I decided to make a fake faceplate to make my Z1 look more like a factory OEM head unit to hopefully deter thieves. I got the idea after reading about others doing the same thing on here like Stoked. Below are some pictures of the finished product. It was quite simple to do you just need a head unit you can trash, Superglue to glue buttons into place and to attach the foam to the plate, Velcro to attach the plate to the head unit, foam to protect the screen, and a couple of hours to complete the project. I also used a Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel made for plastic to trim the faceplate down some. The only drawback to my method is the Velcro that’s attached to the Z1, but you will see from my pictures its rather discrete. I am happy with it, but I would imagine others out there would seek a more discrete solution. If any one has any better ideas on how to attach it please post them as I would be interested to hear, this is the only way I could find that would be reliable.

The cover:


Cover on:


Theives View (windows Down)


Theives View (Windows Up)


Velcro on Head Unit:


Back side of Cover:


Praise and Criticism is welcome so long as its constructive.

Thanks.

I think it looks great... What radio was that from? How did you cut it?

fanito said:

I think it looks great... What radio was that from? How did you cut it?

It was one I bought off ebay. My car is a Ford Mustang, so I was just looking for factory Ford Head Units. I found that one that the seller said was an OEM headunit out of a Ford F-150, Got it for 40bux.

Picture from the auction listing:


I cut it using a dremel and cutoff wheel made for plastic. Here is a link to what im talking about http://tinyurl.com/juu5n Cutting the plastic was fairly easy, its not the cleanest cut in the world but it works. you cant tell when its mounted. The harder part was cutting the foam, for that I used a hotknife.

nice job im planing the same thing for my car but i dont like the idea of velcro melting on my head unit since its hot here in florida. i was leaning more to a method where i can slide sum clips around the unit since i have just enough space to do it. thiers gonna have to be sum more modification to it when i get it done ill post pics and here comments

WILLIS305 said:

nice job im planing the same thing for my car but i dont like the idea of velcro melting on my head unit since its hot here in florida. i was leaning more to a method where i can slide sum clips around the unit since i have just enough space to do it. thiers gonna have to be sum more modification to it when i get it done ill post pics and here comments

I look forward to it. If I can find a more viable alternative to velcro I am all about it.

Nice job, Damage. :wink:
Instead of velcro, you can recess the avic-z1 unit a little further back, upon install. Your faceplate will the slide in perfectly. I will post pictures on how my F-150 was done.

DataAve said:

you can recess the avic-z1 unit a little further back, upon install. Your faceplate will the slide in perfectly. I will post pictures on how my F-150 was done.

Yes, please post pictures if you get a chance.