Aftermarket In Dash Nav/Radio
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Huge difference in quality. I also got new speakers when I did the install, so that helped too. I love this head unit.
Kimo
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Out of curiosity...what did it cost you to get it painted? I am contemplating doing the same thing once i realized i cant just buy the OEM plate with the NAV cutout.
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I am not 100% sure, as I had it done through the dealers installer. (car toys). I think the paint shop charged around $40 - $50 or so to have the paint color sampled and for the piece to be painted and then glossed. I think it really turned out nice, though you can see every fingerprint and dust speck (I keep a cleaning and duster cloth in the cubby)
Kimo
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I painted mine for like $20. Just buy some Krylon Fususion paint, and either semi-gloss or gloss clear. Rough up the Scoshe pice with some fine grit paper, like 400# or 600# then clean the pice completely with some degreaser. then spray paint the pieces using thin coats. when you fully get the piece coated to your liking, spray coat it with your choice of clear. I put on at least 2-3 coats of clear, then I used rubbing compound and coumpounded the clear to smoothign it down! then cleaned the piece fully again, and then recoated it with 2 more coats of clear. then I used fine compound on that, then used some polishing compound after the fine compound. Once i got it polished to a high shine i put some wax on it...now the dust doenst even stick to it.
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I painted mine for like $20. Just buy some Krylon Fususion paint, and either semi-gloss or gloss clear. Rough up the Scoshe pice with some fine grit paper, like 400# or 600# then clean the pice completely with some degreaser. then spray paint the pieces using thin coats. when you fully get the piece coated to your liking, spray coat it with your choice of clear. I put on at least 2-3 coats of clear, then I used rubbing compound and coumpounded the clear to smoothign it down! then cleaned the piece fully again, and then recoated it with 2 more coats of clear. then I used fine compound on that, then used some polishing compound after the fine compound. Once i got it polished to a high shine i put some wax on it...now the dust doenst even stick to it.
Kimo
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You might ask this question in the audio forum - likely to get a more broad range of readers there since this forum is specific to the 09+ trucks.