Well, I finally got the plastic cover off of the chassis, cut the DIN opening in the front, mounted the stereo and power supplies, and TRIED to cut the plastic on the front. I say tried, because it's not easy to cut plastic that is actually three different pieces snapped together without making it look like garbage. Not to mention that the front is curved with ribs supporting it on the back side, and at the farthest point of the radius, it's 3/4" from the face of the stereo.

I may go the hillbilly way and keep the plastic off and cover it with black duct tape. It is what it is...nothing more than a chassis and power supply for a 12v stereo, nothing more. Add to that the fact that it's for my basement workshop...I really don't care what it looks like, I'm not going to enter it in a beauty contest.

However...I do have a piece of 1X6 oak plank that is just sitting in the basement. Who knows? It may find itself to the front of the chassis, trimmed properly, and stained when I decide I have the time to do it.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles