Nathan, the fellow here in Oregon who has put the new speaker plates/pod on ebay, and I just finshed a long phone conversation. I need carpet for both trunks, and after I ordered it we talked about the speaker pods.
They have been a huge hit. He has been getting a 'buy it now' every hour - and he had to stop putting new ones out on ebay so he could get caught up with the exsisting orders.
He is a composites man from way-back, and these are actually a gel coated fiber glass made from molds he created some years ago and just now got into production. These are stronger then the plastic speaker pods that came OEM.
In fact, I ordered a set for myself, too.
Nathan is making more molds so he can produce more sets. He is going to be offering additional sets on eBay this weekend.
He makes it a rule not to sell more than he can produce (AA could learn a few things from him), so they will be in limtied quantities for a the next week-ish until the new molds go on-line.
Marc...