I got sick and tired of looking at my warped up, old cracked speaker grill. So I decided to make my own version. This may not be for you numbers matching guys, cause its kinda custom. But I am a custom kinda guy and I like it. I have always been a performance stereo geek. Now my Cuda is not full blown in the stereo dept, but I do have a nice head unit, and CD Changer in the trunk and a nice aray of Pioneer Speakers (all done very neatly and not tacky/gawdy).
My concept of a speaker cover was to make a custom looking, sleek 2006 version of the Mopar classic. There is no speaker under the grill, it is just a mock piece. But it looks custom. Here is what I did, and the total price for this project is less than $5 bucks.
First, I went to the local hardware store (Lowes in my case) and bought a piece of 1/4 in oak boarding.
Second, I took the old speaker cover and laid it on the oak board and traced my pattern out and cut it out with my handheld jigsaw.
Took it to the car for a test fit.
Once I got it to fit tightly, I removed it and got it ready for the next step which was to take a piece of 1/4 inch foam that was a scrap headliner piece that a local trim shop gave me.
I layed the cut piece of wood onto the foam and traced the pattern out onto the foam.
I then got ready to cut the foam out in preperation for glueing it to the wood
I used 3M spray adhesive to glue the foam to the wood
Here is the foam glued to the wood almost ready for the next phase
Next, I used a scrap piece of material that was given to me from a local custom stereo shop.
The material was stapled to the wood next. Just make sure it is pulled tight, but not excessively tight.
Here is what mine looks like on the back side
Here is what it looks like installed in the car
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In MY opinion, it looks much better than the old warped, cracked cover.
This would look especially well on a black dashed car, but I like the look of it on my blue also. It really does look like a performance car stereo shops work. And best of all, it cost less than $5 bucks.
Good Luck
