Anybody tried stripping off the pioneer logo or the formats it plays? In an effort to make the unit look more OEM, I think this would help. Also could help deter thieves.

The only thing that's going to deter thieves is to cover up that big ol' LCD screen with something. I saw a pic posted on here of a car that had a built in lid that covered the radio. Pretty slick.

I was trying to figure out how to fabricate a rolling cover, but I am not sure. My thought was that if it didn't say pioneer, it'd look OEM and less attractive to a thief, since they get much less money for those.

I'm building a fake radio front with a crappy double-din radio from a thrift store. I've got the front taken off with the buttons superglued on, I'm just working on how to fit it over the Avic now.

I can't tell if you're joking.....

I'm building a fake radio front with a crappy double-din radio from a thrift store. I've got the front taken off with the buttons superglued on, I'm just working on how to fit it over the Avic now.

Pressure fit it

I can't tell if you're joking.....

He isnt joking. Several folks on this forum have done it..do a search. You'lll see pics as well.

Best way to "mount" the fake front, is to glue a very thin, very short "L" bracket to the backside of the fake faceplate. This "L" will ever so slightly go into the CD slot, and hold the fake faceplate in place when you park.

I can't tell if you're joking.....

 

He isnt joking. Several folks on this forum have done it..do a search. You'lll see pics as well.

 

Best way to "mount" the fake front, is to glue a very thin, very short "L" bracket to the backside of the fake faceplate. This "L" will ever so slightly go into the CD slot, and hold the fake faceplate in place when you park.

OHHH Now THERE is a great idea.

I can't tell if you're joking.....

 

He isnt joking. Several folks on this forum have done it..do a search. You'lll see pics as well.

 

Best way to "mount" the fake front, is to glue a very thin, very short "L" bracket to the backside of the fake faceplate. This "L" will ever so slightly go into the CD slot, and hold the fake faceplate in place when you park.

 

OHHH Now THERE is a great idea.

Where? i can't find any pics

I can't tell if you're joking.....

It's only a once-in-a-while thing for when I have to park downtown. For my setup, I can easily pop the trim ring off and use the aformentioned l-bracket to put it over the unit. I just have to build some 'sides' to it so that it doesn't just look like a front hanging over a D2.

I can't tell if you're joking.....

 

He isnt joking. Several folks on this forum have done it..do a search. You'lll see pics as well.

 

Best way to "mount" the fake front, is to glue a very thin, very short "L" bracket to the backside of the fake faceplate. This "L" will ever so slightly go into the CD slot, and hold the fake faceplate in place when you park.

 

OHHH Now THERE is a great idea.

 

Where? i can't find any pics

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brilliant!

Popular science had a feature a couple months ago where they showed that sugar cubes were effective in removing logos from cell phones. If you are brave, try a paper towel with some acetone on it. That may be able to remove the logos and won't damage the screen.

I wouldn't use acetone, that stuff really likes to dissolve a fair amount of plastics.

I wouldn't use acetone, that stuff really likes to dissolve a fair amount of plastics.

I work with alot of solvents at work. Acetone evaporates too fast to do any damage.

I've used it on my phone to clean some spray paint (got spray paint on my fingers than used my phone) off my keys. It did not do any damage.

It does however take the paint off the buttons of a gm radio. 380 bucks later Guy got a new radio. Don't ask....

Yeah, I'm with cntrylvr79 on this one. Don't screw with your $800-$1000 radio. Just cover it up or something.

Then when you are ready to upgrade in a few years, you'll have a fairly decent radio to sell and not some acid stained, plastic warped oem looking radio.

I wouldn't use acetone, that stuff really likes to dissolve a fair amount of plastics.

 

I work with alot of solvents at work. Acetone evaporates too fast to do any damage.

 

I've used it on my phone to clean some spray paint (got spray paint on my fingers than used my phone) off my keys. It did not do any damage.

Right, but keep in mind that your cell phone is probably made of a different plastic than the D3. If it's something you want to try, I won't stop you, but for safety sake, try it on a small corner first and see if it dissolves the plastic on the D3.

i just took a strip of gaffe tape and covered the bottom part of the D3

You might consider goof off, or something that contains BTEX (benzene, xylene, ethylbenzene or toluene. Most of the stuff you buy today only contains xylene or toluene. Xylene is in goof off in particular. But i agree with the other posts, try it somewhere inconspicuous first, or you might completely screw up your deck.

You might consider goof off, or something that contains BTEX (benzene, xylene, ethylbenzene or toluene. Most of the stuff you buy today only contains xylene or toluene. Xylene is in goof off in particular. But i agree with the other posts, try it somewhere inconspicuous first, or you might completely screw up your deck.

If someone thinks acetone will damage the face, there's no way those solvents aren't going to be worse.

BTW the acetone you guys have experience with is most likely diluted with water. I have drums of 100% stuff which evaporates extremely fast. The water in the store stuff slows down the evaporation time so your nail polish will come off.

Um...I really don't think that the thief looks at a 1/4" tall logo from a few feet away through glass and determines his theft by that. I get the idea that they know what sweet radios look like...

"Ooooh, that looks niceeee . . ."

Now that everyone's got their shots in about the 'theft deterrent' aspects... I still think the unit might look a little cleaner without the logos. Anyone tried the mild solvents listed?

If someone thinks acetone will damage the face, there's no way those solvents aren't going to be worse.

 

BTW the acetone you guys have experience with is most likely diluted with water. I have drums of 100% stuff which evaporates extremely fast. The water in the store stuff slows down the evaporation time so your nail polish will come off.

I work with acetone at work also. We use it to clean metal parts. We also often use it to clean off laminated sheets, and it doesn't affect them until they have been wiped many times. But, the Lexan doors to our equipment "melts" if you wipe it just once with acetone. Also other plastic containers we used to use would also melt. If you were board, you could melt a crack in a plastic container together with acetone. Some of our calculators have the buttons melted to the face from acetone. I would be careful what you use it on, it depends on the type of plastic. Like others suggested, try it on a small area first.