bring to the dealer u hvae a warranty

 

bring to the dealer u hvae a warranty

lol. Sorry. Not gonna happen, since I changed the speakers. THey're not stock, and Honda will just tell me to go back to their stock system (if they even allow that warranty to be honored after I changed the whole system).

 

Regardless of your speakers, you still have a warranty on your car. The leak isn't because you put new speakers in your car (I would hope not...).

 

Regardless of your speakers, you still have a warranty on your car. The leak isn't because you put new speakers in your car (I would hope not...).

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guess again
they DONT have to warranty that claim since he did alter that area

what he should do is hit up honda-tech and search for the guy that showed a COMPLETE how to on removing the 06 civic panels and follow thru

obviously he did something wrong

hence the leaking

 

I stand corrected. I'm just confused how the speakers have anything to do with the window leaking and letting water in. That sounds a bit odd to me. Unless grifter just totally did something wrong.

I just imagine another post saying "Installed aftermarket rear speakers, now trunk leaks."

 

I stand corrected. I'm just confused how the speakers have anything to do with the window leaking and letting water in. That sounds a bit odd to me. Unless grifter just totally did something wrong.

I just imagine another post saying "Installed aftermarket rear speakers, now trunk leaks."

its the moss magnusson act...
they have to show that your modification altered and caused the problem

so a leaky door , after you pulled the panel and changed speakers is EXACTLY what they want .

than down the line if your window is off track, buttons stop working etc etc
they will have that forever noted on your VIN.

Go to an audio shop give the guy 20 bux to recheck your panel and call it a day

 

Its possible this is normal and the aftermarket speakers are causing this but it could not be normal so i agree go to a good stereo shop and have them look at it. You door is designed to let water flow out theres no way to completely seal it. Let me guess your aftermarket speakers are way deeper than stock? Try looking for speaker Baffles (or how ever you spell that) I thing Metra makes some but ill look around. They should keep the water off the back of your speakers.

 

Everyone needs to look at the bottom of their doors. You'll see little holes at the bottom of the door. It lets the water out (and allows some airflow). Now, I am not saying rivers are flowing here. Its not a lot of water. Its a little bit.

Water going between the window and the door is a NORMAL thing for Honda Civics. They've been doing it for eons. The seal is NOT water tight on the outside between the door and the window. Hence, water enters. I saw it in my previous Civic (a 6th gen), and I am seeing it in this one. Its also a prevalent problem in the 7th gen civics. I don't know about before the 6th generation, but from what people tell me, its been there a long time. Go into a car wash, dry your windows and then bring them down and back up again. Your window will be wet again...

Speakers in the rear are INSIDE the car, no leaks, lol.

I won't argue the dynamics of warranty and what Honda will and will not cover. Its irrelevant to my question, and a moot point.

As for doing something wrong, well...the only thing I did wrong, and I changed yesterday finally was installing the speaker with connector facing downwards closest to the metal frame (hence possibly causing a short, and also allowing water to possibly make contact with the connector). I rotated the speaker so the connector is away from the metal and it seems to have worked for now. Whether its permanent or not, I dunno. Oh, and this WAS a stereo shop that suggested that to me, so thats already been done. What they told me other then that was....WATER!

Hondasales has the right idea for using the speaker baffles. Had them in my previous civic to protect the speakers from the water (only know this now because I didn't do my previous cars sound system). Problem is no one makes them anymore, according to my stereo place. I'll check out Metra, so thanks for the suggestion. As for the speakers being deeper, they are a little bit, but the magnets on Infinty Kappa's are VERY small (take a look one day if you can). They fit into almost anything because the magnets are small. I took them for that very reason (along with sound quality). As for the actual woofers causing this, I took them to be bench tested before installation, and even after installation when I heard the problem. Nothing wrong with the speakers.

Thanks for the useful suggestions.

 

i think most cars leak.... as you said with the car wash and windows.. it happens with my galant too

but i never tought the water could harm my speakers now im scared xD

 

Problem solved. Thanks for the update. I guess I read your original post wrong. No biggie. I hope flipping the speaker around works.

 

Crutchfield sells various foam baffles to protect your speakers. Here's a link:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-DANHpz9aXrS/cgi-bin/ProdGroup.asp?g=762&avf=N

 

Problem solved. Thanks for the update. I guess I read your original post wrong. No biggie. I hope flipping the speaker around works.

Well, four days now, and no problems. So, for those of you installing a custom sound system in your Honda, make sure the front speaker connectors are facing up and away from the metal frame.

Thanks for the link to the speaker baffles. I still might get some to protect the speakers more. I am just worried now that the baffles might be too big and hit the window as it rolls down. We'll see.