Thanks for the tip. For my install, I actually take the empeg out AND use the fake faceplate. After all the war stories of stolen empegs on this board, I've resolved to never leave mine in the car ever again. Haha, I got two weird looks tonight alone from carying my Pelican 1400 case into stores.

My install has about as much clearance as yours for a faceplate to fit in, but my faceplate is too thick to fit over the empeg. Infact, I had to recess my Alpine deck like 1" in order for everything to fit. That was one of the biggest stopping blocks.

Ok, I WILL finish this faceplate just as soon as I find a 3"x1.75" LCD to replace the one I broke. Soon.... I've only been "working" on it how long, 9 months?