Craigzter's sdc2.5 15" Recone(Project Hitter)

[craigzter 10+ year member]

15" sub has NO room to get in there, even with a swivel...

even with a mini? well poo...well by hand it is. I'm siked about it, will be ordering recone tomorrow or wednesday morning!

 

[Mc_Hammer 10+ year member]

if you must use a the screws i suggest a pair of needle nose pliers and a really long L-shaped allen driver, you can roll the surround back from the top and get the screws from the top... barely

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

hmm...i may try a few different ways including the ones suggested.

and miller, are you working on the same sub as well?

 

[Millertime1028 10+ year member]

Yeap, its been put to the side for now but being that this thread was made Ill probably go ahead and finish up the recone .. I love these subs so this will probably go in the girls ride for the bass comp this upcoming spring . Keep it around for awhile

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

sounds good man, glad I could inspire you to get yo *** up and finish it

lol, dont feel bad man, mines been sitting around for prolly 2.5 months or better. Was trying to sell it, but decide eh what the hell..might as well just recone it and use it.

But stick around as I'm sure this could get interesting at times.

moar pics are coming soon!!

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

This is just my method, but I dont grind down anything when taking off the old glue.

I do however, use two methods (depending on how I feel like doing it)

1. Cyanoacrylate de-bonder and then I just chisel the old glue off. It comes off pretty easy, I can clean a spider landing in under 5 min with this method.

2. Gel based paint stripper. This takes longer, but if you're not in a hurry its just fine. You just paint the stripper on the spider and basket landings and let them sit for about 2 hours. This turns the ca glue into a gelly mess, which can then be washed off with a water hose since its water soluable.

just my method, doesnt mean im right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

nice snoop, never thought of the second way. I do however have laquer thinner in the shed. BUT I went ahead and used my dremel tool and the softer wire brushes and got the excess glue and whatnot off..

now as far as color of paint, anyone got any suggestions on the basket color?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

now as far as color of paint, anyone got any suggestions on the basket color?

Ive always considered taking it to an X-Liner truck bed liner place and getting it sprayed...that way, it wont chip off. Just havent put together any custom subs that would be seen, so I dont even care what my baskets look like these days. My current sub basket's look pretty horrible though, but they're in my wall so no one can see em //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Im thinking about adding some white and blue flake to the already black basket...give it kind of a unique look..then again I may just leave it. But would like to do something different..

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif Purchasing recone atm.

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

I didnt use the screws, I couldnt figure out how your supposed to align the coil and align the screw holes as well? I talked to DJ and he said just use the glue and forget the screws. Id rather have the coil aligned more than having a bunch of screws holding the spider pack in place and having the coil be out of alignment.

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

truf. I just got off the phone with Dj himself. He told me that china uses weak *** glue and the screws are just for reinforcement purposes. He told me to just use the glue kit and be done with it.

also, recone has been ordered and is on its way

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

nice //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Mc_Hammer 10+ year member]

i told ya about teh gluez //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

Take some duct tape and a butter knife or other blunt object and go around the gap and clean it out. Works great.

Learned from SPL140.2 Thanks Chris!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

haha...thanks for the tips guys!! Not really anymore pics atm...until the recone gets here. once it arrives I will have pics up of the reconeage

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