H20 in doors

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

I have ruined a set of ID CX62s due to the water that gets in my doors when it rains. It seems to be a little bit of a bigger issue on the driver side than it does on the passenger side, but both speakers were damaged.

I took pictures a while back, but they shouldn't be needed because I am sure that's the issue. When I removed the driver side mid, there was water damage on the cone and the coils didn't have any resistance. I tore it apart and there was water on the voice coil.

I ordered the XS65s and put them in for two days while I was waiting for some cheap Daytons to run. In those two days, there was already a small amount of water damage to the center of the cone on the driver side.

I am running cheap Daytons now because I need to fix the water issue so I don't keep running through mids. The Daytons last because the cone isn't a paper material.

What is the best way to protect mids from water? I know they have those XTC or whatever things you can mount behind the driver, but I have read that they give a negative effect on sound.

The thing I don't understand is that the water drains from the doors (no standing water or anything), but I guess the moist, humid environment causes the issue. Anyone else have this problem and fix it or have any suggestions to mitigate this issue?

Maybe some cheap plastic Tupperware on the back side? I feel that will negatively effect the sound as well.

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[the727kid 10+ year member]

Sounds like you have bad window seals.

 

[BoogerMan]

I know this probably isn't the best solution, but if you don't want to fix your window seal, could you run marine audio speakers? They should be more okay with the moisture. They are probably more expensive though too. Just a thought.

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

Well the cheap mids I have work and have lasted over a year before I switch to the cx62s. So I don't need marine speakers.

I have and would like to run the xs mids.

Maybe the window seals aren't very good but they aren't rotted and seem "normal"

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

Run some tests, take off the door panel and poor water down the outside of the window and see if you can find anything.

 

[Audio4ever 10+ year member]

Well the cheap mids I have work and have lasted over a year before I switch to the cx62s. So I don't need marine speakers.
I have and would like to run the xs mids.

Maybe the window seals aren't very good but they aren't rotted and seem "normal"

Check my 4sale thread

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

Run some tests, take off the door panel and poor water down the outside of the window and see if you can find anything.

Yeah, I guess I can do that.

 

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Check my 4sale thread

Which one? What am I looking for?

I have ID XS mids that work fine. I am just scared to put them in my doors due to the issue I had with my CX mids.... water getting into the speaker.

 

[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

I think I'm just going to try some of the XTC baffles

 

[Audio4ever 10+ year member]

I think I'm just going to try some of the XTC baffles

I got some baffles for cheap

 

[dailyrider123]

I was told to cut the backs of those xtc out so they won't have that negative effect on the sq of the music and they still protect your speakers buy them from the guy on here selling them^^^