Do Sub Foam Edge Replacements work?

[RoachForLife 10+ year member]

Looking at these to fix my JL W6s. Any thoughts on if they will hold up? Thanks

JL AUDIO 12" 12W6 v.2 Woofer Foam Edge Replacement Repair Kit # FSK-12JLv2 | eBay

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[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

I had my old school w6s re-foamed and they held up fine. Still bumping to this day to the guy I sold em to as far as I know.

 

[RoachForLife 10+ year member]

Definitely good news. Debating fixing mine rather than get new Type Rs

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Depends on what youre after, great SQ with some L, w6> type R

Louder but still sound decent atleast, Type R >w6

Id fix the w6s lol

 

[RoachForLife 10+ year member]

Heres a snapshot of my 2 subs. This is just the foam piece right? Thanks!

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[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

Yea, looks to be just the surround to me. Looking from my phone though.

 

[RoachForLife 10+ year member]

Is it common for these things to go? I was thinking next time to get a grill so nothing in my trunk could touch it. I rarely have crap in there (like groceries or whatnot) but perhaps this is a common thing with age. If it really is just $60 every few years no biggie but just trying to understand. These 2 JLs are my only subwoofers Ive ever owned so not much to go off of

Thx

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

After a while those foam surrounds will deteriorate, in my case, after having been sitting without use for years. How exactly did that happen to yours anyway?

 

[RoachForLife 10+ year member]

It may have been from some of the crap in the trunk but one day was listening and next it sounded funny. Looked in the trunk and one of them was messed up. Not realizing it was an easy fix, I unhooked and ran off one (after adjusting amp accordingly). 5 months went by and same thing. One day sounded funny. Guess it seperated completely from the foam. So thats where I am today.

 

[212s 10+ year member]

if you want to do a quick fix until you can get a repair kit you can use gorilla tape

 

[Why So Cereal? 5,000+ posts]

It may have been from some of the crap in the trunk but one day was listening and next it sounded funny. Looked in the trunk and one of them was messed up. Not realizing it was an easy fix, I unhooked and ran off one (after adjusting amp accordingly). 5 months went by and same thing. One day sounded funny. Guess it seperated completely from the foam. So thats where I am today.

My foam separated on my old schools. Should last pretty good as long as u do the refoam right though and keep stuff off of em.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Foam deteriorates over time and UV light can speed up failure. Refoam kits work well (especially if they're proper size and stiffness). The trick is to make sure coil stays aligned when you do it. I'd pry off the dustcap when you do it so you can keep an eye on the coil's position in the gap as you go around it.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

Edit: I take that back I missread.

 

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Foam deteriorates over time and UV light can speed up failure. Refoam kits work well (especially if they're proper size and stiffness). The trick is to make sure coil stays aligned when you do it. I'd pry off the dustcap when you do it so you can keep an eye on the coil's position in the gap as you go around it.

don't do that with a w6, just make sure you don't pull it either way when you reglue. I've done it 4 times now on different speakers haven't had issues once.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Edit: I take that back I missread. 

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don't do that with a w6, just make sure you don't pull it either way when you reglue. I've done it 4 times now on different speakers haven't had issues once.

I know I did a refoam in one of my home cabinets and misaligned the coil. Personally if I were to do it again I'd pull the dustcap, though it may not be necessary.

 

[wenn_du_weinst 10+ year member]

the w6 dustcap is part of the cone.