Jamz3k

Need a bit of help, I had Alpine Type R speakers installed in the front doors of my car when i b(R)ought it 2 years ago. The company that did the install used hot glue (from a gluegun) to attach the tweeters from the TypeR's to the door inserts. This worked well for about 6months and ever since, I've had to reglue them back in quite regularly.

Being quite frustrating to do all the time, I'm looking a more perminant fix, what do you recommend?

Here is a pic of the offending piece
Outside

And how they've previous attached it

AndyC_772

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Sikaflex?

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Difficult to tell from the picture whehter it would be possible but a good fix I have used many times to bond plastic is to drill small holes and put small tie wraps through, strong and easily reversible.

pacenote

clear silicon ?

Jamz3k

Nowhere to drill through on the tweeter but good idea none the less. I have got some chemical metal paste stuff and was tempted to try that but wasn't sure how it would react to plastic!

Jamz3k

do you think silicone would hold bearing in mind the door being opened and closed day in day out?

dabow

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if its just bonding you want, i use q-fix
very good stuff

pacenote

Not tried it for that exact application but it is pretty versatile, suppose you could try it and see now you have the panels off..

Jamz3k

very true, nothing ventured nothing gained!

Dr.No

sand the two surfaces down to provide a bit of a key then use Isopon P38...

Leslie

Motor cycle shops do sell a glue specially designed for sticking glassfibre and plastic fairings together. Its might just work for you.

Les

Lee_1075

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Araldite.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I'd tack it in place with a very thin film (no excess) of superglue (BondLoc medium or low viscosity fast cure is good stuff), then either use silcone adhesive (sikaflex) or Araldite (2 part epoxy resin). Remove all traces of the old glue first though.

DCI Gene Hunt

Tricky....

I'd look to fashion a bracket at the back of the tweeter (using Araldite) and use a couple of self tappers to secure it to the trim from the sides of the sleeve at the back of the trim. e.g. a piece of wood shaped to fit inside the sleeve, glued with araldite to the tweeter and then secured with 2 self tappers through the side of the plastic trim.