Speaker grill mod, pics
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Racer
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Speaker grill mod, pics
Now I know I'm not in the audio section, but I find there's more help here for C4's for audio tips. Here is what I did with my rear C4 speaker grills since they would not clear my 3-way Kenwood (6x9). I cut out the center of the speaker grill that protects the speaker and re-covered the whole thing to make it look smooth. And I made an adapter for my 4" 2-way speaker for up front and re-covered that also (not true, my wife to be did the coverings). Hope this helps anyone who was wondering what to do with the grills.
Safety Car
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From: Fort Lauderdale FL
Where did you get the speaker fabric covers? My 87 vert has some speaker covers in the rear with a nickel size hole in the middle of one of them. It doesn't have any fabric on them and I wouldnt mind recovering it since they cannot be bought new anymore.
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Racer
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Originally Posted by 87vette
Where did you get the speaker fabric covers? My 87 vert has some speaker covers in the rear with a nickel size hole in the middle of one of them. It doesn't have any fabric on them and I wouldnt mind recovering it since they cannot be bought new anymore.
Racer
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From: Northeastern Mass
From someone who use to build custom speaker boxes and crap like that, that looks really nice. And if anyone needs a nylon material that is in Mass for their speakers I can get some really cheap and some different colors too. Just message me
Safety Car
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From: Fort Lauderdale FL
Originally Posted by prcollin
From someone who use to build custom speaker boxes and crap like that, that looks really nice. And if anyone needs a nylon material that is in Mass for their speakers I can get some really cheap and some different colors too. Just message me
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Burning Brakes
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From: Arizona
Here's a good place to get speaker grill cloth (normally the home speaker type, but it looks like it can work in autos).
http://www.partsexpress.com/
http://www.partsexpress.com/
Safety Car
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From: Fort Lauderdale FL
Originally Posted by BetweenVettes
Here's a good place to get speaker grill cloth (normally the home speaker type, but it looks like it can work in autos).
http://www.partsexpress.com/
http://www.partsexpress.com/
Racer
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From: green valley az
Originally Posted by 87vette
Where did you get the speaker fabric covers? My 87 vert has some speaker covers in the rear with a nickel size hole in the middle of one of them. It doesn't have any fabric on them and I wouldnt mind recovering it since they cannot be bought new anymore.
Team Owner
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Um, how are you getting the dash back in place with those deep speakers on there? Or have you tried yet?
I can barely slide mine in, and I only have some 1.5" deep tweeters hanging under it.
I can barely slide mine in, and I only have some 1.5" deep tweeters hanging under it.
Le Mans Master
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This is a great mod, especialy if you have the Bose System. Those grills are covered with carpet which is pretty bad for sound. I used hot glue, sticks instantly. The hard part was getting the old covers off (Bose) Lot of scraping.
