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Old Apr 21, 2021 | 12:50 PM
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I just received all the door speakers and the dash speaker along with the Bose amp from a member on here. They all look pristine and I am excited to get decent sounds back.

I popped the driver door off and my old woofer which recently joined the passenger side with crappy crackles. Reading about the others with water issues and separations from the Cone, I figured I would see the problem clearly on the old one. I don't see any rust, or any evidence of water damage.
It looks basically as good as the ones I got today.

Is there a certain area to look at? I looked at the middle of the cone and it seems attached and along the outside edge I do not see any separation. The speaker looks fine. hopefully it isn't something else. Still plan on replacing them since I got them, but hopefully I don't have the same poor sound with the new ones in.
Also, the ones in the door had the sticky lining around the edge. I imagine I should get some of that for the new ones before I put is in, correct?
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Nevermind. Just looked at the speaker again and pushing on the cone slightly on the back center I can see where it is detached. Relief. Now to get some tunes going again without being embarrassed. Probably will fix the old ones for spares, now that I see where it is apart, looks to be pretty easy fix.
That is at the bottom of the speaker, so guess just a bit of moisture gets in there and settles and before long. Will have to look at some sort of shield to add to them soon.



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New Woofers installed. Easier than I was thinking it would be. Now to go for a high volume cruise


Well I know one thing, good Bose Woofers sound better than bad Bose woofers! So glad to have that back. Now for Crutchfield to get that stupid Alpine back in stock.

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Sandman, glad you got it fixed. This issue is coming up more and more as the cars age. Seems to be more so with the 2012-13 model years. Hopefully the problem doesn't reoccur down the road. Or at least not any time soon.
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Sandman, glad you got it fixed. This issue is coming up more and more as the cars age. Seems to be more so with the 2012-13 model years. Hopefully the problem doesn't reoccur down the road. Or at least not any time soon.
Thanks Torch and all the help/advice you provided. Felt good cranking some Floyd with the windows down!!
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Can't go wrong with Floyd.
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