Re-coning a subwoofer?

[Metalloid]

Slight mishap between my paintball gun barrel and my subwoofer. The cone has a crack from the middle, all the way out to the rubber. How much does it cost to re-cone a sub, and how would I go about getting it done?

 

[TitanDiddly]

I once saw somebody use a FedEx envelope (Tyvek, not hard to get) and super glue. Not sure that it was the cone itself.

 

[bdjohnson]

buy a kit online. for 12" i think a kit costs about $20. It isn't that hard to do you just need to be coordinated.

 

[Dufman]

Originally posted by: bdjohnson
buy a kit online. for 12" i think a kit costs about $20. It isn't that hard to do you just need to be coordinated.

thanks for the imput
i will have to try that myself

 

[Metalloid]

Can anyone find a kit for a Pioneer TS-W304c?

 

[BigPoppa]

Your kit needs to match the sub, as the cone affects the sound greatly. Call up pioneer's speaker division and ask for a recone pricing on that model.

 

[T2T III]

My guess is that you'll probably spend more (time and supplies) re-coning the sub vs. buying a new Pioneer sub and in the end it still might not sound as good as it did before the mis-hap. How much was the sub to start?

Edit: A new Pioneer TS-W305C runs $59.99 - Sound Domain - Pioneer Sub

 

[Metalloid]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
My guess is that you'll probably spend more (time and supplies) re-coning the sub vs. buying a new Pioneer sub and in the end it still might not sound as good as it did before the mis-hap. How much was the sub to start?

Edit: A new Pioneer TS-W305C runs $59.99 - Sound Domain - Pioneer Sub

Mine was a 304C, which they don't make anymore.

Either way, this sucks. I guess I will call them and ask how much a recone kit will cost.

Problem is that I am thinking about selling this system to my friend, but he would probably pay more once I fix it than he would now, so I won' t lose that much on the deal.

 

[Viper GTS]

Do you have any specs on the driver? If you can find one that closely matches you could likely just replace the entire thing (motor/cone/basket/etc.) and call it good.

Viper GTS