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I was thinking the face plate is a little smaller than the arm rest. You could custom fabricate an opening and put it in there. Who would think to look there?

Where do you guys hide it? Glovebox/door compartment/under the seat/trunk? Or do you have awesome stealth hiding places?

Or maybe we shouldn't discuss that here, cuz you never know who's reading.

edit - oops I just saw the other detachable face plate thread. Oh well, that one is about if you hide it and this one is about where you hide it

 
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Also, my Pioneer came with a little case to hold the faceplate. Do they all do that, or is that a Pioneer thing?

 
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i hide my faceplate in the door compartment....or do i?

 
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my alpine came with one...

 
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I wouldn't leave it in the car imo.

 
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I know, but sometimes you can't bring a big thing like that with you.

 
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i leave it there... or do i?

 
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I hide it in my pocket! Then again I never detach it anyways!

 
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I sometimes just take mine off and leave it laying right in front of the bezel up against the gauges. Its silver and matches the gauges and at night its really hard to tell its even there. Main thing is to show the little red light flashing where the faceplate had been.

 
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leaving the detachable faceplate in the car kinda defeats the purpose doesnt it?, lol. anyway, i take mine with me everywhere I go.

 
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if men had purses life would be so much easier.....jk

 
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I just want them to think I took the faceplate. They look inside and see the light flashing where the faceplate had been and hopefully move to the next car. Might not matter anyway b/c I had a friend that had his stolen with no faceplate

 
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That must be awfully uncomfortable.

 
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"is that a faceplate in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

 
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I put it in the plastic case then put it in the trunk. There is a little area under the carpeting in the driver side rear where it slides under.

 
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i leave mine in the car...or do i?
my place isnt ghetto.

when i go out somewhere ghett.
i take it with me.
so i f they still jack it, i still got the face

 
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When I have to leave it in a car I leave it in behind the fuse box cover under the steering wheel. Fits great.

 
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When I don't take it with me, I lock out my trunk and throw it in there.

 
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All my decks ever have come with cases.

I tend to just throw it in my console most of the time or if I am at school I toss it in my backpack

 
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If you bought a radio that had a detachable face and DIDN"T come with a case for it, send that s**t back!

 
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I was going to start a thread like this awhile back to see if anyone has done a little modifying and made a lock for their glovebox. I have been thinking about taking a glove box lock from another car and putting it on the glovebox, or creating some sort of lock for the center console (I have an 03) so that I have somewhere secure and convenient to keep my faceplate. If anyone has done this, or would be interested, let me know.

 
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I just eat my faceplate and then crap it out when I wanna use it again, ultimate security.

 
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You'd only have to do that once and nobody would want to steal your faceplate. I just put it in the case and leave it somewhere in the car that isn't really obvious. If a theif sees that the HU has no faceplate, they'll probably assume you took it with you and hopefully they'll move on.