The grill and the housing were painted separately to protect the speakers.  With spray painting, it is better to do MANY light coats of paint than a few heavy ones.  We made sure the paint we got was suitable for use on a PVC surface.  Some light sanding helped with the paint adhesion.

We also stuffed the inside of the tube with polyester cotton to help with the sound.  We left a small gap in all of the joints to let the paint get into the space.  When all the pieces are fitted back together, there were no unsightly white gaps anywhere :-)

The Porsche Boxster rear speaker system requires the hard storage unit.  If the Boxster did not come with the unit, it will cost about $300 on EBay if/when they become available.

We decided it would be easier to just make some enclosures for the rear speaker kit. 

The project was pretty involved, mostly because there were no instructions to follow... so we had to design everything from scratch.  We looked around and setlled on using PVC pipes for the housing unit.

The good thing about PVC pipes are they are cheap and they are easy to cut.  We went throught about $40 worth of pipes before we got the design just right :-)

This project was divided into 3 phases:

- Construction (16 hrs)

- Painting (2 hrs)

- Installation (2 hrs)

Project Summary: Painting

1. Difficulty - Medium

2. Time - 2 hours

3. Tools - Drop Cloth

4. Cost - $10