can speakers get damaged in a car wreck?
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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: May 02, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Topic: can speakers get damaged in a car wreck?
Posted By: daboss593
Subject: can speakers get damaged in a car wreck?
Date Posted: July 04, 2009 at 6:55 AM
hi guys, havnt been on here in a long while my proir posts were about my 1984 caddy elderado. well i was prob 2 days away from getting it ready and was rear ended. the rear end was around 35-40 mph. while i was at a dead stop at a stop light. so after months or rehab and my car was written off i started to remove all my stuff. my door comp,speakers head unit etc i know is fine. my sub box was in the trunk. wasnt hooked up etc was in there and braced etc so it wouldnt move. oddly enough the box had no damage etc. ??????????/ of the day is poss damage to the speakers? as in motor-coils etc? they are a pair of 1252w infinites. and if so what are the tell tale signs of damage? well besides the normal blown speaker sounds etc. thanx these forums are great. p.s. and just to wiz off all my freinds who hated my 1984 eldo i already bought an 1983 and started the sickness over again lol.:D
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 04, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Look for physical alingment between the marnet assembly and the frame. If it looks aligned, check each voice coil resistance with a meter. If it reads 3-6 ohms, connect it to an amplifier and test it. If it sounds OK it probably is. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: hotmilk400
Date Posted: July 04, 2009 at 11:13 AM
it should be perfect unless it was physicaly damaged in the crash. like DYohn said, check ohms first, as long as there is a resistance between 1 - 16 , depending on what it should be stock, the spearker should work. also, if you push on the top of the speaker and it bounes alright, it is fine. if it scraps, it is wrecked. if the ohms check out to be okay, you can test it with any radio just to make sure it works. also, you can touch a 9 volt battery on the terminals really quickly to make sure it bounes up and down, but if you have a tester, it will tell you the same thing.
Posted By: daboss593
Date Posted: July 05, 2009 at 2:02 AM
will do thanx for the info
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Posted By: flynntech
Date Posted: July 06, 2009 at 5:54 PM
not likely unless the basket was warped somehow...in that case, the car would likely have been totaled.
It would not surprise me with a hit like that, but they are probably fine.
My father lost the factory CD player in his truck from a hit like that. The AM/FM worked fine, but it never played any CDs again.
By nature, these types of drivers are designed to withstand the vibrations of an automobile, so it would likely require actual physical damage from a accident to destroy them.
Posted By: daboss593
Date Posted: July 08, 2009 at 1:48 AM
no damage and it was odd only a few more inches and smush lol. i did an ohm test 9v batt test and took them out and looked them over they seem fine. thanx for all the info guys
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