Looks like this died a while ago but I really want to do mine in black so I can replace the cd player with something that I can hook my iphone up to. Any advice on tools/paint to buy? Also I want to do the buttons/dials, I couldn't stand having em silver with the rest black. Should I just mask off the illumination part with a circle, or are they inserts that I could just pop out/paint and pop back in?? Any info/help would be great. Also color doesn't have to match exterior exactly, I wont be holding them up side by side