metal baffles

[chosen1]

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's car audio -]

u will get vibrations\rattles ...

[chosen1]

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

[- Rovin's car audio -]

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/vie ... p?t=276361

its similar to what im saying ....

[adopson]

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

[TK!]

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]

thats what i wanna hear..lol

[silent_riot]

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