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Oct 15, 2003

madmax

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False faceplate humor!

I took my car in yesterday for service at Honda .....

They phoned me later in the day and sounded very confused and conserned because my radio don't work!

I had to explain to them that I did the recessed HU and that what they are looking at is actually just a false faceplate and that my aftermarket HU is sitting behind the stock radio!
This just goes to shOW THAT IF i CAN FOOL HONDA TECHNICIANS the false faceplate thing really works, and there is very little chance that thiefs will know about my ICE !!!!

Any way , I had a laugh!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped with the project, and I would highly recomend this DIY for anybody with an aftermarket HU !

Oct 15, 2003

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where can i get one?

Oct 15, 2003

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you just take the faceplate off your radio, and put it over your aftermarket...of course, you have to install the real radio deeper in your dash so the faceplate fits, but there's a DIY around here somewhere.

Oct 16, 2003

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got pics?

Oct 16, 2003

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like I said; thers a DIY somewhere around here. Just search for it.

Oct 16, 2003

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good one, ha!

Oct 17, 2003

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do the ***** pull off or is there like a trick to get it off? cause i can't get my ***** off when i attempted to make a false face a few months ago

Oct 17, 2003

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Nice one, I would except I don't really get off on faking the Honda techies

Oct 17, 2003

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yea i wanna see some pics of that cause that sounds weird lol!!

Oct 18, 2003

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hhaha good stuff

Oct 20, 2003

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i have a alpine 9815, do you think i'll be able to sink my HU in or will it not work when i need to chage a cd because of the motorized face that flips down?

Oct 20, 2003

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I have a cda 9811 and they are very similar, it would work!
mine have motorized face as well, not a problem!

good luck ,have fun doing the mod.

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you have the false faceplate off when you're drivin...you only put it on when you park it.

Oct 20, 2003

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correct !

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link for pic

heres the link guys

Oct 22, 2003

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Does this install help any with the glare since it is deeper in the dash? I know that this is a problem with quite a few people on here. And I'm looking for ways to take care of this when I get my HU soon.

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Oct 22, 2003

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I gues it depends how deep you recess it into the dash, Mine is not that deep but could possibly help 10% with glare......no noticible diference, unless you sink that sukkker deeeeep.