Can I repair a damaged speaker?

[jnorion]

I took my passenger's side door panel off today to mess with some wiring and discovered that a screw had come loose somehow from my speaker and has torn the rubber surround. This was a ~$300 pair of speakers when I bought it and I'm very reluctant just to get rid of it and replace it, but when I reattached it I noticed it is buzzing a bit now. The sound is still very clear, just with the buzz added to it. Is there any way to fix the surround so it doesn't buzz anymore?

A little background information, these are my MB-Quart 6.5" components. They run ~120hz and above, powered with 80W max apiece. I don't mind if they lose a little of their motion, I don't run them hard anyway.

[ericsmith32]

Look at the different kinds of epoxy. One might for work for that application.

[blue LEDz]

epoxy plus a small piece of bicycle tubing can usually repair rubber surrounds.

[jnorion]

I don't think there's actually anything missing from it, it's just torn up from it's mounting. Should I just glue it straight down?

[blue LEDz]

yup.

[TheLastMarauder]

Suppose you went out to the car one day and noticed that your surrounds have completely disintegrated? Such as what happened to mine?

That's right, I bought new speakers. New speakers with sexy paper cones. Oh yes.

[blue LEDz]

you can replace the whole surround. partsexpress offers kits to repair them. but for the price, you can just about buy a new set of speakers.