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Crutchfield sells waterproof baffles for door speakers which are made from foam. I was wondering if there is anything I can do to harden these baffles to make them into an enclosure for my door mid-bases. Thanks.
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I did that. I had a guy who just HAD to have 5.25s in his wall. I stapled in a set of XTC foam baffles and glassed the outside. Worked slick as, well, slick...
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Formula for circle volume is pi x R squared times height. Dukk, would it work to use those foam baffles and glass the inside? How well does the glass stick? I'd like to do that in my doors if it'd fit to keep moisture away from the back of the speaker, and keep frequencies from leaking through and cancelling.
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I don't understand why you would want to 'glass them Sam?
I did it so the subs wouldn't crush the mids... I think they restrict most mids. Generally a mid is designed to work in the space of a door. If your door doesn't leak, why put them in?
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I don't know if the door leaks or not, it shouldn't, it's a new car, but in case it does. Also, no matter how much you try to seal off a door so frequencies don't get out and cancel, some will get out, so I'd like to use the baffles to prevent it. I've heard that those foam baffles act as a dampener, and flex with the air as the speaker moves, dampening and hurting the mid's output, so I thought if I glassed and stiffened up the inside, that'd take care of the problem. Your thoughts?
Sam
[This message has been edited by Sam Lin (edited 04-26-2000).]
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With a glassed enclosure that small, aren't you suffocating the mid when you glass a TINY waterproof baffle? I'd think you'd be better off (if your worried about moisture damage and sq) building kicks. Sure they take up foot room, but the project of building them is anadventure in it's self.
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