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Help with JBL speaker repair - refoam gone wrong?
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<blockquote data-quote="BenH" data-source="post: 8864756" data-attributes="member: 690429"><p>They are not coaxial mounted. They are two separate component that are housed together. If I replace with a coax then I cannot connect the wires properly as [USER=654802]@1aespinoza[/USER] mentions above. I know there is a way to do it by splicing the wires out of the coaxial connections, but this seems like trouble as well.</p><p></p><p>I went to 4 different car audio places today, and they all basically told me the same thing (except for 1 who thought that you could wire the 2 wire coaxial right to the 4 speakers coming from the amp and not have any issue...so I discounted his opinion because he appears to be ill informed).</p><p></p><p>The options are:</p><p></p><p>1) Get a 2-way coaxial speaker and splice the tweeter wiring out as shown in the link I mentioned here:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://caraudiotips.blogspot.com/2013/02/upgrading-rear-speakers-toyota-camry.html?m=1[/URL]</p><p></p><p>2) Get a 2-way component and mount the tweeters elsewhere. This isn't an attractive option because there is likely not clearance to mount them anywhere underneath the read deck cover. This likely involves alteration to the metal frame (drilling) and somehow creating a hole in plastic of the car deck for the sound to come out of.</p><p></p><p>3) Get just the midrange 6x9 and try to re-use the existing bracket which houses the tweeter. Here I'd also have to clip and rewire each speakers wires separately to the harness.</p><p></p><p>4) Bring the speakers into a restoration guy who can test them and refoam/recone them. All 3 places said they do this alot - especially with Toyota's and Lexus' who have these sound systems with speakers with uncommon resistance ratings where there aren't really alot of drop-in replacements and OEM stuff is exorbitant. Unfortunately the guy isn't open until next week again but it sounds like I might be able to get them repaired for about $70 a set. </p><p></p><p>All the places recommended that #4 was the best thing to do in my case. Anything else I'm going to lose some function (either signal loss via component/coaxial wiring, or volume due to resistance issues) or else is going to require some rewiring and/or modifying the car to fit speakers that otherwise don't.</p><p></p><p>I'll try to update next week with what I've decided. If you see errors in the above, still open to suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BenH, post: 8864756, member: 690429"] They are not coaxial mounted. They are two separate component that are housed together. If I replace with a coax then I cannot connect the wires properly as [USER=654802]@1aespinoza[/USER] mentions above. I know there is a way to do it by splicing the wires out of the coaxial connections, but this seems like trouble as well. I went to 4 different car audio places today, and they all basically told me the same thing (except for 1 who thought that you could wire the 2 wire coaxial right to the 4 speakers coming from the amp and not have any issue...so I discounted his opinion because he appears to be ill informed). The options are: 1) Get a 2-way coaxial speaker and splice the tweeter wiring out as shown in the link I mentioned here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://caraudiotips.blogspot.com/2013/02/upgrading-rear-speakers-toyota-camry.html?m=1[/URL] 2) Get a 2-way component and mount the tweeters elsewhere. This isn't an attractive option because there is likely not clearance to mount them anywhere underneath the read deck cover. This likely involves alteration to the metal frame (drilling) and somehow creating a hole in plastic of the car deck for the sound to come out of. 3) Get just the midrange 6x9 and try to re-use the existing bracket which houses the tweeter. Here I'd also have to clip and rewire each speakers wires separately to the harness. 4) Bring the speakers into a restoration guy who can test them and refoam/recone them. All 3 places said they do this alot - especially with Toyota's and Lexus' who have these sound systems with speakers with uncommon resistance ratings where there aren't really alot of drop-in replacements and OEM stuff is exorbitant. Unfortunately the guy isn't open until next week again but it sounds like I might be able to get them repaired for about $70 a set. All the places recommended that #4 was the best thing to do in my case. Anything else I'm going to lose some function (either signal loss via component/coaxial wiring, or volume due to resistance issues) or else is going to require some rewiring and/or modifying the car to fit speakers that otherwise don't. I'll try to update next week with what I've decided. If you see errors in the above, still open to suggestions. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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