Need Help Please!

[Annex 10+ year member]

I was recently taking my subs out so i'd have trunk space to take stuff back to school. I noticed there was a leak in my trunk and ended up with standing water under my spare tire. I never open my trunk, because theres nothing there but the subs, so there has probabaly been a leak for awhile...my subs still work but the magnets have appeared to be calcified, and there is a little rust forming. Im not sure what I should clean this with or a way to get rid of it. Here's some pics:

Water:

Calc:

Rust:

any help would be apprecited...thanks

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[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

1. Take out your tailights and put a bead of silicone around the seal. This will stop the leak. Very common in Neons.

2. I think you coud take some 1500 grit sand paper, cover the pole vent up and sand the magnet to get rid of that buildup.

How did the water get to the sub?

 

[Annex 10+ year member]

Im not sure at all...my amp was soaked to as i have it mounted on the back of the fold down seat...the sub box was sealed with calk and screwed down...thanks for the advice though..you think a household cleaner would be alright to use on the white part..like comet or something?

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

should be, make sure you dont get any in the pole piece though.

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

Looks like it rained in your car. Ouch.

 

[Annex 10+ year member]

hey neon rider....u were right about the tail lights..u can see the trail of water coming from them..i got all the apolstry out and luckily we have a steam cleaner..hopefully i can get all of the mold off...im going to try a few things on the subs..ill throw up my results with what works

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

I can't believe you couldn't smell it before it got to that level.

 

[Annex 10+ year member]

well the mold is just in a few spots..nothing over board