driven905

It looks like that after i wash my car (using the coin-wash) i find that there is water inside the doors! Now the problem is that the speakers are getting wet! I ended up taking out the door panels for another reason and then saw water on the speaker and inside the door ....

so far i saw that there are some small rectangular drain holes in the door. now are those drain holes supposed to have rubber plugs of some sort?

now there is no rust anywhere inside the doors or outside where water might get in so im pretty sure that it went in through those drain holes, unless there is another place i dont know about ....

the car is a 99EK HB

RDub

maybe it's leaking in through the moldings?

Team Rukus

water comes inside the door in every car. thats why they have a plastic sheet in between the door and the door panel. if your car is missing it that is the reason why your panel and speakers have water on it. get a new one put on and you wont have this problem.

driven905

the car has that plastic sheet you are talking about and its in very good condition (not cut or pulled apart) ... but that plastic cover is not wet its on the bottom of the doors where the speakers are located ... are there any plastic plugs for the drain holes at the very bottom of the door?

its not the door panel that is getting wet, its the inside of the door that is wet ... i have aftermarket speakers that are exposed to the inside of the door .... (that is how i got the car so im not sure if the factory ones had some sort of cover on them)

Team Rukus

there is nothing you can do about it the inside of the door gets wet normally.
there are 4 or 5 drain holes at the bottom and no they dont have plugs on them.
the problem with aftermarket speakers is that the installed usually has to cut out the plastic cover that comes as a filler to protect the speaker from water to get the new speakers to sit proper.

fingolfin

strap silicone on the speaker (atleast i think its silicone) its wire sealer... can get it from canadian tire, or is it ignition sealer..

watever, just use it
drill a new drain hole if the water isn't draining properly... use a small bit like 2mm or 4 mm or watever

driven905

put silicone on the speaker? the whole speaker? there are lots of drain holes and its not that its draining, but there are drops of water all around the bottom part of the inside door ... which includes the speaker ...

its not that the wires are exposed to running water or something like that, its just that there were drops of water on the speaker ...

at the same time i'm concerned that im going to get my car undercoated and they might spray the speakers also at the same time they do the doors :S
obviously i will let them know before hand but theres gotta be a fix for that ... i was thinking of wrapping the speakers in some water resistant plastic or tape? but that will affect the sound output ....
any ideas?

fingolfin

oh, who cares then, drops can form on the speaker in the morning from condensation from the magnet heating up... its not a big deal.. if its not cutting the speaker out, don't worry about it. If its not rusting, don't worry about it