speaker cover cloth?

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Printed Date: May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Topic: speaker cover cloth?

Posted By: silentblackhat
Subject: speaker cover cloth?
Date Posted: May 23, 2008 at 11:12 PM

Hey guys im wondering if you all can help me out with where to get this type of cloth or a better way to cover this speaker port.

First of all Im making a CB radio mount for my cars dash. I am making a "port" type thing since the speaker is mounted on the bottom side of the radio and it will be behind the dash. The port will be under the radio in the picture below. What im wondering is what type of 'cover" cloth should I get for the port cover?

I was thinking some sort of speaker enclosure cloth that goes over speakers like in home theater systems and even on some door speaker grills. I will be making an insert for this cloth to cover the hole with.

Heres the picture of what I am talking about:

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Replies:

Posted By: eclecticos
Date Posted: May 24, 2008 at 1:19 AM

Just use perforated metal, or Mesh. a good <=-Link

Posted By: boogeyman
Date Posted: May 24, 2008 at 10:13 AM

use speaker grille cloth. You can get it at Parts Express.com

Posted By: silentblackhat
Date Posted: May 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM

THanks, I found this https://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=260-335 i just wish it wasnt so wide when i only need about 10 square inches lol.

Posted By: bellsracer
Date Posted: May 24, 2008 at 9:57 PM

check ebay for remnants for cheap. Or hit the local thrift shop ^-^v

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Posted By: boogeyman
Date Posted: May 26, 2008 at 9:24 AM

No problem, its good to have extra so you can replace the grille cloth when it gets old or dirty .

Posted By: dwofford
Date Posted: June 02, 2008 at 7:11 PM

i have bought speaker grill cloth at the local fabric store and they will sell as much or as little as you want

Posted By: puttster
Date Posted: July 12, 2008 at 8:16 PM

I used cloth for a similar project and found its hard to glue on and to stretch taut. Ended up with it looking wavy. Should have gone with some kind of perforated metal like eclecticos said.