Hi Neil

I looked into making them out of Billet or a Hard Cast plastic. Both
Options cost more then what they already make. Making a Die or Mold.
Not cheap to fabricate in small quantity. Make 10,000 Pcs and yes
they come down, Just not feasible to make in small bits with the
amount of Vanagons on the road with speaker issues.
All in Good fun!
Thanks Jonce

>With my 5.25" speakers, I deleted the plastic grill ring, put speaker
>behind panel, rubber O rings between grill and panel, fastened with SS
>fasteners. Not certain if edge of cone is butted up against the panel
>or if cone hits grill at higher volume, but crank *just* clears the
>grill.
>
>JL speaker image:   http://tinyurl.com/ayg9oof   plastic ring, mesh,
>hand bent crank (worked but not the best idea)
>http://tinyurl.com/ayfdzse
>
>Pretty sure these are my speakers:
>http://www.crutchfield.com/p_136TR525CX/JL-Audio-TR525-CXi.html?search=TR525-CXi&skipvs=T
>
>Neil.
>
>
>
>On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, just what I was looking for a few weeks back.  But at $34, twice
> > the price of the offset cranks I did get, I don't think any cosmetic
> > sleeve would be required -- they are apparently made of platinum and
> > titanium with diamond studs.
> >
> >
> > On 12/31/2012 7:11 AM, Jonce Fancher wrote:
> >  Many of you talk of speakers getting hit by the window crank.
> >  Would need some sort of deco plastic sleeve to  hide the full extension.
> >
> >
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1356962481370/page_1664_176/window_crank_extension_pair.html
>
>
>
>--
>Neil n
>
>65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly  http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
>
>'88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>
>'81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
>
>http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines