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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 08:43 PM
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Is your stereo surround cracked?

I did something about it today. I hot-glued the pieces together on the front and slapped some bondo in the back. I touched up some holes where the Bondo came through and spraypainted the trim black. Looks brand new and should never break again.

Total Cost: $7.00
Total Time: Four Hours

Give it a shot
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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cool....i was just gonna buy the carbon fiber radio surround....
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Old Sep 19, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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Use ABS pipe cement instead of Hot glue. ABS cement is found at any home depot or hardware store and is black.

Hot glue melts at around 120F something that the interior of a car gets to regularly when parked in the sun.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 12:03 AM
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just get quick dry JB weld (dries in 10 mins).

Total Cost: 5 bucks
Total time: 20 mins

I ****** launched in my 87 tii with 60 trim (@7k) and the ****** stereo surround came flying at me, (in pieces) along with the idiot light surround. daym my car is one powerful bitch.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 12:13 AM
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just get an s5 surround
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by RexRyder
just get quick dry JB weld (dries in 10 mins).

Total Cost: 5 bucks
Total time: 20 mins

I ****** launched in my 87 tii with 60 trim (@7k) and the ****** stereo surround came flying at me, (in pieces) along with the idiot light surround. daym my car is one powerful bitch.
That's hilarious man, lol..
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:06 AM
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how exactly do you take off the stereo surround? i can take the whole thing off, but the top part is attached to something and i was too scared to break it, how do get the top part off?
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sEeMiNhThEdEmOn
how exactly do you take off the stereo surround? i can take the whole thing off, but the top part is attached to something and i was too scared to break it, how do get the top part off?
Hammer.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:08 AM
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on an s4 pull off the top set of vents and there are 2 screws.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:08 AM
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Hammer.
hahah Nice
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 03:13 AM
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Any pictures?
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 03:23 AM
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It's fairly self explanatory, Marlaman hit the nail on the head..
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by hondahater
just get an s5 surround
Nah, the S5 surrounds [insert derogitory word here]... in fact I have one for sale right now because I don't like the way it looks, and the funky rubbery feel. The Logicon is just too far back, and the vents don't nearly adjust the way they do on the S4
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 08:43 AM
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lol, I'm just glad mine doesn't brake
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 08:52 AM
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Use Acetone for bonding ABS

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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 10:19 AM
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Love the SIG Icemark........I was thinking about buying the CF radio surround so I can put all my gauges in there too.......still contemplating whether or not to buy it.....it's 100 bux......
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 10:45 AM
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We CrazyGlue'd aznpoopy's cracked stereo thing which didn't work really well. It cracked again in about 2 weeks. Didn't think of JB Weld. Will look into it. =)
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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can't say mine is broken.
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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[SHAMELESS PLUG]

For those of you who are to lazy to repair your cracked console, I have a perfect condition S4 one for sale in the For-Sale section.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=350822

[/SHAMELESS PLUG]
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