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This is for all of those people seaching for a replacement subwoofer that was damaged because either you or one of the kids turned the bass up to loud or played some of that more modern music on your Mark levinson Stereo system and the subwoofer speaker now makes a rattling noise in the back .

This will work for any make or model subwoofer lexus offers.

Go find/borrow/buy an electric glue gun or heavy duty bathroom tub/tile 100% silcone clear caulk (home depot or lowes).

I prefer the glue gun. Pull off or pry with screw driver or puddy knife the subwoofer top grill where you suspect the noice is coming from. Inspect the cone around the speaker. lightly push down on the speaker's outside cone edge. you will find using a flash light and a good pair of reading glasses will help. Observer that in almost all cases the speaker will be torn around the outside edge. This is the weakest part of the factory subwoofer. Mine was torn for about 2 inches along the edge and was very hard to see tear. Take your glue gun, insert glue stick and let it warm up. Now go all the way around the entire outside edge of the speaker cone with glue meeting outside edge with the foam part of the speaker, cover the paper part of the speaker from the form part of the cone to the outside wall of the speaker. Fix any other tears with the glue gun.

Push the speaker cover back on and it will be as good if not better then new.

This is a simple repair for an expensive speaker that will last for a long time. No other replacement speaker will sound as good as the factory speaker without potentially damaging your Mark levinson amplifier. Believe me I know because I have tried others.

schuppin@worldnet.att.net let me know how it went!!!!!!!!!!

Tools :

Screw driver

Sears electric glue gun and glue.

cost:

Nothing but 10 minutes of your time.

$5.00 bath room caulk but go the glue gun route instead

I have an 02' ES with the ML system and a blown sub. I recently had it replaced with an aftermarket MTX sub and it has a tendency to rattle and the sound cuts out from time to time. It will only cut out for a second but it still kind of worries me a bit. I still have the origional sub and I know where the tear is but what will it take to either fix the rattling problem with the new sub, or use the glue method and put the factory sub back in. Also if I decide to leave the new sub in what, if any, kind of damage could I possibly do to my system? Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated.

Personally I don't think these newer Mark Levinson systems are as good as the Nakamichi systems in the older cars.

+1. Neither do I. I had a 93 SC300 5MT with the Nak system. I replaced the 10" woofer and all the amplifiers. I left the head unit, the trunk mounted changer and all the other speakers alone. I had an amazing sound system in that car. Far superior to the ML system in my F.

Lou

I recently went from a 98' es to an 02' with the ML and I thought the 98 system sounded better than my current 02'. I recently blew the sub and replaced it with an aftermarket one. I figured if I replaced it with a ML sub then it would blow again. It sounds alot better but the sub rattles a bit. Does anyone know what I can do to stop the rattling?