Mike those things are looking good! You'll likely need a scissor lift to install the top woofers.
. I did make a few calls to some of our stores around the LA area and the customers weren't able to commit to squeeze a speaker job that size in over their existing workload at the moment. I'm sure there are shops looking for work enough to do it, but it'll take some phone calls or knocking on doors. Plus our store closest to you is City Of Industry so there's likely some closer shops to your side of town.
As for the color, I still totally approve of that gunmetal gray metallic look. It's popular because it always looks good against the shiny black drivers and copper phase plugs. These things are going to be awesome when they're all finished up.
Also when you find a shop to do the work, definitely discuss with them whether applying a sealer before sending it off is a good idea and if so which kind you'd want to use. Paints can be finicky with some major incompatibility from time to time. Just discuss either your painter what you are thinking vs what materials they're using. Any questions, I'm a quick message away. I say that because I see that issue all the time where someone is trying to help a situation and put down say a rustoleum primer and then try to paint over the top and wonder why their paint is wrinkling and not sticking. No bueno.
-Lloyd
