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moparmat2000 said
I dumpster dive for all kinds of stuff. I will add this to my list.

We get aircraft sheetmetal on pallets where i work. Theres heavy duty paper placed between each sheet. I roll it up and take it home and use for auto body masking paper. Also under the bottom sheet protecting it from the pallet theres usually 1/8" thick masonite or a little thicker like 3/16" i used the 1/8" to make the trunk divider panels and package trays for both cudas i have, and the 3/16" to make spare tire boards for both cudas as well. Free, and all i needed was my jigsaw, a sander, and the old shot pieces for templates.

The pallets come with heavy duty corrugated cardboard flat sheet on top to protect the top sheet during transport. I save this too, because i have used it to construct special sized boxed to ship parts in.

The package tray in the Wife's 72 Dart was disintegrated and the one in my car came out in three pieces, so I duct taped it all back together and made a template that I used to make new package trays for both cars. (with the 6x9 speaker cutouts)
When I put the stereo in the Wife's car I put the 6x9 4way speakers in from underneath the metal and covered the new tray board with 1/4 foam padding and then black speaker face material.
That made a nice smooth perfect tray surface with basically invisible speakers, and it came out really clean.
We'll see how long the material holds up, but we don't put anything back there and the 3 rear windows in my car are limo tinted so that should be good for years.