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I had a rear deck speaker rattling problem for a while. I finally took the rear deck apart today and found what was wrong with it. I have bose system btw.

This is the passenger side speaker which was rattling. When I took it apart, I couldn't find what was wrong with it. But upon close inspection, I realized half of cone has been fell apart.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/49135/passenger_side.jpg">
This is the driver side speaker. It's been ripped and cracked but it works fine! I just notice that adhesive on con is different than the passenger side speaker.(It's more gel type)
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/49135/driver_side.jpg">
I bought used car, but It seems to be the passenger side speaker has been replaced. You can clearly see the color of speaker.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/49135/both.jpg">
I hooked up the driver side speaker to passenger side speaker and it worked fine. So I don't think bose amp isn't blown. I'm going to buy some adhesive to reattach con tonight.
Meantime, I have a question. Whether these speaker works or not, I'm planning to buy powered subwoofer. I'm thinkin about Infinity Basslink which seems to be some owners already added. I don't plan to spend too much money on sound system but just want to add some bass.
Here is my questions;
1)How will it sound if I add subwoofer and disconnect rear deck speakers? Even I fix these speakers, they will break later. I think rear deck speaker's function is for bass. So I thought about just adding a subwoofer and disconnect them....I don't know if anyone in this forum done this way.
2)I couldn't find an amp for rear speakers. I thought they were inside of rear deck?
3)Anyone tried "Fixing Bass Boominess in the Bose Stereo II"? I don't know how it will work with 8ohm speakers.
Thank you in advance and I'll update how speaker is fixed!

OneEighth

1. ALL AUDI OEM SPEAKERS SUCK 2. you don't repair, you replace them.

SpyderSE2(movie man)

which ports my rear deck lid for the sub I have. They are useless once you have a sub anyway. The rest the bose speakers are still running off the bose amp and I think it sounds quite good.

Bobby Kinstle

Infinity 652i's make a good replacement.