I need help with my Alpein Type R

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

Hey i have two 12" alpine type R's and they r hooked up 2 a mono hifonics 1500 watt amp and iv had them for 6months to 1 year now and they have been perfect. but yesterday i heard a rattaling and i took out 1 of the subs and it was making a rattling noise from inside the sub but when i push down on the rubber outside of it the rattiling kinda goes away but not completly..so any help wit it wud be great i hope its not blown or somethin

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[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

Hey i have two 12" alpine type R's and they r hooked up 2 a mono hifonics 1500 watt amp and iv had them for 6months to 1 year now and they have been perfect. but yesterday i heard a rattaling and i took out 1 of the subs and it was making a rattling noise from inside the sub but when i put down on the rubber outside of it the rattiling kinda goes away but not completly..so any help wit it wud be great i hope its not blown or somethin

What??? The inside rattles?

 

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

loose voice coil maybe??

 

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

idk its like directly under the type r logo

 

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

plz some1 help me idk wuts wrong with it

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

voice coil

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

voice coil

Most likely...

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

my subs do the same thing. on mine, the spider is seperated from the cone.

 

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

how can i fix that or get it fixed or am i just ****ed?

 

[DaveVT 10+ year member]

You are pretty much screwed. It will eventually finish itself off. From there you have 2 options. Recone or replace it. I would just replace it as the new ones are around 100 bucks shipped

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Mine did the same thing last night after bumpin for 45 mins straight i wasnt even paying attention lol sad thing is its broken and it still hits hard lol

 

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

wut caused it to do this? or how cud i help stop it from doing it again

and i dont remember if its a 2 ohm or a 4 ohm how cud i find out wut it is

 

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

??

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

wut caused it to do this? or how cud i help stop it from doing it againand i dont remember if its a 2 ohm or a 4 ohm how cud i find out wut it is

lots of things... would need to know more on the situation...

and vc config should be marked right where u connect the wires

 

[frenzy07 10+ year member]

yah cuse i brang it to a local store and they said they wouldnt even look at it and that im just ****ed and shud buy a new 1