I want to know if anyone sells screen covers for the z1 or for any screens in general.

like protective paper for it? like the things for PDAs? I see them on ebay often for avics, and well most touch screens out there

more like a plastic cover for security purposes.

solrackm said:

more like a plastic cover for security purposes.

yes something like for security purposes. Covering it would be nice when i am not in my car.....thanks

I am interested in both. Does anyone have a link to a vendor/supplier?

~WW

nobody? this is much needed!

i was going to make one. dont know if its gonna look nice but should hide it from people walking by and visually seeing it.

What are you using to make the cover?

I had this theory of making one of these, but doing it right. Getting a mold and making it out of plastic and having fake buttons and silk screened words and all to make it look like a crappy stock stereo or something. I haven't really looked into it too much and it would cost a fortune to do all that unless anyone has any companies overseas that could make something like this. All my contacts are for medical not consumer and are quite expensive. Not sure how many I could sell for the initial investment. I'm guessing it would be close to $5K-$10K. But it's just a guess. There does seem to be some interest in this though.

I think it would be much easier (and cheaper) to just dremel off the front of a factory radio.

Here is my cover. It's pretty raw but it does a good job of covering the Z1. It is actually just the face of my old stock stereo that I rigged with some paperclips to hang over the Z1. It fooled my brother while he sat in my car. He just thought I did a piss-poor job of putting in the stock radio. Aside from my GPS receiver on the dash, from the outside you wouldn't guess there is a Z1 in there. It's not a perfect cover or deterent but its something.







what is actually underneath:

Very nice. I had the idea to do that with my stock radio as well, just never tried removing the face of it. Really good job.

Thanks Steve. My old radio made it easy for me. The front face came off very easily (sliding 8 tabs all around the front) as one unit (buttons and LCD) so all I had to do was find a way of mounting it over the Z1. Luckily their is a tiny crevice in between the Z1 and the center console where paper clips fit real nicely. Funny thing is, if I wanted, I could just snap the face back on my old stereo and it will work perfectly (just in case I wanted to sell the old stereo).

Being a victim of auto theft in the past, I didn't want my Z1 to be added temptation. I fabricated a cover from a 4.25" by 7.25" piece of stock ABS plastic. It looked great, but still like I was trying to hide something, so I added some personal touches. Bottom line... I don't think anyone will be breaking into by car to steal my grocery list. Because all installs are a little different, I don't think this is something that I can create as a one size fits all. If you are interested, I can cut you a piece of plastic to whatever size you need to cover your Z1. Depending on size, it should only run around 6 bucks. If your intersted, just pm me.

Where did you find the ABS stock? That's a pretty cool idea. I was thinking you could make it even better by taking an old single DIN aftermarket cassette radio and glueing the faceplate on the ABS at the top. It would look like you have a single DIN cheapo aftermarket radio with an install adapter. I might even be willing to pick up the $20 Kraco at Walmart and cut it up. :)

a buddy of mine owns the shop that installed my system (Tucson, AZ) He gave me a small sheet of black ABS to play with. I have enough for about 8 more similar size pieces. He buys it in bulk and has a lot of different finsishes. I can get a bunch more if folks are interested...

jsiegerm said:

a buddy of mine owns the shop that installed my system (Tucson, AZ) He gave me a small sheet of black ABS to play with. I have enough for about 8 more similar size pieces. He buys it in bulk and has a lot of different finsishes. I can get a bunch more if folks are interested...

I'd be interested in a couple 12x12 or so pieces to experiment and see what I can come up with. I'll try to find some locally first though. It would be a real pain for you to have to mess with shipping out little pieces of plastic to a bunch of people. If I can't find any, I'd throw you enough for the ABS and some more money to cover your hassles.

That last reply was mine. Somehow I got logged out before I posted.

Its really no big deal. I already have the plastic, so I just need to cut it to size and get an envelope. If you still need it, just let me know. I think I will try Jason's idea of taking a picture of the original stock radio and mounting to the cover. I'll post pics of the results if they look good.

So, I feel like its time for me to contribute, since I've been leeching information from this site for about 2 months now. I installed the Z1 and some extras in my Xterra and also did the faceplate thing with my old head unit. Pretty happy with the results. Check out the before, after and faceplate pics. Enjoy. Stoked!

I don't need a cover for my radio, you can't see it:

This post kind of died. I'm interested in faking something. I liked the ABS slab with post-it notes. Where can I buy plain old ABS slabs like that?

thisiszachary said:

This post kind of died. I'm interested in faking something. I liked the ABS slab with post-it notes. Where can I buy plain old ABS slabs like that?

You can get the Abs from any car audio installer. Best Buy's installers have it too.

go with tints like Cirbirus. Nice car BTW.

I'm actually bidding on a few replacement oem radios to match my factory radio for this exact purpose.

I need one to help it fit flush (as my car wasn't originally a double din), and one for security features.

-Litos