Tonight I removed the cheap factory plastic-framed rear speaker grills, which came off in pieces. Pressed the original grill mesh into a pair of VERY nice solid aluminum CNC frames that I got from fellow Pelican
si Banker.
The new frames are great. The same shape as the originals, and probably the same size as the originals were before they warped, shrank and cracked in the sun. In any case, they perfectly covered the impression in the rear deck left by the original grills. Jay gave them a nice coat of black wrinkle-finish, so they were ready to go.
I'm thrilled with how they fit and look. Yes, I suppose if you are totally OCD concours-nutty, they aren't a perfect replacement. The finish on the new ones is a bit coarser than the old, for example. And they are SOLID METAL, not cheap plastic.
But for 99% or more of us, these are awesome. I'll never have to look at cracked and broken speaker grills in my mirror again.
