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Rear deck speaker grill?? #93022 07/17/02 04:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 85 Grand Rapids, MI C CarpePoon OP Member
OP CarpePoon Member C Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 85 Grand Rapids, MI	ok, last night I finished installing my sealed box underneith the rear deck with the stock hole enlarged for the 8" sub.. Im looking for suggestions on what to do to the rear deck cover.. some kind of speaker grill or covering that will blend in... any ideas? or PICTURES? 2000 SVT #1633/2150 many mods, many more to come http://www2.gvsu.edu/~hafnerb/11h/car.jpg "If it doesn't fit, force it, if it breaks, it wasn't meant to fit in the first place."

Re: Rear deck speaker grill?? #93023 07/17/02 04:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 6 Cambridge, MA R RedLineRail Junior Member
RedLineRail Junior Member R Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 6 Cambridge, MA	How did you enlarge the hole? I'm looking to do the same and want to make it easy on myself. Regarding the grill, I plan to use the deck cover as is. I don't want to draw the attention to it in my neighborhood.

Re: Rear deck speaker grill?? #93024 07/17/02 05:04 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 182 Slidell, LA C cpurser Member
cpurser Member C Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 182 Slidell, LA	a lot of people (including myself), just removed the carboard backing of the shelf carpet. It looks stock, and plenty of sound gets through. Got any pictures of your box (installed or not)? I am interested to see how it compares to mine. Chad Purser '98 Silver SVT Mostly Stock

Re: Rear deck speaker grill?? #93025 07/17/02 05:09 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 825 Auburn, Alabama B bigMoneyRacing Member
bigMoneyRacing Member B Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 825 Auburn, Alabama	I did the same as cpurser, and it works fine. Just be VERY careful cutting the backing--it's easy to slice the carpet. RLR--Enlarging the hole should be pretty easy with a jigsaw or Dremel, didn't bother on my sub install but it wouldn't have been a problem. Matthew W. Campbell-- bigMoney Racing --1999 SVT #220 "NT4UA" /O.Z. Crono Evo\'s/ /Rear Deck Sub/ --1972 Chevrolet C/10 Custom Deluxe--1980 Camaro in fewer pieces-- "If I had invested...in IBM or something like that, I would certainly have been wealthy within a decade. Instead, I bought a Porsche...and got a life" Leon Mandel

Re: Rear deck speaker grill?? #93026 07/17/02 08:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 85 Grand Rapids, MI C CarpePoon OP Member
OP CarpePoon Member C Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 85 Grand Rapids, MI	I just used tin-snips to cut it, then filed it down with a dremel. and yes, I'll work on getting some pics 2000 SVT #1633/2150 many mods, many more to come http://www2.gvsu.edu/~hafnerb/11h/car.jpg "If it doesn't fit, force it, if it breaks, it wasn't meant to fit in the first place."

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