[Johnny]

My buddys got a crack in the cone of one of his 12" kicker Comp VR.
What will this do. Its about 1" long up at the top near the surround.
He doent care but i would like to know whats going to happen.

 

[foey]

not much really, if the crack is from side to side, it could get bigger. If it's straight down then not much, could loose some bass doe. :dunno:

 

[Johnny]

yeah its going pretty much up and down with a little angle to it

 

[Mr. Big Stuff]

Best case: he will lose a little bass because of the air leak.

Worst case: it will distort the cone enough to shift the voice coil off-center causing a short.

Most likely: It will start to rattle enough so he will get fed up and replace it.

 

[rollin_in_a_S-10]

my old 10" thump did that so i went to an audio shop and they told me to super glue it and it will bump just as well before hollar back tell me if it works if your going to use it emailk address is [email protected]

 

[1ofaknd]

i had three 12W6's and one of them was splitting the dustcap, and the surround started to rip. Just put some silicone on it.

 

[BIG DIRTY]

Send it in for service.

 

[enough_talkin]

do not put silicone on it....the fumes from silicone eat the surrounds up....

 

[1ofaknd]

Originally posted by enough_talkin@Oct 12 2003, 10:20 PM
do not put silicone on it....the fumes from silicone eat the surrounds up....

no it won't. That might be true when building a box. You aren't supposed to load the subs right after you silicone it cuz of the fumes.

How would the fumes hurt it if it's open to the outside?? That's like saying "don't paint outside, cuz you'll breath in all the fumes."

I've had silicone on this sub for a LONG time, and i guess it's not hungry, cuz it didn't eat the surround. :uh:

 

[enough_talkin]

yeah thats pretty funny because a friend of mine has 3 12'' w3's and had a dustcap break loose....the surround cracked a week after he siliconed the dustcap back on...might not hurt a santoprene surround but that foam shit gets ate up

 

[blaze91]

caulking works on foam surrounds. ive done it on poon holes. but it has to be white caulking. :biggrin:

 

[1ofaknd]

Originally posted by blaze91@Oct 14 2003, 06:30 PM
caulking works on foam surrounds. ive done it on poon holes. but it has to be white caulking. :biggrin:

the stuff i used was clear blue. It worked pretty good too.

 

[ur not low89]

aaaww man


sorry i thought this was about something else

 

[ExitHeaven]

how do the comps sound? can you hear a difference from before teh crack and now?

 

[Johnny]

they sound good. we cant even tell a difference between the one good one and the bad one. But he got some free kicker grills from my buddy so you cant even see them