hhowell1990

I ordered my re-cone for my BTL about a month and a half ago and it didn't work out for me, I thought I could get the thing to work, but since it was my first time to re-cone a sub a few things went wrong so I'm just going to order a Q when I get the money to do so, i only have a few questions, will my Rockford 1051s be too much for that sub and will it be louder than my btl 15 was on the same amp and in the same box?

If you don't mind paying the price, they are along the lines as a BTL 18. Just as with every other sub, if you put it in the right situation you should be pleased. Dealer here in Lubbock, told me they were freaking $830 shipped. yea talked to the dealer today and they wanted $625 for the 3518, so i didn't even bother asking what they wanted for the 9518

alright i'll talk to the dealer here in austin, if they aren't too expensive i'll go with them, if not i'm probably going to go with either a BL 18 or an ascendant havoc 18

Ok when you get a new basket each of the screws that hold it down, should be 6 of them, should have a dab of CA glue holding them down, What i used was a 20g needle from walgreens and some paint thinner to break the glue down. you're going to want to use that and if possible an impact screwdriver, works like an impact wrench buy you use a hammer on it instead of an air compressor. I was told that you don't have to use CA glue to hold down the screws and that loctite or a similar product will work.

Since i just found out that there's a dealer close to my ouse I'm looking at getting a DD 9518g, anyone know how well that'll compare to a BTL 18?

you changing sizes or staying with the size you have?

the basket was new so it was already down to bare metal, but i think the glue I used was wrong,

before i glued it i cleaned it with acetone, but didn't prepare it in any other way

The CA glue I put the glue itself on the basket and put activator on the spiders and surround when I put the thing together i held the spiders down with clamps and the surround down with clothespins for 12 hrs then waited another 12 hrs before i put power to it.

I originally used epoxy to glue down the spiders, surround and dust cap, as soon as i turned the thing on the dust cap came off and a few seconds later the spiders came up, so i took the thing back apart and re-glued everything with CA glue, that lasted a little longer but this time when the spiders broke loose one of the tinsels broke

that's the video I used as a reference, but i just want to save the time and trouble of trying to re-cone my sub again and order a whole new sub.

Will using 2 ports work or will my tuning be off? I'm going to be running a Fi BTL 18 in a 6 cube box and want to run 2 ports, one firing left, and one firing right. as long as I have the same area and length would I be OK?

it was lined up but i had way too much resin in my mix for the amount of hardener that I had, the other day when you were helping me at like 3 in the morning was when I applied it and today was when i tested it and the spiders separated from the basket and the epoxy was still gooey not nearly cured, but i put a thick line of CA glue on the basket then sprayed the activator on the spiders and surround, that was bout an hour ago and it feels like plastic, and except for being a different color looks like the other basket does that came from Fi.

I got my recone/basket in today and i cut my old sub up and was about to put the new one together when i realized that it didn't come with a gasket. will running it without the gasket for a few days hurt the woofer in any way?

the instructions just say apply glue to one surface and hardener to other and hold for 10 seconds, it can't fully cur that quick can it?

Got another question, i got my re-cone put in and together, then i hooked up my amp and the thing shook ripped itself apart, spiders separated from basket, so I went out and bought some CA glue and hardener, talked to the guy at the hobby store and he told me which one was supposed to be the strongest, so I got that one, stripped all the epoxy off and cleaned it up with paint thinner and a file and put a fat bead of CA glue down on the spider and surround, and just wanted to know how long the glue will need to set up before i can hook my sub up to my amp.

would it need to be longer simply because the material would take up more volume in the box?

I'm removing the motor because I'm changing my sub, going from a 15" to an 18". Okay, thanks for clarifying. There is a dab of CA glue on the screw heads right? I talked to a friend just now that I knew used to install car audio as a side job, but i didn't know that he knew as much as he knows about car audio, he told me to go to walgreens, get an insulin needle and use it to put a little paint thinner under the heads of the screws to melt the CA glue, i did that and it worked now i'm just waiting til a machinery supply co. here in austin opens up to buy some new bolts since some of them had the heads stripped out. thanks for all the help you've given me.

No just the cone basket and dust cap I knew glue wouldn't be included so I bought some 2 part epoxy

if that doesn't work what would you suggest? and do I have to use CA glue when I bolt the thing back together or could I just use thread locker?

is there a way to loosen the CA glue or once it's got activator sprayed on it is it permanent?

I'm removing the motor because I'm changing my sub, going from a 15" to an 18". Okay, thanks for clarifying. There is a dab of CA glue on the screw heads right? yes

I'm removing the motor because I'm changing my sub, going from a 15" to an 18".

and i appreciate the help

Fi i've got a BTL 15 that got a hole in it from a drill and i wanted to recone it since that happened, last friday i had enough moeny to order it so I did. it came in this afternoon, and i got started on it when i got home from work tonight i've gotten the moving parts out of the old one and while trying to get the screws out got stuck and that's where i am now do you recommend a special bit to get the screws out? they look like regular phillips heads but when i put a screw driver on 2 of them the heads stripped a bit so I stopped