Original speaker repair (foaming) (Page 1/3)
DougKraft APR 30, 10:56 PM
Does anyone know who repairs the original fiero dash speakers and subwoofers? I am looking to have them refoamed.

Thanks
fierosound MAY 01, 01:45 AM
Modernized "factory" replacements (with neodymium magnets) would perform better http://www.turnswitch.com/speakers.htm

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weloveour86se MAY 01, 12:05 PM
I bought half of a refoaming kit for the factory sub from another PFF'er last summer. I was just orginizing some reciepts when i came across the paperwork that cam with it. The original purchase was from midwestspeaker dot com

Item # is 160418363095 JBL Pro 3 Control 1-5" Woofer Refoam Kit Speaker Foam.

Email them repair@midwestspeaker.com
Phone them 651-645-7385
Write them a letter? 2812 Fairview Ave. N.
Roseville, MN 55113

Origial purchaser paid $19.95 for the kit to do 2 subs. Possible split the cost of one with someone else here? Or use what you need and sell the other half for half of purchase costs?
E.Furgal MAY 01, 03:24 PM
I'd not bother , the cone is 25 years old and paper..
the 98 up tahoe and burb, use 2 way 4-10's in the rear of the truck, I'd grab them from a junkyard before I'd recone the factory fiero ones..
or install 5.25" rounds, with the adapter,
FieroScott MAY 02, 08:00 PM
I had a couple of Sub Speakers re-coned at;

Van L. Speakerworks
5704 N. Weastern Avenue
Chicago, IL 60659
(773)769-0773

It's been a few years, but maybe there still there.
I think it was about $50 each.

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masospaghetti MAY 04, 09:54 AM
I bought a refoam kit for the subwoofer and did it myself from Speakerworks. Cost was $9.75 plus shipping. Although the surround wasn't specifically meant for a subwoofer, the finished product sounds good and has held up well, so far. They also offer repair services if you send them your speaker but I have not personally tried it.

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Ry86GT OCT 15, 11:32 AM
masospaghetti, there are a few different kits at speakerworks. I want to do this myself, can you let me know which kit you ordered? Or do you happen to have the other half of the kit left that you want to get rid of?
Stainless1911 OCT 15, 12:22 PM
Factory speakers are generally 5-10 years behind everyone else to begin with. That said, why would you want to replace the factory speakers in a 25 year old car? You could just install a record player, you might get better sound lol. I would plan on replacing the speakers in any brand new car I bought before I even got the car home.
Ry86GT OCT 15, 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by Stainless1911:

Factory speakers are generally 5-10 years behind everyone else to begin with. That said, why would you want to replace the factory speakers in a 25 year old car? You could just install a record player, you might get better sound lol. I would plan on replacing the speakers in any brand new car I bought before I even got the car home.



Because I've never refoamed a speaker before and this is the perfect chance to do something I've never done before, because it's cheaper, but mainly because this is what I want to do to solve my problem. Other than the broken foam the OEM speaker I have is just fine, in fact it looks brand new other than the grille cloth that I cut off of it.

Other than maybe installing a Delco CD player I have no intentions of modifying the OEM stereo system at all. Even that is a big, big maybe.

Thank you for your input.

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Bruce OCT 15, 05:44 PM
I refoamed my Bose 901s (that's 18 individual speakers), and the drivers were 35 years old. The foam was a mess, but the cones were still intact. No reason to think the GM speakers can't be refoamed in the same way.
Incidentally, the refoam kit, which I purchased from "Speaker City" in CA., had great directions. The whole job took me about an hour, at the most.