Car stereo stock radio fake-out

Step 10 Attach the fake-out faceplate over your car stereo

Remove the real faceplate and attach fake-out faceplate over the car stereo.

Comments

[Koil_1]

This is pure genius. You would be surprised how many people will steal a head unit without a faceplate on it thinking they can just get another one for it. The thing is if their dumb enough to steal in the first place, chances are they haven't taken the time to think about the finer points of the workability of the device. I've personally known this to happen as I'm an installer and have assisted people in replacing their stolen properties. This is an excellent way to stop that from happening. Though there are a few criminals out there who will take a stock stereo, they are far fewer than those who would snag an aftermarket unit. This is nothing less than brilliant. I commend you for a sweet idea. This is something I'm going to pass on to my customers. The only thing I would do different is to use posts and rubber grommets to hold the fake in place. Less chance of foreign material getting caught in it and fouling the connection. It might be a little cleaner looking too in the final install.

[Glockenator]

you might want to file down the corners too so it dosent look like its outside the dash. then it would look like its actually in the dash in its original stock position

[misterectomy]

If I'm going to remove the new faceplate to put the fake faceplate on then what's the point of the fake faceplate? No one is going to steal a stereo that's missing the faceplate. Most if not all stereo face plates are coded to work only with the stereo they came with.

[acer5050]

The plates can be replaced they do make them...... and you can buy them for any radio

[envisionelec]

Not true; they have never been "coded" - it's just a falsehood perpetrated by the industry to discourage thievery. Knowledge based on 20 years in the industry.

[qtm]

Because thieves know that most people will just leave the faceplate in the glovebox or under the seat. It takes a thief 30 seconds to break in and check the glove box and under the seat. It takes maybe a minute to pry the stereo out of the dash. The chances of getting caught are so slim that there's almost no risk for the thieves. Really, there's nothing to lose and everything to gain. Even if they don't steal the stereo, the damage is already done. It will cost you a couple hundred to replace the broken window. At least once a week, I see a car with a broken window, glass on the street, or a new window will the grease marker stock number on it. Once in a while I see half a stereo hanging out, minus faceplate, meaning the thief broke in, found the faceplate, and tried to get stereo out but couldn't. It's a great idea, I was thinking after my car got broken into and they damaged the stereo trying to remove it. Instead I put the stock stereo back in and got an iPod, and make sure I don't the ipod in the car or leave any evidence that there ever was an ipod in the car.

[acer5050]

I ran a sub and rca jacks to my stock stereo with adapters for my ipod touch and xm radio..... when I leave its just a 1987 radio

[mrm1776]

But a true audiophile wouldn't be happy with this set up. Your 1987 radio probably pushes out 10 watts RMS per channel tops. Aftermarket decks push out 18-22 watts RMS per channel. That's a big increase. Plus aftermarket decks have low-level pre-outs. This makes for much better sound quality as it reduces noise instead of using a line-out converter which converts high-level outputs to low-level.  And then there's the issue of equalizers. Stock radios have at most a 3 band equalizer. Most aftermarket radios have no less than 5 bands. This gives you more control over your sound. Plus a lot of aftermarkets have high and low-pass filters. This is also known as a crossover. This allows you to restrict the frequencies going to speakers. So if you have a sub you'd want to apply a low-pass filter to the sub so that it keeps the higher frequencies from going to the sub which allows the sub to fire more efficiently. And then you'd want to apply a high-pass filter to the speakers to keep the bass from going to the speakers. Bass distorts small speakers, so by blocking the bass you can crank the volume higher without getting distortion.

[deccctv-Tracy]

can you buy a tape from market now? long time no see.

[acer5050]

Yeh.... you can buy them anywhere...! BP I work for sells'em they are cover charging but hey they've got em

[BUGBYTE]

There are tons of faceplates cheap on ebay spend 30 or 40 dollars on a 500 deck good deal. just saying.