know what kind of glue is good. : |. To be a bit more feasible, a Lowe's employee would know more about adhesives than a car audio repairer. I swear, throw out a comment and everyone is looking to deconstruct your logic.

 

[Chipmunk2k3 10+ year member]

*Sigh* Clearly I meant that the people I spoke to at Lowe's had experience in their own car audio and gave me some advice. This along with advice from other people on this site made me take the recommendation of the Lowe's employees as a viable means of "re-gluing" the sub together. Gluing foam back on a sub is totally different than wiring a sub. Making this comment is like saying "Ya know those walmart people know what their doing with bandaids now, lol. sorry bro it made me lol." You don't need to be an expert on subs to know what kind of glue is good. : |. To be a bit more feasible, a Lowe's employee would know more about adhesives than a car audio repairer. I swear, throw out a comment and everyone is looking to deconstruct your logic.

I know you were trying to help but Its funny you mention band aids because thats all the glue, liquid electric tape, silicone, etc. does. Its just a Band Aid. my sub worked beautiful for about a year with the silicone on it but eventually that started to break apart. Unfortunately it seems that the only way to really repair a w7 is to let JL do it. Or use the motor to build it into something else but of course you no longer have a w7.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

lowes people know more about glues than sub builders,bla ha ha.

real fix is reconing, correct all other ways are bandaids. they will help but only last soo long...