painting old speakers?

[stringcheeseincident]

i was going through my computer stuff and i found an old pair of computer speakers. i was listening to music through my cd player with them and they aren't that bad. the thing is, they're beige but sun stained yellow and look like crap. can i unscrew these and try to paint the plastic parts black? any other creative ideas?

 

[theNoid]

Cut a few holes in them and add some LEDs to give them a nicer look, or just replace the standard red LEDs for another color.

 

[STRESSTEST]

I have these old JBL speakers I got from sears back in like '95. I painted them using black flat vinyl dye and they look great.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

i may just vinyl dye them, but putting a led inside sounds cool...it would glow through them.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

here are some pictures:
http://bdizzle.no-ip.com/speakers.jpg (original)
http://bdizzle.no-ip.com/speakers2.jpg (taped for dying)

i think i'm gonna get some vinyl dye tomorrow and work on them later in the week. i have a question though, as you can see in the second picture, the speaker on the left has some wires exposed. will vinyl dye damage the wires? should i tape them up?

 

[STRESSTEST]

I vinyl dye'd a card reader (Still have it) that was beige, and it's cable was beige also. So I did the cable black also. Still looks great and no cracking on the cable.

 

[stringcheeseincident]

alright, thanks...i guess i'll do the cable, too then.