I'm currently going through an issue with a retailer and the colour of the double din fascia (Aerpro FP8030) and wondering if anyone has purchased/installed this in their car.
As you can see from the picture, the colour is just off and it's kinda annoying. Perhaps i am being a bit @n@l ? but it really stands out.
The retailer said they have opened all the boxes and they are all the same colour and this is what is stocked for the vehicle.
I've run a search on the forums and couldn't find anything on this, which I think is incorrect surely.
if anyone has any experience with this or can recommend an actual brand that is the same colour as the dash, please let me know and a huge thanks in advance.
I'm in Australia, so hopefully something i can grab from here would be good.
haha, i love them jelly bellys! esp the red berry one.
it's hard to see, is yours matching colour?
I'm struggling to find anywhere here in Oz that sell the oem part, but i've sent my local Honda dealer an email asking if they can grab one and a quote. Probably something stupid like $400
Plenty on wish.com and other sites but they seem to use the generic photo which is the same I purchased already, so don't want to risk it.
The Honda oem part is a perfect match, if you've heard it looks a little off colour it's probably because its brand new fitted to maybe a sun-faded dash? Thats the case with my car anyway.
Yeah the brackets are £50 each, I’ve bought some generic ones for £5 a pair I will modify to fit, I’ve not tested the colour match, will compare them later, but It looks the same colour
So after the whole mess I went with OEM, colour is near perfect. As @Type 666 said, the colour is only slightly off due to the age of the car, being in the sun etc. But hell it's a HUGE difference to the crap I originally purchased.
Now after several months, and I don't know why. I'm struggling now to get a faceplate that fits correctly. The one that came with the Pioneer dmh-z5150bt is frickin huge and does not fit via front or back. So atm I just have a gap which is really annoying me.
Going to need to correctly measure the sizing and the gap but @Commander2874@Grossey 's set up looks like it would fit mine, due to the curve of the fascia. Just the "specialist" stores i've been in around Sydney have none that fit which is annoying. Need to research more or maybe look at getting the one I have custom cut.
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I'll need to try get that surround on it's own somehow. That's pretty much the kit i got but was grey, and the company said all they do is grey. Waste of time.
can you not trim down some plastic off that surround, do you have a belt sander and a vice to clamp the sander upside down so the belt faces upwards to act like a linisher and then you can push the surround down on to the sander with both hands to get it sitting flat and take some off that way
This is exactly what I've been after (without buying one) but no one i know has one, which is annoying.
someone mentioned laser cutting it, but that would prob cost and arm and a leg!
Also i'd prob sand off my finger somehow or bodge it up. TBH the surround as you can see looks awfully cheap.
I'll look online tomorrow again for that part. Off to bed now.
Thanks heaps for the help
Hey guys, I was thinking of purchasing a new sound system and headunit but how would I control the top screen if I get an aftermarket headunit,
For example when you start the car a warning message comes up on the top screen and I click the centre button in the oem system to make it go away. This keeps the screen on, otherwise it turns off if u don't press anything for about a minute.
Then when I adjust fan speed and where the fan blows air to, it shows on the top screen, but with an aftermarket unit I wouldn't be able to see my fan speed and where the fan is blowing because the screen will be off as I cant press 'OK' on the warning message that comes up when u start the ignition.
Is this an issue for you guys or am I being stupid? (I haven't purchased the system yet, just wondering what you guys have done to combat this issue, or do u just live with it?)
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