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Old 04-08-2009, 06:30 PM   #272 (permalink)
fogger
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well I got the new double din Pioneer deck installed, and new rear infinity speakers to match the fronts I installed a few months ago. Overall I am very happy with the sound, but extremely disappointed with the Scosche dash kit.

It came out looking nowhere near the factory dark gray color of the rest of the dash plastic (IE the gage cluster cover plate). It looks ok relative to the rest of the dash on the right hand side, but it looks silver compared to the dark gray gage panel plastic.

Very annoying. So I ordered the factory one from Honda, which I'm picking up today or tomorrow, and sending the POS Scosche unit back to Crutchfield. So just a heads up, if you are even the slightest bit concerned with the look of your dash, forget the scosche unit. Also the factory one was half the cost. I wish I had gotten that from the start, but I figured since I was ordering speakers and wire harness' from crutchfield I'd go ahead and get the panel while I was at it. BIG mistake. There are guys that reviewed tha panel on the CF website who must be totally color blind, saying that is looks fine unless you are looking for it. Total BS, it is not even in the same ballpark of gray. Either Honda changed the color at some point, or the color match experts at Scosche are morons.

Hope that keeps someone else from making the same mistake...

-Chris
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