Dustcap replacement. how do I cut off the old? AQ

[WOT]

On my SDC 2.5 one of the dustcaps got punched in, so I emailed DJ and we all know hes cool as shit and he sent me some for FREE.

Here is the broken cap

But he sent me all of these, is this 4 dustcaps or do you need 2 for each sub for some reason? The plain black ones are bigger than the AQ logo'd ones

What a nice guy though, I only asked if I could get one replacement.

I dont really get were exactly you need to cut with a razor blade to get the old cap off, never done it before

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[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

Since your not gonna need it cut a cross or x if you prefer and carefully peel it from the cone. It's gonna pull some up with it just be gentle and take your time.

 

[WOT]

Oh you mean just slice it in the middle and kind of tear away at it?

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

Oh you mean just slice it in the middle and kind of tear away at it?

Yup

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

post pics, I want to see this redone

 

[WOT]

Ya I will take pics when doing it sure, I couldnt find any info on cutting the old off, so Ill get pics of cutting it off, glueing one, and resiliconing it down

 

[peas247 10+ year member]

be real careful and go slow

 

[WOT]

And Im gonna try and do it with the sub still installed in my wall, I installed the subs with specialty screws for theft reasons, and I lost the bit that came with them lol, and I dont feel like drilling them out

Not even I can steal my own ish lol

 

[lincolntc690 10+ year member]

i dont know if you should use silicone....

 

[thorshammer1 10+ year member]

Although I use ca glue and have been instructed to by DJ with the stiffening disk in place(which you will see when you take off the old one) I'm willing to bet silicone would work fine. The cap shouldnt really see any back pressure.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

if you dare make a new thread about putting a new dust cap on, it will be deleted.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

Yea dont come to a car audio forum where people can ask questions for help to ask a question about car audio to help you out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

 

[DJL 10+ year member]

You don't want to peel the old dust cap off of the cone. Use a razor knife and cut the cap off leaving all of the outer 1/2" part of the old dust cap glued to the cone. Glue the new cap on top of the remaining outer 1/2" of the old cap.

I need to talk to the guys in the shop they were instructed to send only one dust cap. The blank dust caps fit the HD3.

 

[WOT]

Well I dont mind giving some extra cash via paypal if youd like now that I aparently got 4

I wasnt talking about using silicone to hold the cap in place, the subs seam to have a smoothed out bead of black silicone around the dust cap from the factory

 

[WOT]

if you dare make a new thread about putting a new dust cap on, it will be deleted.

I never made a thread about putting a dustcap on or how to remove the old one, I made a thread last time on how I could possibly fix the broken one. Now that I have multiple new ones, I needed some advice.

God forbid people actually help people with car audio in these forums//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif