wet speakers :S

[wicke]

can anyone shed some light onto y the hell im geting moisture onto my speakers that are mounted in the doors, yeah hapens when it rains, but doesnt leak on the inside

[Garry]

All car doors allow water inside them, some cars more than others. The MX5's get particularily wet. Thats why manufacturers use a plastic liner behind the door trim to stop the water entering the vehicle, and the MX5 speakers came with a plastic shroud behind them from the factory.

Best bet is to get some speaker shields from your friendly car stereo installer or bodge up something yourself to keep the water off your speakers. Though most non-paper speakers are water resistant these days.

[wicke]

thanks garry that clears up a bit, yeah the water didnt stuff them but while they are wet they cant go as loud, they are r type splits so not papper, hmmmi might have to bodge some sort of water shireldign up then, as anyone done this yet?

[JR]

i never even knew about that but its quite interesting. i too would like to see some pics if any1 has some or even a walkthrough

[wicke]

haha i agree on ya with that one jr, very interested to know

[SuperMazdaKart]

what about the connections on the wiring & electrical bits?

[wicke]

crimpted connections with plastic covering

[devolutio]

what do you mean by "they don't go as loud", are you certain it's because they are wet? I can't picture how a speaker cone being wet would damped the volume for any more than a second after all the water has been shaken off. It wouldn't affect the higher frequencies... so if it's an attenuation of all frequencies at once while wet (overall quieter) then i'd be checkin the wiring... but it still seems wierd.

if they don't go as loud, the answer is to turn them up louder... if you are always pushing them to the limits, then maybe its the noise floor that has increased (road noise from wet road)... is there a difference when sitting at lights? In that case an upgrade sounds like the go... maybe a sub to take the stress off the speakers in the door (which leaves you not even enough room for a putter!)

Not saying it isn't possible, just seems strange. I imagine any speaker protection would be there to increase the life of the speaker rather than keep them efficient.

got db meter?

[wicke]

nah they dont go as loud cause if i go to listen to them at the same volume they crackle like crazy, its not the cone geting wet that i worry about(its a aluminium cone) but the material between the cone an the magnet