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18" Woofer Surround Replacement

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Decibel_116

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My band mate and I designed and built 4 subwoofers for our FOH speaker system. They turned out great. In fact, they were so effective that we only needed to run 2 of them unless we were performing outside. Well, the band has long split up (sigh), but I did keep one set of speakers- which includes 2 subwoofers. The problem is I need to replace the foam surround on the 18" drivers. It seems there were not too many 18" drivers made with foam surround. Most are an accordion type or rubber. So far, I have not been able to find ANY replacement surround for an 18" driver. I need some help locating some. These were originally sold under the Pyramid brand name. They have Made in USA and Super Pro on the magnet label. Original surround color is orange. Any help is appreciated.

Cheers,
David
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There's red 18" foam available for Cerwin Vega subwoofers. I know you can get it on ebay, and probably other places.
 
I did a quick ebay search for "18" Foam Speaker Surround" and came up with a number of offerings. Try searching again using different terms. Seems the 18" CV Orange surrounds are quite obtainable, and would likely make a great match for your speakers.

GeeDeeEmm
 
gdmoore28 said:
I did a quick ebay search for "18" Foam Speaker Surround" and came up with a number of offerings. Try searching again using different terms. Seems the 18" CV Orange surrounds are quite obtainable, and would likely make a great match for your speakers.

GeeDeeEmm
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Thanks for the reply. Apparently, I was using the wrong search terms. All the searches I tried returned nothing.
 
I hope this goes well. I just did my first successful refoam on a pair of JBL control ones using cheap surrounds. It went a lot easier than I thought it would.

I just got rid of the old surround, didn't bother using shims in the VC (opinions will differ on doing this or not) and glued the new foam to the cone. After drying, I put a 50hz test tone thru the driver while seating the foam on the basket edge. Worked a treat.
 
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