I saw a how to on the forum and started to follow it until i realized that his was a older model or different deck than mine so I had to wing it with the stuff I borrowed from his how to:

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Disclaimer: Same as the others ppl. Neither I nor Cobaltss.net are liable if you mess this up.

This is a great mod to do on a weekend when you decide to do your interior trim - I didnt know / think / see the other how to until after I had painted my interior trim but I plan to change it again with some carbon fibre vinyl from Crappy Tire...

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Dificulty: Novice

Time: 1 - 2 hours including drying time

What You Need:

PATIENCE - these interior panels and the screws / circut board can take a bit of coaxing to make it pop out.
1 can of Krylon Stained Glass Translucent Spray Paint.

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Step 1: Remove the interior moldings - I found working the passenger side then the driver side to work easier then go to the middle. disconnect the heated seats if you have them.



Step 2: Bolts on either side of the head unit are 7mm. disconnect to cords.

Step 3: there are 2 screws / side on the head unit.



Step 4: remove the screws from the circut board and carefully push on the power and equalizer not button and it will pop out with gentle force.



Step 5: remove the buttons - push from the rear of the face plate and the buttons will pop out easily.

Step 6: wrap each button in painter tape to ensure you dont ruin the front face.



Step 7: Tint with the Stained glass spray tint - I found 2 coats were enough to get the desired effect. While your tinting if you want to ensure the steadiness and color matching of this process pop them back in and hold a flashlight or treble behind them and vola u can see the desired effect.





Step 8: Reinstall and hook everything back in place and then wait till dusk / darkness and see your new tinted cd lights.



Please be aware the reason the Power and Note button are not tinted is because they are soddered to the board - I'm not about to mess that heavily with the electrical just yet.

This is a work in progress and as I figure our how to take some of the switches apart I'll do the same with them.

 

That looks good dude... nice how to...! +rep

 

Niiiice. I like! Nice write up.

 

looks great

 

Is that System of a Down playing?

 

Thanks Guys ^_^ I was really happy with the way that turned out... its dwarfed at the moment by the large amout of stock color still inside but slowly it will look much better.

Yes it is I was using it to show off my new interior LED kit to a friend (it works to music I'm just about to upload the video)