6x9 Speaker grills for 353 cockpit
 

I've looked high and low but cant find decent replacements for the original white plastic grills that turned yellow. Anyone have a source?

fixx
 

take them off,scuff them with a scuff pad and paint them white,,nobody will ever know the differance...

x2

don't even need to scuff them really. Just make sure they're clean and dry and spray 'em with a flat white.

Gloss products will be too prone to run whilst trying to get good coverage in the cutouts.

many "misting" coats are key, from many angles including from the backside to get that good coverage in the cutouts.

I do this kind of thing with plastic parts all the time

Nobody knows where these can be purchased?

If you decide to paint use this:

http://www.krylon.com/products/fusion_for_plastic/

I did on my 6x9 grills about three years ago. Still look like new and are bright white. Went with Satin white. Nice finish.

The original plastic is long gone guess i'll look for billets

Here ya go...

http://www.xtremeaudiocovers.com/index_xac.php

Check out these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-White-Bi...s_Gear&vxp=mtr

I googled "replacement speaker grills 6 x 9 marine".

Hope this helps.

Thanks I checked with the sellers and they are not suitable for salt water or keeping any water whatsoever out of the speaker. still lookin!

www.dcgold.com


Speaker grills are not intended to keep water out of speakers. I would replace the speakers with 6x9's which come with grills......my 382 came with Kenwood's and I replaced all of them this year with DC Gold. Your speakers are 12 years old.....time for a redo!

Enjoy! :drink::drink::drink::drink:

sorry I forgot to mention that I replaced them with kenwood excelons last year. They did not come with marine grills. I might use billits and add a screen

I used those billet speakers covers to redo my grills a few years ago. The bracket that attaches the grill is a thin metal rim that fits under the edge of the speaker with a few tabs that bend out at 90 degrees and are threaded. The grill fits over that with a few set screw holes to thread into the tabs.

But the bracket is mild steel, not powder coated just spray painted black. I had rust streaks running out from under the speakers in a week.

I took the mounts off, bought a sheet of 1/8 inch aluminum and traced and cut out the brackets from the aluminum sheet, bent the tabs up and tapped threads into them. It worked great.

But after I mounted them I did not like seeing the speaker behind them. So I went to home depot bought nylon black screen door material. Cut out the shape and used spots of 5200 on the back side of the grills to hold the screen in.

It has worked great for 3 years

Macjazzy could you post a couple of pics?

Thanks,
JB

Hatch Search
You know the saying batten down the hatches !
Oh well I did not , and cracked the front 90 degree entrance hatch with the lock downs in it.
1989 Formula 292
I called the dealer locally and they did not have one.
Does anyone on here by any chance have one available?
Thanks in advance for the reply.
Brian at [email protected]

JB, sorry I don't have any pics, and I don't have that boat anymore.