Dificult question

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

I am getting a pair of alpine type r 12's soon and i was just wonderint (because they will be inverted) around the gasket there are slits that i suppose are to allow the gasket to expand and shrink.

I was wondering though will i have to seal arround the gasket or will it be safe to leave it.

Considering that my type s 10's have them too and a whooshing noise is all that is stoping me inverting them

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[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

can some one please reply

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by bass_mekanik can some one please reply

could you take a pic or show us these lil things you are talkin about?

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

they are on the gasket on all apine subs and on most other subs with cardboard gaskets i can't find a pic so you will just need to imagine or someone else might know

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

help please?

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

if you go to the photo gallery and look at the 'most popular images,' there is an inversely mounted type-r (called taylors install) and it doesnt really look modded at all. i dont think that you will have a problem

 

[KoBan715 10+ year member]

You can get a thin rubber gasket for your hardware store seal down on the wood with rubber glue. Make Sure the the gasket is as wide as the speaker mount. This will stop the air leaks do this before when i was an installer.

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

heres the pic 4 youse to see it is a type s sub in tha pic but type r have it as well it goes all the way thru the gasket too

 

[KoBan715 10+ year member]

Would have to mount the sub from the inside of the box. Or you could replace the the alpine gasket with a new rubber one.

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

do you reckon i could squeeze a small ammount of glue into the slit and use that instead or replacing the gasket

 

[AudioNutz 10+ year member]

Use silicone.....it won't hurt the sub, you can peel it of later....DUMBA$$

 

[KoBan715 10+ year member]

Originally posted by AudioNutz Use silicone.....it won't hurt the sub, you can peel it of later....DUMBA$$

You cant peel it off later due to the gasket paper will rip off with it.

 

[KoBan715 10+ year member]

Originally posted by bass_mekanik do you reckon i could squeeze a small ammount of glue into the slit and use that instead or replacing the gasket

This should work also use a thin rubber gasket between the wood and the sub gasket.

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by AudioNutz Use silicone.....it won't hurt the sub, you can peel it of later....DUMBA$$

why say dumba$$ at the end? necessary? mature? no

 

[bass_mekanik 10+ year member]

Originally posted by KoBan715 This should work also use a thin rubber gasket between the wood and the sub gasket.

thanks man that is the sort of reply i needed.

i will have it all done soon new amp is comming fast but i still have 389 dollars to pay off the layby and it is mine and i am saving for my sub not that aussie has them at the moment they were all gone before xmas and we don't get them till mid feb.

Ps the bos is going to be slot ported to 26 hz at 2 cuft and i will have 2 separate boxes for SQL and a common box for the 2 for SPHELL 43 hz and 6 cuft i think