Alright Rick and all you marine experts out there. Here is a question for y'all.
Last year I decided to replace the factory installed cassette deck in my mate. Now as many of you are probably familiar from your own mates, the old deck fit into a weather proof case that has the little door that swings shut to keep it dry.
However, I purchased a top of the line Clarion marine deck which doesn't require the weather proof case and was also too large to fit into it anyway. So, the problem I have is in order to fit the new deck into the old hole I had to put an aluminum plate over the hole to cover the extra gap that was there and also give me something to mount the deck to.
So now I want to come up with a way to finish off the installation and make it look nice. I thought of buying some of that phoney burled oak wood stuff, but all I could find were complete sets that were intended to do the interiors of an assortment of vehicles. And what I really would need is just a rectangular piece of it a little larger than my deck that I could cut.
So the question is, has anyone run into the same situation?
And/or, does anyone have a suggestion as to what might be a nice way to trim out the install and finish it off?
Thanks....
Last year I decided to replace the factory installed cassette deck in my mate. Now as many of you are probably familiar from your own mates, the old deck fit into a weather proof case that has the little door that swings shut to keep it dry.
However, I purchased a top of the line Clarion marine deck which doesn't require the weather proof case and was also too large to fit into it anyway. So, the problem I have is in order to fit the new deck into the old hole I had to put an aluminum plate over the hole to cover the extra gap that was there and also give me something to mount the deck to.
So now I want to come up with a way to finish off the installation and make it look nice. I thought of buying some of that phoney burled oak wood stuff, but all I could find were complete sets that were intended to do the interiors of an assortment of vehicles. And what I really would need is just a rectangular piece of it a little larger than my deck that I could cut.
So the question is, has anyone run into the same situation?
And/or, does anyone have a suggestion as to what might be a nice way to trim out the install and finish it off?
Thanks....