dash speaker grille color 87 gt (Page 1/2)
domer94 OCT 08, 06:42 PM

are the speaker grilles supposed to appear blue? dont know if its sun fade, but the material itself is in great shape so i have to ask the question. it seems like that color is out of place in the interior
olejoedad OCT 08, 06:58 PM
They are sun faded, I did all of my grill cloths in black.
82-T/A [At Work] OCT 08, 07:47 PM

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Originally posted by domer94:
are the speaker grilles supposed to appear blue? dont know if its sun fade, but the material itself is in great shape so i have to ask the question. it seems like that color is out of place in the interior



Like Old Joe said, they're faded.

My daughter tried a bunch of things, including dying them in a pan of black dye. Still didn't work. The only thing that worked was a fabric spray paint. You can see how it came out (and what she used) here:
domer94 OCT 08, 08:13 PM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

They are sun faded, I did all of my grill cloths in black.


thanks for the confirmation.. i have an auto trimmer in the next town that would probably do them for a few bucks with the right cloth. man , i swear i thought they were supposed to be like that since they are in such good shape
domer94 OCT 08, 08:20 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:


Like Old Joe said, they're faded.

My daughter tried a bunch of things, including dying them in a pan of black dye. Still didn't work. The only thing that worked was a fabric spray paint. You can see how it came out (and what she used) here:




thats really cool shes doing this stuff. i had my daughter years ago put together one of those old school tamiya R/c kits... the ones with the million parts . i think she developed a knack for the way things go together and how to use tools. shes just turning old enough for drivers ed in school , so hopefully she will take to working on her own ride one day.
i found those two products.. will give them a shot

Vintage-Nut OCT 09, 08:31 AM
My were 'blue' too - I used black leather dye after cleaning and drying...

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jonrev OCT 09, 09:24 AM
Rodney Dickman still sells the near-OEM color cloth. I recovered mine closer to 15 years ago, have not seen any fade.

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olejoedad OCT 09, 09:49 AM
I took the grill cloth off the plastic grills, cut out most of the plastic slats and recovered them with audio cloth.

There is a noticeable difference in sound quality with good aftermarket equipment.
domer94 OCT 09, 10:55 AM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

I took the grill cloth off the plastic grills, cut out most of the plastic slats and recovered them with audio cloth.

There is a noticeable difference in sound quality with good aftermarket equipment.


im running new aftermarket speakers , but with a newer factory CD head unit. so i wouldnt say the sound is audiophile quality... i will try the fabric paint first , if i dont like the way it turns out ill try the audio cloth
olejoedad OCT 09, 12:15 PM

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Originally posted by domer94:

im running new aftermarket speakers , but with a newer factory CD head unit. so i wouldnt say the sound is audiophile quality... i will try the fabric paint first , if i dont like the way it turns out ill try the audio cloth



That would be good, but nowhere near audiophile quality.
Car audio has terrible distortion ratings compared to audiophile home equipment.