Editing the Menu bar icons

Hello fellow Mac-aholics,
I've recently been trying to 'hack' my mac (look at me, I'm a poet and . . . ) and I've been playing with the .png files for some of the widgets I have (If any wants and 'Hula' widget with a copy of me bouncing around, drop me an email!!) I also reliased that I should be able to play around with the 'menu bar' icons. I have added a gmail checker and a chat app and I can easily change their icons (locate the app, show package contents and find the revlivant .png) But now I want to play with the 'speaker volume' and 'airport' icons, however I can't find the funking files.
Can anyone help!!!
iMac Intel 1.83Mhz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

WOOO HOOO
YA
wOOt
I've found them Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, you are a bloody star!!
They were in the /System/Library/CoreServices/ along with a whole load of others!!
Word of warning to all. If like me your going to edit these files, always, always, ALWAYS keep an unedited version somewhere.
Once again thank you all for your help, may the gods of apple bless you with extra RAM!!

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