Jl Sub Torn

[alerosport.com]

Need to know how to get this fixed... foam has a long tear.

It is a JL w6 ver. 1 12inch

[flalero]

Take it back and exchange it or contact the manufacturer and find out how to ship it to them for repair. I would assume that JL has a good warranty, so they shouldn't have a problem repairing or exchaning it.

[cwm33]

how the hell did you do that? :huh?:

[alerosport.com]

Well i didn't have a grill on it... should have, i think a book or something in the trunk :(
I bought it from a friend from a friend about a year ago, and it wasnt new then...
I posted somewhere else they said to use contact cement or rubber cement, and the guy said that there is little or no proformance diffrence affterwards.

[mikegett]

The dude is insane if he thinks contact cement won't make a difference. First, a sub with any decent wattage will rip the contact cement right off. The stuff we use on the subs are high grade rubbers that bond chemicaly. Secondly, a surround has to be linear. If one portion does not expand and contract at the same ratio as the rest distorion is introduced. This is the same as your gain settings. You may not hear the distortion but it can eventually kill your voice coil. There are many companies you can check with on the net about re-coning and new surrounds. First, try JL and compare the prices. You payed for a nice sub, now it is time for bib daddy to give it the respect it deserves.

[alerosport.com]

yeah i was doubting the cement thing... didn't know how it would hold up, and i don't wana hurt it, anymore then it is

[tenny]

cement definatly wont work... that would be ok on a tweeter but definatly not a sub. It's never going to be the same no matter waht you do to it or how muhc you pay someone to fix it you won tget the same sound out of it. If it was me (I dont know what that sub is worth) but i'd probably cut my losses and get a new one.

[tenny]

sorry double post, damn kid distracting me from the internet... lol :pissed:

[sound_xtreme]

wood glue

[mikegett]

As a tech I have found that double sided tape, velcro, and the infamous bubble gum are the fix alls.

[FormulaNERD]

jb weld will fix anything.

[sound_xtreme]

wood glue should work fine on that type of foam surround. but there are some industrial epoxies that will work also that you can buy at auto zones and poop like that.

[alerosport.com]

i put a few coats front and back of rubber cement glue... put in today, gona give it another day before i turn it up, so far so good.