Looking for a competent re-coner to replace rubber surround on Usher 7" Carbon Woofer 8945A

Need help to replace a rubber surround on this woofer and need help from someone who knows where to source needed parts/rubber surrounds. Usher 7" 8945A were popular and some say they were a clone of Scan Speak Carbon 7" woofers.
 

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Usher was doing great things, and had a very good ratio price and performance, then, 20 years ago, something happened.
They stopped innovating and have since been rehashing the same speakers over and over.

The only speaker I see on their website now that was not there 20 years ago is a cheap 2-way using a cheap Chinese made woofer and a tweeter. A woofer with a phase plug. Cute.

They were really nice before, but when I tried to contact them some years ago, they were cold and unfriendly.

You could always try to contact them.
usheraudio.com.tw

Pretty sure they still have NOS.
 
Thank you, there are two razor slits in the rubber that previous owners "repaired" with thick Goo rubber glue, making the cone less mobile given the thickness of two repairs. I did contact Usher 3 weeks ago but zero response, so I came to this forum to see if I can buy a replacement or replace the rubber, but being told that nobody ever saw rubber for 7" woofers.
 
Thank you, I agree with you, I did search but either Usher used something totally non-standard but none of the 7" replacement rubber edges come even close.
These rubber surrounds from Usher call for:
A - 162mm, B - 151mm, C - 124mm, D - 116mm
 
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