Speaker and nylon door protection

[1998K]

Please when you have installed speakers in the doors (front and rear), do you have removed/opened the internal nylon door protection? Is it a problem to avoid water filter from outside?

In my experience first time I removed this nylon protection in mine W202, I found water from the door into the cabin, so I reinstalled this protection, but it seems sound is compromised!



Please what's your suggestion?

Hi

PS: MB dealership says that it's normal that, during raining, some water filter into the door from the window gasket (drained by the bottom door hole)

[1998K]

:hmmm:

[nokia8860]

They sell these little foam cups you can use behind your speaker to protect it from the rain.

So perhaps just cut the hole in the plastic but leave the plastic there. Then install these foam cups in the hole then mount the door speaker. I think the company that makes them is called XTC (no not the happy drug)

[pnsji]

I use sound dampening and not using those nylon protection any longer.

Nokia suggested you use Foam Baffles made by XTC to:
1. protect your speaker from water
2. Make it's own enclosure, so it does not use the whole door as the baffles. This make the nylon protection does not really matter.

For more info:
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S...2&I=237XT652++

[1998K]

Thanks a lot nokia8860 and pnsji, I'll check for similar products here in Italy.

Pnsji, so I understand that you do not protect your speakers?


Hi

[pnsji]

I make some kind of "umbrella" to protect my speakers from the water dropping from the top. The door is still the enclosure.

[1998K]

Thanks pnsji.

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