metal baffles

chosen1 · Street 2NR Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Tech posts: 48 My 2NRide:

guys, is there a down side to mounting speakers directly to metal baffles?

i am thinking about doing this cus i know a guy who knows a guy who owns a lathe and was thinking about it

any risks invloved?

thanks

(...Rovin...) · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:18 am Post subject:

u will get vibrations\rattles ...

chosen1 · Street 2NR Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Tech posts: 48 My 2NRide:

okay...well damping material will erradicate that right?

(...Rovin...) · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

dampening is for another purpose

there is term ppl use : "decouple" , which means u dont want ur speaker directly contacting d metal of ur door or back dash since like i said = rattles

what i do cut a ring of mdf & apply a bead of caulking on it (which also seals any air escaping between d mdf ring & d metal) b4 i attach it to d metal - then u screw\bolt ur speaker onto d mdf ring

see this thread

http://forums.trinituner.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=276361

its similar to what im saying ....

adopson · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:57 am Post subject:

just try it and see what happens...one way to find out....if it rattle it rattle....

TK! · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject:

if u use a hard inflexible piece of steel or aluminum, u'r ok... just seal between the baffle and the car...

and also use foam tape between the steel baffle and the speaker.

foam tape - bhagwansinghs, weather stripping section.

chosen1 · Street 2NR Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Tech posts: 48 My 2NRide:

thats what i wanna hear..lol

silent_riot · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject:

If its thick enough, I would use it, esp if its aluminium.