Torn Surround Rainbow SLC 6.5"

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Took my 6.5"'s out to transfer them to another vehicle and found a small tear in the surround in one of them. I was wondering what I needed to do.

I know nothing of reconing speakers, I couldn't find any 6.5" surround kits, would super glue or rubber cement work?

Heres some pictures.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9805/ripaoz.jpg

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[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

I couldn't see a tear but a thin treatment of Plyabond should have you going in no time.

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Its actually a tear which seems to be from a puncture, Im honestly thinking of taking a small strip of electrical tape on both side.

 

[SWFL 10+ year member]

silicone

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

I need to get a silicone sealer?

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

That doesn't look to be a bad tear. I'd probably use some rubber cement on it. Try to use as little as possible...

 

[PaulD 10+ year member]

rubber cement FTW ... and look around the area in front of where it's mounted to see if something caused it that may still be there.

 

[its_bacon12 10+ year member]

Apply the rubber cement from underneath and keep as little from oozing through the tear as possible.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Like I said, Plyabond. It's industrial strength rubber cement. It will hold up under repeated excursion cycles and will withstand the heat and cold of being in your door.

Black tape. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

I actually took some silicone caulk to the top and underside of it.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8585/dscn3205u.jpg

After it dried I pressed on the cone a bit to make sure I was getting good movement from the surround and to make sure the crack wasn't redeveloping and so far everything seems to be working fine.

I think the whole may be from a slipped drill or something when I originally put the speakers in over a year ago.

I did really put excess caulk on there, it wasn't a straight tear, it was only straight across the surrounds but broke off in opposite direction at the ends, so I pretty much squared the area.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

I hope that works out for you. It doesn't look very pretty, but it may be okay.

I would've taken ciaonzo's advice, but maybe the silicone will work fine. Time will tell...

 

[bernser1er 10+ year member]

now the speaker is ugly you should of just put it under the surround

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

Haha, no it isn't pretty. I played around my maxing the excursion out on the subwoofer with my hand to see how well it would hold up. The slope of the surround is still retained, the cracks are no longer apparent at all even when the surround is moving, "should" work just fine.

 

[Trepkos 10+ year member]

now the speaker is ugly you should of just put it under the surround

I wouldn't say it mattered if the speaker is under a door panel anyway.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

You weren't concerned about any type of chemical reaction from the silicone?

Those were some pretty nice speakers, and hopefully they still are...