ARC audio sub surround lifting up

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

I guess its considered the surround but it is starting to lift up on both subs and it got very noticeable so I pulled the subs out to have a look. It almost seems whatever they used to seal it up, they didnt use enough of it. Can I seal it up myself with something till I can purchase new subs? Money is tight right now since I have a vacation coming up so I need to save as much $$$ as possible. If so what should I use?

Here are two pics to show exactly what I mean

It is basically like that at every mounting hole and in some other spots i'm pretty sure it just isnt sealed up correctly.

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[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Is the subwoofer under any kind of warranty still ?

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

nah no warrenty left, kinda sucks cause I barely used these subs. I bought them used them for like a month then they sat forever because I didnt have anywhere to put them since I bought a stang conv. Now I got my truck and they sat for about a year then I decided to put them in and now i'm dealing with this.

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

sounds like youre teh screwed. Might try glazing putty, like they use to put windshields in.

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

someone recommended rubber cement, is that a possibility?

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

rubber cement? seems like it owuld have the right consistency, but i dont think it would hold well.. there is a type of contact cememt for bonding rubbers to metal. Try to find it...

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

i will have to look into that contact cement. Any ideas what they use originally to glue it down?

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

ive got a some stuff that might work? Its what they glue down the dustcaps and stuff with I believe. Scott from Fi sent it to me. If you send paypal for the amount of the priority mail envelope id be happy to send it to you. PM me.

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

that could def work, but before anything I would like to see if I can figure something out so i can fix it tomorrow. The sooner the better, but if it has to wait then I will PM ya, thanks for the offer!!!!!

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

not a problem its got a pencil down the tip of it right now keeping it good. its a bit messy, but a paint brush will do fine to use it. Really any stronger glue that wont eat the rubber/foam whatever surround should be fine.....

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

i ended up using "plumbers goop" as recommended on another site since i could get it locally on a Sun and it seems to work awesome. Now with the subs mounted everything is nice and sealed and there is no more air escaping. I guess time will tell though.

 

[carguy83 10+ year member]

some CA glue comes to mind...

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

they dont even use that in the factory. Why use it if they dont? I believe the only real place the use CA is on the spider.

 

[fox_forma 10+ year member]

the glue is pretty much fully cured and it made a world of difference. It is hitting the lows now a lot better. Only turned my system on for a really short time when running to the store. I guess the air leaks were a lot worse than I first thought but now it sounds like a whole new system. Hopefully it will last so we'll see. I just wanted a quick fix and from I have rsearched on the stuff i used, it seems several people have used it before as well. I see no problems with it yet but its still early.