enclosing a speaker

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Nov 18, 2010 | 02:39 PM
  #11  
the wite part is where you want the hole cut and place it at the bottom of the speaker to shield it form water falling into the speaker basket. The hole is more than large enough to allow rear speaker coupling to the air inside the door...which is needed for proper sound particularly for door speakers which are designed for infinite baffle application.
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Nov 18, 2010 | 03:05 PM
  #12  
Quote: make sure there a stamped steel basket and then weld in some sheet metal to fill the holes. foil, plastic and etc will all crack and fall off and sound terrible. if you want to do it right, weld in the sheet metal, speaker will be 100% waterproof, sound amazing and be more accurate.

good luck, ive done it, works great!
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You're stringing this guy along right?
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Nov 18, 2010 | 03:12 PM
  #13  
^^that was my thought as well, but i wanted to be polite. I don't know where some people get their brilliant ideas from???
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Nov 18, 2010 | 03:13 PM
  #14  
yes...lol

but my marine audio suggestion was legit...if its gonna get wet and your that concerned, use the equipment thats designed for that abuse.

or fix the vehicle, shouldnt leak that much water.
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Nov 18, 2010 | 03:16 PM
  #15  
....you had me worried there for a minute
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Nov 18, 2010 | 04:01 PM
  #16  
i played around with those foam enclosures just out of curiosity a while back. i wouldn't use them for a second, especially on $600 speakers lol.

sure they may protect them, but your midbass is dropping off the charts and it really skews the speakers sound. annnnd you are basically negating your expensive speakers. may as well put in cheapies and not care if they get hurt:P
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Nov 18, 2010 | 04:44 PM
  #17  
^^that's why you cut a large hole in the back...you get water protection (at least from above dripping on them), and your speakers can do what they're meant to do since the rear is still open.
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Nov 18, 2010 | 09:18 PM
  #18  
ya, i cut out holes of varying sizes, getting larger and larger. still has a big negative impact on sq.
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Nov 18, 2010 | 11:01 PM
  #19  
Quote: all you need are the speaker cups, cut the bottom portion off to form a shield against water droplets...like in my photo (do a better job than my photo depicts though). Very simple, effective and you don't have to weld your speakers (that's not a good idea for so many reasons).
Where do you buy those/What are they called? (Maybe ebay has them for cheap) I'm looking for something like that, although I want it in hard plastic, to mount under the speakers that are on the rear deck. From what I've read, Speakers located there could/are effected by large amounts of bass from a sub in the trunk. Those (in hard plastic) would prevent the speaker from distorting from the bass of the sub(s)
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Nov 19, 2010 | 03:32 PM
  #20  
Crutchfield Canada
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