Infinity Reference Threes - Refoam or Not?

I'm temporarily staying with my folks while renovations are being done on a new home. I was rummaging around in my Dad's basement last night and came across my old pair of Infinity Reference Threes:

Here they are. Note the damage to the foam around the woofers:







I remember trading in a set of Pinnacle PN50s (with the diagonal duct) for these Infinity speakers when I was a junior in high school. They lasted me all the way through college, and as I remember, sounded really nice.

So I did a little research and saw that for $30 or so, I could get a re-foaming kit for them. Think it's worth doing? Not sure if I'd keep them or sell them, but it would be nice to get them running again.

Also, it's been a good fifteen years since these have been hooked up and played. I don't really want to spend any money on these if they aren't operable. Can I hook them up as is -- even with the foam issues -- just to test them out before going to the trouble of repairing the foam?

Thanks!!!

Worth doing?

And what would happen if I just hooked them up and played them as is?

Well, I gave them a try last night. They sounded like crap at first, but they seemed to warm up and ended up sounding pretty decent. I think I'm going to take the plunge and try the re-foaming kit out. What have I got to loose? They were just collecting dust before anyway.

If anyone has any tips on re-foaming or resources they've consulted in the past, please send them my my. Thanks!

Thanks for the helpful posts! Just ordered a reforming kit from eBay. It apparently comes with surrounds for the 8" woofer and the 5" mid. If so, I'll probably replace all. I'll post results, hopefully next weekend.

The link to the kit is in the OP. Should arrive by Wednesday. I'll let you know how it goes.

Well, I tried the re-foaming last night. Everything worked like a charm, but then I noticed that one of the woofers seemed much "looser" in the assembly than the other. Upon inspection, it looks like the cone/voice coil former has separated from the suspension/spider. I think I'm using those terms correctly, but here's an image to illustrate what I mean:




Basically, instead of the suspension (also called the "spider" or so I'm told) being attached to the cone (or maybe the voice coil former?), it's come apart, and the cone just sits in there now.

Am I screwed? I'll be bummed if I just spent $30 on this re-foam kit for nothing. Any chance I could reattach with super glue? Any other tips or suggestions?

If this woofer is shot, is it worth getting a replacement? Thoughts?

That's good news! Thanks. Any tips on what kind of glue to use? Super Glue? Epoxy? Anything I need to watch out for?