I did not reuse the fabric covered material. I fabricated a new one out of maple. We wanted to get rid of the fabric...
My pieces were "U" shaped to hide the edges.
In addition to the screws set thru from the back side of the flange, I found a bunch of long brads thru the fabric on the inner edges. I suspect they were intended to hold the cover tight to the flange on the inner edge.
They did not use good wood for the base material. If I were you, I would consider destroying the existing stuff and starting with new material. You will spend a lot of time finding and removing those back set screws if you want to save the old stuff.
I also fabricated all new flange pieces. Partly to use better wood but also to get rid of three large gaps that I didn't like in their stuff. I reused the existing Dicor rubber pieces they were covered with, which were in excellent condition.
As far as reattaching the new fabric covered pieces, use a brad gun and go thru the fabric. Or do something with buttons or fancy trim rings to cover mounting screws. You could do something on all three pieces with a wood feature stripe in the center and hid the mounting screws behind it!
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