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Old Jun 6, 2021 | 02:38 PM
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Default Re: Double din install

I only painted the small bezel around the radio, I got a pretty good match. The face of it is textured, the smooth sides ate a very good color match. I think the texture causes a little shadowing making it look slightly darker. The bezel is for VW but I had to narrow the top to get it in but now there is too much gap at the bottom. I have a 12” stationary sander so taking material off is pretty easy. I will make a new bezel out of acrylic or ABS later. Someone said in an earlier post that Testers silver chrome was a “perfect match” so I bought some but it was too dark, I found Testers Extreme Lacquer in Diamond Dust color and that is what I used. It’s lacquer, it dries almost immediately so dust, runs and handling are not problems.

I got the bezels from AOZ Parts, I don’t know if they are still in business, the website is up but I never got a reply to my last inquiry thru the site. the upper bezels were not great fits but with making some shims and adding screws behind the bezels I got them acceptable. The bezel around the shifter was another story. It was made way too flat, you can see in the photo the center is too low and doesn’t reach the switch bezel in the center. The rear of the shifter bezel was so flat that it rested on the center point and the sides were way high causing gaps. I had to Run screws thru from the top sides to pull them down. I used chrome washer head trim screws but I am really unhappy about that.

I think I will remove the new shifter bezel and reinstall the original bezel with an aftermarket cigar lighter or just delete the lighter, the new radio has two USB inputs so maybe I don’t even need the lighter.
 
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