Hi guys,
Having a hell of a time rebuilding my speakers and door panels after discovering a major leak over the winter.
So the sthort story is the PO replaced the factory speakers with aftermarket ones. Basically he put them on the outside of the door panels, and screwed them into the doors with self tapping screws. What happens when it rains is the water leaks down the door onto the speakers, and because there was no tight seal between the speaker and the door, the water leaks in through the opening, leaks onto the cardboard part of the door panel soaking it through, and even worse it was leaking into pockets of the plastic moisture barrier and was forming rust spots on the doors. This is happening on all four doors.
Here is a crappy diagram of how it was setup before:
I have read what feels like every thread on speaker installs on mud, got the speaker set and spacers that many folks recommended, but still running into issues.
I am operating under the assumption that there has to be a tight seal between the metal part of the door, and either the spacer or the speaker to prevent the water from leaking through.
I bought the Polk Audio DB651 6.5" kit that a lot of people recommended in various threads.
The issue I am having with the front is that the spacers aren't fitting tightly against the doors because of the four round tabs where the speaker actually gets screwed into. Since I can't achieve a tight seal, it will likely result in the same problem I had before with the water leaking. Short of putting a rubber or foam seal of some sort below the spacers, which would likely push the speaker out too far where it would hit the dashboard, not sure what else to do.
Has anyone solved this?
It gets a lot worse with the back speakers. The PO cut out larger holes to fit 5 1/4" speakers, mangling the entire surface in the process. The way it's now I am not sure whether a tight seal is even possible since all of the holes for mounting points are at very different depths:
I took the truck to two stereo shops (not many of those left in the area), all of which do custom work. Both scratched their heads and the only suggestion they came up with is to do something similar to the solution found in this thread - making a cutout out of Dynamat to make a cup surrounding the speaker.
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I have a lot of concerns going this route, mainly around the fact that if I ever wanted to remove it for some reason I'd had to tear off the dynamat which is a major pain, and also because the paper/sticky side of dynamat could eventually make contact with the glass/glass hardware after a winter of taking on water.
What would mud do??
Having a hell of a time rebuilding my speakers and door panels after discovering a major leak over the winter.
So the sthort story is the PO replaced the factory speakers with aftermarket ones. Basically he put them on the outside of the door panels, and screwed them into the doors with self tapping screws. What happens when it rains is the water leaks down the door onto the speakers, and because there was no tight seal between the speaker and the door, the water leaks in through the opening, leaks onto the cardboard part of the door panel soaking it through, and even worse it was leaking into pockets of the plastic moisture barrier and was forming rust spots on the doors. This is happening on all four doors.
Here is a crappy diagram of how it was setup before:
I have read what feels like every thread on speaker installs on mud, got the speaker set and spacers that many folks recommended, but still running into issues.
I am operating under the assumption that there has to be a tight seal between the metal part of the door, and either the spacer or the speaker to prevent the water from leaking through.
I bought the Polk Audio DB651 6.5" kit that a lot of people recommended in various threads.
The issue I am having with the front is that the spacers aren't fitting tightly against the doors because of the four round tabs where the speaker actually gets screwed into. Since I can't achieve a tight seal, it will likely result in the same problem I had before with the water leaking. Short of putting a rubber or foam seal of some sort below the spacers, which would likely push the speaker out too far where it would hit the dashboard, not sure what else to do.
Has anyone solved this?
It gets a lot worse with the back speakers. The PO cut out larger holes to fit 5 1/4" speakers, mangling the entire surface in the process. The way it's now I am not sure whether a tight seal is even possible since all of the holes for mounting points are at very different depths:
I took the truck to two stereo shops (not many of those left in the area), all of which do custom work. Both scratched their heads and the only suggestion they came up with is to do something similar to the solution found in this thread - making a cutout out of Dynamat to make a cup surrounding the speaker.
Window Help - Leaks
I searched and searched and found lots of suggestions but nothing like my problem....or what I think my problem is. I am the new owner of a 97 collectors edition. The PO had a nice garage and it lived inside. My garage houses the FJ40, so the 80 is in the driveway. Last week we had tropical...
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I have a lot of concerns going this route, mainly around the fact that if I ever wanted to remove it for some reason I'd had to tear off the dynamat which is a major pain, and also because the paper/sticky side of dynamat could eventually make contact with the glass/glass hardware after a winter of taking on water.
What would mud do??
