Interior/Exterior Interior and exterior modifications for Cooper (R50), Cabrio (R52), and Cooper S (R53) MINIs.

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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Speaker grills.....

I would like to replace my tweeter and mid speaker grills on the doors to black. Does anybody know where i can buy them? Id rather buy them then paint the existing grills
 
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Old Apr 15, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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They aren't available in Black. You will need to have them painted. If you aren't concerned about keeping the stock look, you could go with aftermarket grills if you're planning to upgrade the speakers. Although, it will be tough with the tweeter since it is integrated with the door pull ring.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 08:52 AM
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As was said these are not available in black or available at all if you don't buy a door card. The lower grill and ring are heat melted to the door panel so you will have to break it off and re-glue it when you are finished. The door handle ones just pop off easy.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by CoopersGuy
The lower grill and ring are heat melted to the door panel so you will have to break it off and re-glue it when you are finished.
Damn... I cracked mine and was looking to pop it off and replace it...
How hard is it to put an aftermarket shield on? And does anyone know the size of it?
 
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Old Apr 16, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by 211poker
I would like to replace my tweeter and mid speaker grills on the doors to black. Does anybody know where i can buy them? Id rather buy them then paint the existing grills

The stock door speaker grills are silver and stuck to the inner door panel.

If yours is cracked it is possible to try to repair it a little with some sort of plastic filler then sand it a little to smooth out the repair.

Next you'd need to mask the speaker ring and grill area and paint the rings silver first or gun metallic (whatever color you want). next mask and paint the grills black with spray paint flat finish is good. The cracks will be painted over and not show much if any.

I repainted all the door speakers, door pulls and grills with the door panels on the car, just masked them off with tape and paper and painted the grills black using a cardboard with round hole cut as a stencil then painted black. At the seam for the grill and ring the black was not perfect so I covered this with a chrome trim ring on the lower door speakers.

Looks better than stock.
 
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