Lexus, Mark Levinson 6 Inch x 9 Inch Foam Auto Speaker Repair Kit FSK-6x9TOY (Pair)

Used this kit to repair the foam surrounds on a 2004 Lexus GX470 with the Mark Levinson system. Watched Simply Speakers YouTube repair videos a couple times before getting to work. The videos were concise and easy to follow. Took me about an hour per speaker to clean and remove the old surrounds and install new ones. Speakers sound exactly like new. Awesome product, love that I was able to fix the speakers instead of buying new ones.

I applied this kit to the two front door speakers of my 2004 RX330 and the results were awesome! The sound has been restored, dollars have been saved, and I didn't throw away these great 15 year old, OEM JBL speakers used by Toyota.There was a plastic oval retainer cover that I had to remove using a heat gun that was covering the outer edges of the speaker foam. Once both the OEM speaker foam and plastic oval retainer cover removed and cleaned I could then following the instructions of changing the new speaker foam. Since Simply Speaker gave extra glue, I used that to reseal the plastic oval retainer with two c-clamps until it was dry.I'm so glad I used this repair kit that moments after I heard the results, I ordered the kit for the two back door speakers foams!!!!

This was a great buy for the money I was about to spend at the Lexus dealership approximately $700. I watched the video and then watched another video on YouTube on how to properly removed the door panel on Lexus sc430 and did the job myself! The glue is still holding and the speaker sounds great! No more obnoxious rattling noises!

Repaired the infamous Mark Levinson 6 x 9 door woofers in a Lexus SC430. The old surround foam wasn't torn yet, but at the verge of crumbling along the outer edges after 13 years.(Of course the subwoofer surround was torn)Toughest part of surround replacement was thoroughly removing all old foam and glue. Alcohol wetting and scraping of the frames and cone took about an hour each speaker. A brush to apply the alcohol is a must. Wood chisel worked well for removing glue residue once the alcohol softened the original glue to gummy/gel consistency. I scraped the frame down to bright bare metal. The cone was cleaned down to the actual cone fabric. You can scrape the cone with your wood chisel while supporting the cone edge with your fingers from below.Provided adhesive was easy to dispense, tacked up in a reasonable number of minutes. Just enough time to get things positioned, but not so slow that you had to hold things together forever. Centering the new surround was easy. I didn't really need to do much manual repositioning, a power supply set to low output let me raise the cone for glue application or push up agains the new surround.Once secured to the cone, it really was only an hour before I could glue down the surround edges to the speaker from. Again used current to raise the cone for glue application. Then reversed polarity to drop the cone and surround down against the frame for five minutes. This let the speaker's own coil provide even pressure and centering.Nice repair - even for a novice. Just be patient and carefully, gently remove all the old glue and foam.

Fairly easy repair and allows you to refurbish OEM speakers to sound like new for $20-30. I've often tossed out speakers with dry rotted surrounds and replaced with aftermarket, but this is a great option, particularly with upgraded OEM audio systems. You don't have to worry about finding a matching impedance speaker, spending $100+ on aftermarket speakers and mounting kits, and potentially making audio quality worse by using speakers with lower efficiency or the wrong frequency response curve.For my Lexus set, I glued the surrounds to the cones, let dry for an hour, and then glued surrounds to frames. I put the bracket on top which helped hold the surround down uniformly. Make sure the voice coil is not rubbing before it dries and shift if needed, but this is pretty easy to do.

My 2004 GX470 was bought used with 215k miles on it. When I went to turn the radio on and the bass started to hit, so did the speaker against its housing. It sounded just like one of those people who have a $500 car and no windows blasting their music down the street!Originally, I was looking to replace the speaker but found out just how much the Mark Levinson speakers cost in addition to the fact that they're good speakers. With some further digging, I also found out, it's not the speaker that's gone bad but the foam! That's where this kit comes in.I pulled the door panel off after popping off three parts to access three phillips screws. I pryed the bottom of the panel up and out. As soon as I heard it pop, I pulled straight up on the panel and off it came; be sure to unplug any wiring. The speaker adapter/housing is held in by 4 screws. (10mm or phillips). The speaker also has a wire you'll have to disconnect.The adapter has 4 phillips screws attaching it to the speaker assembly itself. In my case I had to peel back the foam just a few millimeters to access the screws to take them out. Now comes the messy part!Take a plastic scraper and scrape both the outer surrounding housing as well as the speaker itself! Yes, it's a little spooky but take your time. I found that Goo-Gone was very helpful in getting the old adhesive and foam off.Afterwards, I just followed the instructions. First glueing the inner circle of the foam to the actual speaker part which moves. Then followed by the outer ring to the frame/housing.Wait an hour before you turn it on and test if it works (and of course it does, you glorious human being, you did great)! Night and day difference. $26 versus $260. Would do this all day everyday.