Painted subwoofer cone...lulz

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Supa's mom insisted that I post em here for you fegs to look at.

Bought a pair of 12" type r's exactly a decade ago for $70 shipped for both. Which at the time was a steal as they were only a year old. Well, one had a golf ball sized puncture wound and the other had part of the cone peeling off. So I patched up the hole all ghetto like, slapped on a couple pieces of duct tape and called it a day. The one that was peeling I simply super glued it down and eventually painted them black.

I've tried numerous sub stages since but none ever really compared to them so they've stuck around. I recently decided to refurbish the holy one with fantastic results.

Note- Fully aware that adding any sort of mass to the cone is a bad idea. Fwiw, It's been holding up just fine.

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[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

kmsl

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

Thems Ugly..If they work..Id run them in something..worst case.. they would do just fine for the garage or used for testing amps ect.

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Thems Ugly..If they work..Id run them in something..worst case.. they would do just fine for the garage or used for testing amps ect.

I've only done one and it has been fine for a month. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif The series of pictures is from the same sub throughout the "refurbishing". Hard to tell from the final pic but it looks great in person. I used hammered black paint.

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

Since you got them for so cheap 10 years ago; I don't think recones are to much to ask.

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Since you got them for so cheap 10 years ago; I don't think recones are to much to ask.

I don't know about you, but I'm not one to spend $90/ea to recone 10 year old Type R's.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I've only done one and it has been fine for a month. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

Very Good.Id run them till they give:naughty:

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

I don't know about you, but I'm not one to spend $90/ea to recone 10 year old Type R's.

Be surprised how well silicone does/works as well.. Buy a new sub at that price for sure

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

I don't know about you, but I'm not one to spend $90/ea to recone 10 year old Type R's.

Would rather recone than wasting time/materials and ending up posting ridiculous pics on forums.

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Would rather recone than wasting time/materials and ending up posting ridiculously awesome pics on forums.

Fixed that for ya.

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

Fixed that for ya.

Alright.. you win.

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Alright.. you win.

We're all winners on Caraudio.com.

I'm just happy that this place is still here.

 

[marc2112 10+ year member]

We're all winners on Caraudio.com.
I'm just happy that this place is still here.

Winners were on maf...

 

[Sleeklsc 5,000+ posts]

Winners were on maf...

and b.oo.bies as well. Those were the days..