the_garynator Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Any tips or tricks to restitching tinsel leads down to the spider? I recently picked up a second lvl 5 m1 (used) and it looks like it has had the stitching that secures the tinsel leads to the spider pulled out (possibly from over-excursion). I beleive they are touching at high excursion. I just need a temporary fix since I'll be reconing both of my level 5s soon, but in the mean time I want to run this one (my other has 2 dead voice coils) but don't want to take the chance of blowing my amp. The other fix I was thinking of would be to use some liquid electrical tape on them but wasn't sure if that would potentially cause heat disapation issues. Thanks, Gary Quote Current Build: Project Flexington: 157.6db @ 37hz Parallel 6th order walk through, DC Neo Elite 18s, 4 DC 5.0ks, JY Lithium, 12 banks of XS Caps Old Builds:150db and HAIRTRICKs from 2x 12" Power Acoustik Mofos (6th order blow through) ;<p>Roadmaster Wagon Build - DC LVL 6 M3, Kicker Warhorse ; Godzilla swapped 240sx ; 6th Order Bandpass Alpine Type R 12 ; Fully loaded DC Level 5 18" 240sx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorshammer Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Best bet us to either tape them so they can't short or try and get shrink wrap around them,split down middle then tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_garynator Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 Ended up using liquid electrical tape, seems to be working so far. Unfortunately I discovered one of the tinsel leads is missing and the second one in that pair is pretty badly damaged. Luckilly it seems to still be working on all 4 voice coils for now. Looks like i'll be reconing both of them sooner than later lol. Thanks for the advice Rob! Quote Current Build: Project Flexington: 157.6db @ 37hz Parallel 6th order walk through, DC Neo Elite 18s, 4 DC 5.0ks, JY Lithium, 12 banks of XS Caps Old Builds:150db and HAIRTRICKs from 2x 12" Power Acoustik Mofos (6th order blow through) ;<p>Roadmaster Wagon Build - DC LVL 6 M3, Kicker Warhorse ; Godzilla swapped 240sx ; 6th Order Bandpass Alpine Type R 12 ; Fully loaded DC Level 5 18" 240sx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyBoy95 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 what are you doing that is making the spiders rip from the spiders? Quote Best Score to Date : 160.5 dB Outlaw (47Hz)[4 XM 15's & 2 Taramps Bass 12k's] BL : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/147800-chevyboy95s-4-15s-7krms-wall-1533-db-on-half-power/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/hitemwiththeflex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_garynator Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 what are you doing that is making the spiders rip from the spiders? I bought the sub used, and after further inspection it looks like the spider has been reglued down, the tinsel leads are about half the length that they should be and have torn out of the spider. If I run it full tilt it snaps tinsel leads...I've fixed them once, but it only held together for about 3 weeks. I'm trying to keep this thing together for another month until I decide if I'm getting a new winter beater (debating picking up a buick roadmaster wagon hell yeah), cuz if I do, I'll be reconing them into 18's, don't really want to recone one, just to recone it again in a month lol. Quote Current Build: Project Flexington: 157.6db @ 37hz Parallel 6th order walk through, DC Neo Elite 18s, 4 DC 5.0ks, JY Lithium, 12 banks of XS Caps Old Builds:150db and HAIRTRICKs from 2x 12" Power Acoustik Mofos (6th order blow through) ;<p>Roadmaster Wagon Build - DC LVL 6 M3, Kicker Warhorse ; Godzilla swapped 240sx ; 6th Order Bandpass Alpine Type R 12 ; Fully loaded DC Level 5 18" 240sx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zack_e89 Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 what kind of power are you putting into your m1 level 5s? and how did you set your gain Quote 97 Suburban 8 custom PSI Platform 3 18's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_garynator Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 If you reread, the previous owner damaged the sub. Not sure what he did to it. Im running an ap30001d to it. Everything was set with a dd1. The issue isn't my setup, the issue is that the tinsel leads are too short (not sure why they are). Quote Current Build: Project Flexington: 157.6db @ 37hz Parallel 6th order walk through, DC Neo Elite 18s, 4 DC 5.0ks, JY Lithium, 12 banks of XS Caps Old Builds:150db and HAIRTRICKs from 2x 12" Power Acoustik Mofos (6th order blow through) ;<p>Roadmaster Wagon Build - DC LVL 6 M3, Kicker Warhorse ; Godzilla swapped 240sx ; 6th Order Bandpass Alpine Type R 12 ; Fully loaded DC Level 5 18" 240sx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zack_e89 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 If you reread, the previous owner damaged the sub. Not sure what he did to it. Im running an ap30001d to it. Everything was set with a dd1. The issue isn't my setup, the issue is that the tinsel leads are too short (not sure why they are). I apologize. I misread and was just trying to help. Quote 97 Suburban 8 custom PSI Platform 3 18's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 He over drove the he'll out of it is whatbhappened Quote THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zack_e89 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 He over drove the he'll out of it is whatbhappened lol Quote 97 Suburban 8 custom PSI Platform 3 18's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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