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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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Question Worn Stereo Buttons. How to fix..???



Pic is of my buddies 06 GT Mustang's head unit. ... Is there a simple DIY fix for this?
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 09:44 PM
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Not really, new headunit. My brother has one out of his 08' GT/CS he is selling if that would work.
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by WS6 Rampage
Pic is of my buddies 06 GT Mustang's head unit. ... Is there a simple DIY fix for this?
Buy a LS car
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Old Jan 30, 2011 | 10:11 PM
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Buy another stereo and use the faceplate....
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 'Trust'
Not really, new headunit. My brother has one out of his 08' GT/CS he is selling if that would work.
Probably the easiest method.

Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
Buy another stereo and use the faceplate....
Probably the cheapest method, since you could probably find one that needs repair but looks great. I went this method for my car and mixed and matched buttons/plates/internals to get a great condition headunit. Just took a lot of patience.
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Originally Posted by 1998Z28LOADED
Buy a LS car
LS cars do it too. Not really helpful info?
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
Buy another stereo and use the faceplate....
From what my friend said, I guess this head unit would be the Ford Mustang equivalent to the GM F-Body "upgrade" Monsoon head unit. ... Anyone happen to know how I can search online for a used or broken one? .. If I can strip a faceplate w/ buttons off a junked one, I bet that would be the best route to take.
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Originally Posted by 1998Z28LOADED
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... Wow!.. What a great idea. .. Thanks for your input.
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How did that even happen? That looks terrible
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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I guess it's called a Shaker 500 or something.

... No idea! He just bought it and that's how the stereo face looked.
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Old Feb 2, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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Apparently the guy he got it from is just plain nasty, and never washed his hands. The oils from your skin (especially if your Ph is out of wack) will cause that.
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Originally Posted by GSus
Apparently the guy he got it from is just plain nasty, and never washed his hands. The oils from your skin (especially if your Ph is out of wack) will cause that.
Lovely...

... That's just disgusting.
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Originally Posted by WS6 Rampage
Lovely...

... That's just disgusting.
I know

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I Dunno but I'm sure junk yards have them, and in good condition too, ive seen so many stock Camaro and mustang stereos at ones around here
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Originally Posted by 'Trust'
LS cars do it too. Not really helpful info?
Just making a joke kind sir.

About half the lights burnt out on my stock unit.
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Another vote for purchasing a nice looking, but broken, stock radio and swapping the faceplate. I've done it to the Monsoon radios, it's fairly easy and it can make a world of difference.
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Some brush on black paint will work. He won't be able to read what the buttons say though, but at least they won't look so ugly.
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