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So I had some moisture problems in my last car and had some visible water deposits and a bit of rust on my midbass in the doors. Nothing terrible and they still work fine but I really want to try to protect them more this time. I have the metra silicone baffles but space is tight and they don't fit and I really don't want to cut the door. Anyone have any clever ideas other than these baffles? Thanks
I've used those XTC baffles and just cut the bottom out with decent results. Made sure to leave enough material to cover the motor of the midbass, then just snipped the lower half or third away.
Had some Image Dynamics XS mids that were notorious for rusting, and that method kept them looking and performing great.
Ditto, I've used those foam baffles from Crutchfield and cut out the lower section to make avrair cover for door speakers.
^^^ +2 on cutting the baffles...
Third vote for chopping up foam baffles. Also, make a drip loop in your wire so water can't run down the wire right to the terminals. You want the last bit of wire to be an uphill path not down.
I thought about that. Just wondering if there was why other ideas. I'll do that and hope it fits. There's no issue with the basket being up against the door is there?
I’ve been actually using the new rubber ones from Metra.
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You're gonna have to explain what you mean by this, for me, anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by cms983
Has anybody made anything simple from plastic sheeting, or tyvek, or anything quick and dirty, without any negative issues?
When I did mine, I actually made a small hole in the foam baffles to feed the wire through (it was a snug fit) and then smeared some silicone all over the area to "waterproof" the area the wire entered the baffle. Not sure if it was any better than looping underneath so water has to run uphill, but when I initially installed them, they were not cut for use as rain covers. Quickly found that the "good seal" caused the baffle to be sucked in and pushed out as the speaker played and the output was really muddy and muffled. That's when I went in and cut out (what I'm going to call) the bottom 1/3 of the baffle to allow air movement, yet protect against immediate moisture damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by xTHANATOPSISx
I usualy build enclosures in doors.... absolutely no problems with moisture
My Morel midbasses received a quasi foam/butyl roof "cleverly" attached to the motor. It works, or at least the drivers do.
I too prefer foam baffles cut. Before XTC's I used aluminum bent 90°. I would then make relief cuts in one side to allow it to curve around the speaker and mount perfectly inside the hole.
I ended up cutting the silicone baffles in half and got them to fit ok. It's enough to protect them from falling water in the event any makes it in there which I'm sure it will. Did on my last car.
Do you guys have rain guard? Looks a little like fish tank filter type foam? You can breath through it if you cover your mouth with it, but I presume it’s hydrophobic and repels water, you would normally sandwich it between a mounting ring and the door metal work, allowing it so sag a little so it allows the magnet to fit into the pocket created
it seems a lot better idea to me vs semi covering the rear of a midbass chassis with foam, in the same way as we chamfer the rear of a midrange ring to allow it to breath and pressure to leave the rear of the cone without a degree of suffocation, I done see how covering the rear of a midbass can be good without something that’s very breathable
im not saying this is ‘the’ way to do it, but to me it makes more sense than a foam cap that may effect the impedence curve a little perhaps, just my ten penneth :)
I use fast dry reticulated foam. It is used on a lot of outdoor PA speakers. Just put it around the driver when inserting into the door card.
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