This doesn't look right..

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

Looks like it came loose and someone tried to fix it with a bunch of screws. The silicone looks like its cracked.

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

Looks likes a lot of screws on the edge of the MDF...you can see one in the first pic sticking out. Screws will make MDF bulge like that when screwed in very close to the edge.

beat me to it

 

[tylork92 10+ year member]

well idk if VitVeet woulda used this many screws....but that is what it appears to be...that or water damage.

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

i don't think that's a screw, it looks like it. but it's i believe it's just the painted wood chipped, i felt it and it's definitely wood. but i guess it's humidity damage. it shouldn't give me a problem though, ya? or should i get a new box built for meh?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

MDF won't get wavy like that when wet, it just swells.

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

MDF won't get wavy like that when wet, it just swells.

so ****** job then on vitveets part?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Also, how would you get water damage exclusively on the inside of the port? If you're going to replace the box anyways just rip the carpet off and see if you can see any water damage on the outside of the box as well. It does seem weird that there's only an issue on the inside of the port.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

so ****** job then on vitveets part?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I don't have the box in front of me so I can't be 100% sure, but it doesn't seem like the kind of water damage that I've seen on MDF.

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

over saturated with the paint?

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

perhaps when i get the time, i'll take out the sub and see if there are any internal damages besides the port.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

looks like mold

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

over saturated with the paint?

will that happen after a course of almost a year?

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

looks like mold

word? that's no bueno.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif i don't see how it could've molded up with such ease.

 

[Canaan 10+ year member]

This is 110% obvious to ANY box builder.

The screws are not centered in the MDF. They are too close to the edge, that caused the bowed look.

Also, the screws are FAR too close together. They should never be closer than 4-5" to one another, otherwise you risk splitting the MDF.

Water-damage/mold....no...just NO.

 

[dafobbishon3 10+ year member]

well, now that we have our alibi.. should i still use this box? or should i look into another one?