I repaired my foam 2003 GX470 Mark Levinson speakers both front and wolfer they sounded great but they did not last long, several months later they were not working at all, so I replaced them with 8 ohm speakers, just make sure they are 8 ohms.
@@kirkmartin4005 if the coils go bad then the speaker is not worth repairing. Also if the voice coil wasn’t centered correctly when you did the foam repair, that could damage the voice coils. Or it could just be that the coils were on their way out due to playing them too loud, or just because of age. I had actually used some 4 ohm Boston acoustics speakers while i was doing the repair and the actually sounded very good. I had those in there for a few months, before i put the originals back in.
Yes. I just repair a JBL factory subwoofer yesterday. It took 3 hours. You have let it dry per the instructions, which was a bit different from this repair. As long as the voice coil is not damaged and only the foam surrounding is bad, this repair works great. I have done many of these. They don’t make kits for every speaker out there, mostly JBL, Toyota, mark levenson, and many aftermarket subwoofers.
If you go the replace route, do your research. ML’s are 8ohm in my GX470 and most car speakers are 2 or 4. On these particular ones, it’s almost as easy to repair.
Well i know this is a 2004, because this is my dad’s speakers off of his 2004 Lexus Its the Mark levenson system. This one has the navigation system audio top end one.
I repaired my foam 2003 GX470 Mark Levinson speakers both front and wolfer they sounded great but they did not last long, several months later they were not working at all, so I replaced them with 8 ohm speakers, just make sure they are 8 ohms.
Were the voice coils bad on your speakers? Or did the foam not hold after the repair?
Coils were bad on every one.
@@kirkmartin4005 if the coils go bad then the speaker is not worth repairing. Also if the voice coil wasn’t centered correctly when you did the foam repair, that could damage the voice coils. Or it could just be that the coils were on their way out due to playing them too loud, or just because of age. I had actually used some 4 ohm Boston acoustics speakers while i was doing the repair and the actually sounded very good. I had those in there for a few months, before i put the originals back in.
So fixing the surrounding makes it sound good again ?
Yes. I just repair a JBL factory subwoofer yesterday. It took 3 hours. You have let it dry per the instructions, which was a bit different from this repair. As long as the voice coil is not damaged and only the foam surrounding is bad, this repair works great. I have done many of these. They don’t make kits for every speaker out there, mostly JBL, Toyota, mark levenson, and many aftermarket subwoofers.
@@raiderman28 thank you and great video 👍🏻
I am going back and forth on whether it is better to repair or replace. So I gues my real question is... how do they sound and would you do it again?
I have repaired a few and they sound really good. I would definitely do it again
If you go the replace route, do your research. ML’s are 8ohm in my GX470 and most car speakers are 2 or 4. On these particular ones, it’s almost as easy to repair.
Do you know if this repair kit will work on the non-mark levinson system?
I don’t think so. But they probably have a kit for your speaker. I believe the information is in the description.
I don't think this is a 2004. Mine are 2004 and they look pretty different.
Well i know this is a 2004, because this is my dad’s speakers off of his 2004 Lexus Its the Mark levenson system. This one has the navigation system audio top end one.