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
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:
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
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
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
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.
well , i did the duplicolor fabric paint treatment. id say they look pretty good. now i dont have to sit there wondering why GM decided to go with blue speaker covers ! lol what a difference in the interior now.
