Sealing gaps and holes around speakers?

[jeeper2269 10+ year member]

What do you guys do when you mount coaxle or component speakers to existing locations and find areas where there are gaps or holes?

while mounting my 6.5” speakers in the jeep soundbar area, on the Ssv adaptor plates, I found the only area to set the screws is the outer rim. This ends up leaving the inner holes on the speaker baskets Open. I am concerned they won’t perform as well as they could with things sealed Up. Do I seal the little inside Holes with something like silicone?

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[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

I have always built my own speaker baffles from wood or ABS cutting board.
Seal up the doors with sound deadener.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I too would cut some mounting rings out of wood. If you can mount them securely with just some small gaps remaining you might could get away with using some modelling clay for sealing around the edges.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

You can use Silicone in the other remaining holes. Will work just fine

 

[LsGuy]

I didn't do the sound bar, but on the knee pods I just used sound deadening around the rim of the speaker to seal up the extra holes. Make absolutely sure that you seal the little holes on the sides of the bods or you will have whistling.