irokdastar

Yesterday after blasting my music i start getting a rattle. i didnt hesitate i knew exactly what it is. went into autozone and got gaskit maker. took off my door btw thank you all for the great diy's. it turned out that my 6x9 was busted half way around the border . i learned a techinic if anyone wants to do this with out making it look like a hack job. apply a steady beed all the way aroun then come with you finger and smooth it down. it looked like good. put everything back together and wated a few hours . turned up the music and it sounds so good now. no more rattle. i just want to thank you all for the diy's

jzwu

What exactly did you get from autozone? Brand and name?

irokdastar

i think its jb weld. if you go in the gasket section they have 1 main brand they sell. its basiclly said gasket maker. i got the one that said it resists oil its black label

edmondt

Can you take a picture of it? I know my speakers has blown on both sides, they sound really horrible :S

cjs18

The deterioration that many of us experience with these failed 6 x 9 door speakers involves the entire surround (all of the foam stuff). When this is the case, no amount of aftermarket goo will fix it - you need a repair kit that includes a new foam surround (or a new speaker). If you were going to the trouble of taking your doors apart to get at the speakers, I'd be prepared to go with the full repair. The new surrounds are only about $25-$35 from a speaker repair specialty shop - and they include the appropriate adhesive and instructions for you.

jzwu

Here is the link to the repair kit.

https://www.simplyspeakers.com/lexus...-fsk-6x9.html#

grabber2

Interesting......My passenger side door speaker works fine with low~mid evel. When it get louder with bass, I heard rattle coming from it. now I'm not sure if my door panel is loose or blow speaker.

cjs18

My money would be on the speaker, but certainly if you wanted to do a little testing before taking your door apart there is a free audio test cd image that you can download:
http://binkster.net/extras.shtml#cd

You just burn this image from the website to a recordable CD and play it. You should be able to use one of the sweep tracks to isolate your problem. At the right frequency - I'd guess somewhere in the 40-60Hz range - you may hear the characteristic buzzing and fluttering sound that indicates a bad surround right at the location of the speaker. Don't play the square wave track(s) at any volume level since this energy can be destructive.

From my experience, if you do isolate the problem to the speaker and decide to do the work yourself, you don't have to take the door panel all the way off. If you're willing to be a little uncomfortable laying on your garage floor, you only have to remove all the fasteners and pry it out at the bottom. At that point you can get your hand up into the space and take out the speaker bolts. This saves messing with the lock cables and other stuff at the upper part of the door. Everything stays in alignment and when you're done you just pop it back into place and replace the fasteners.

irokdastar

Here is my update. the speaker is still working fine. in my case the foam was ok but the speaker it self was ripped all along the borders.

zneb28

Do you really have to remove the door panel or as CJS18 says just the bottom snaps to get at the 6X9 ?? Doesn't the grill cover come off at all ??

irokdastar

no you dont have to remove the who door. i did it because i didnt know which speaker was bad.just unsnap the bottom and you can reach it by laying down on your back

cjs18

In my situation I actually removed all the door fasteners so that I would have as much room to work as possible. I didn't try it with only the bottom fasteners out but you might be able to do it. In any case you shouldn't have to mess with the tweeter and the door lock cables. Unfortunately I broke one of those little plastic pins at the front of the door and had to spend $1.50 at the Lexu$ dealer for a new one. You should be able to avoid that also, if you're careful.