NewFace installation pics

i would love to see pics of all the NewFace installs here with a little comment.

please take a digicam and let us see how it looks in your car or your home installation.

Well now - in two weeks or so with a bit o luck, my shining "bruface" empeg should be smiling out at everyone from here - better get the leds ready, want to install the blue buttons at the same time!

dead front

drivers view

Now that's extremely interesting. I own now a VW Gol (not Golf, Gol, it's a Latin American market-only car,very similar to a Polo), and your design would really make the empeg look totally OEM. Is it available or there's just one unit?

just this unit so far!!!

Ooh, that black one WOULD look good in my Volvo V70? Do you have any close-ups of the texture of the material? It's brushed aluminum that's colored black, right?

Hm, do I REALLY need a new facia after only having the unit for a month? Hm......

Oh, are there different colored lenses for it? Deep green would make my day (and make me buy one).

"Ooh, that black one WOULD look good in my Volvo V70?"


thats right!!!


"It's brushed aluminum that's colored black, right? "


thats right!!!


"Hm, do I REALLY need a new facia after only having the unit for a month?"


thats right!!!


"Oh, are there different colored lenses for it?"


take a look at Darkstorm Gels, please

Greetings!

Can the knob be anodized as well for stealth installation?

test is ready in about a week!

Cool! I am interested in most of the designs, but I see myself using the black for the stealth install. The regular aluminum knob is very visible, and a black knob would really work well.

I just got my NewFace this morning just before going to work, but
I couldn't resist fitting it right away and taking a few photos! See:
http://empeg.org.uk/newface/

just saw your site!



looks



so now its me and you with a NewFace!

Wow. If you can get the ano knob and an old MkI style handle going... it'll be hard to stop me from buying one. That looks great. What's the word on handles?

AnoKnop is in testing process! handle is in developing process! word?

word.

303, you got a Richard 23 thing going on...

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Wow that face looks very good, yea Loren is right a mk1 style handle would be killer.

Here's my install in a 2002.5 Hyundai Santa Fe LX.

Closeup

Man, that looks great.. might be time to take the finish off of the handle though, I think that would complete the install...

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might be time to take the finish off of the handle

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That's what I did. I stripped the handle and polished it.

Peter

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That's what I did. I stripped the handle and polished it.

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That looks sooooo wicked! Nice job... I've got a brushed face on order from Tim, but he's customizing it for me to work with an Alpine knob, so that it will match my stereo... Can you post how you stripped your handle, so that we can follow your lead, and learn from your example?

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Can you post how you stripped your handle

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I used a Dremel rotary tool and a sanding bit to get the original coating off of the handle.
To smooth the surface I sanded the handle with fine sanding paper first and to match the shiny finish of my NewFace used a rubbing compound in the last step.

Peter

Greetings!

Has any more progress been made on the anodized knob? I am looking to order, but wanted to wait until that option was available. Thanks!

sorry, but something went wrong during the process, and ASAP i will post if it is perfect! it has to be perfect, i am a german, ya know!!!

I have to say, I like the text on the JVC stereo

now available in Black and colour!!!

Hi

This is my Riocar on my Seat León 20vt FR. It's not as beautifull as AluFace one, but it looks good...

Miguel.

This is my Riocar on my Seat León 20vt FR.

Attachment didn't work - make sure it's 200.000 bytes or smaller and try again...

/Michael

Here it is - Bruface with an Alpine knob installed in my Ford Explorer - thanks to 303 for creating a great product, and Jets for the Alpine knob .nfo! Great fit and finish on the Newface, no complaints at all - fit like a glove, everything was packaged well and arrived in good time...

To all those naysayers who thought the Alpine knob would look out of place with this face, I say !!!

thx man, looks cool

ahhh...Collective Soul...a Georgia band.

Grrrrr

As promised - here are the install pictures in my Audi. Finally got up off my lazy butt and took some pics... Looks fantastic. Now I just need to do that thing to the handle... and add the led mod.

Another pic



I had to sack my cool Neon Red lens since the beveled edges dont meet up with the display cut out for the New Face. Plus, the door doesn't close becasue the knob protrudes too far. But, it looks awesome, it looks like it belongs and is part of the car (well, it did before too, but moreso now).

I'll get some better pics up soon!

And here is mine! Installed my Renault Clio Sport! Good and professional work, Tim! Thanks

Are you aware that the GIF of people dancing that you are using as your avatar and also on the front page of your website is over a quarter of a million bytes in size ?

I think you need to change it for something smaller. Even on my nice fast ADSL line while I waited for IE to download and play it I was beginning to thing IE had crashed. For someone on a modem it will take them nearly a minute just to download that one graphic.

Hello Andy,

Thanks for the info.....! I did now some change to keep the data quantity mutch smaller.....

bye

Thought I'd post pics of my new polished fascia from Tim. It looks great and I'm quite pleased. It'll eventually receive a chroming to match the handle but all in all it looks pretty good.

I did have a problem with the chrome handle sticking because of the extra thickness associated with the chrome even with the FAQ handle adjustment. I'll probably wind up grinding the fascia down a little prior to chroming. More info on the handle is here.



My empeg is currently a stereo component until I get back to the US. The chrome is meant to blend with the chrome on the radio bezel. Something like this...



I'll post pics once the actual install occurs. Thanks to Tim for putting the fascias together.

Now I just need to do that thing to the handle... and add the led mod.

Do you mean the illuminated buttons? Do those fit when you have a NewFace or are they too big?

Greetings!

Illuminated buttons and the NewFace work great together...

Here are a couple of pictures of my NewFaced Empeg. I thought the lighted buttons were a bit obtrusive, so I painted a bit on them with a marker and I think they look better this way...

A shot in the dark...


Another one with flash...


Edit: How the **** can I insert images in the post? The image-tag didn't work for me...
Second edit: I did dot my i's, but I didn't count my t's...

Stig

Edit: How the **** can I insert images in the post? The image-tag didn't work for me...

You need to dot your i's and cross your t's.

Or at least count them.

(HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Note the number of T's in that acronym.)

Of course, knowing what the internet is mostly used for, I think that Hyper Text Tittie Transfer Protocol should also be considered valid. I don't think the the W3 consortium would go for the validation of that one, though.

Well, if it was enough people requesting it....

I found my mistake(s) by doing several BACKs...

Thanks for the help.

Stig

Here's mine. I don't like the filler fascia around the unit, though. It sits a bit too deep in the dash for my taste.

AnoFace is awesome, though! Now I need my lighted buttons...

It sits a bit too deep in the dash for my taste.

Have you tried this?

I never thought of that! (Obviously...) Thanks! I'll try that tomorrow...

It seems to me that it would make more sense to apply some extra plastic to the front of the dash adapter between the sled's lips and where the lips currently touch (it'd end up looking like a picture frame) and have the sled sit further out.

The reason that I (intellectually) don't like the concept of moving the plug is that the empeg will no longer slide into the sled all the way and the clips activated by the arm won't have anything to grab onto.

That's a cool looking install though, with the NewFace. It's a shame (well, kinda) that the stock empeg look is absolutely PERFECT in my dash, and almost looks stock. Which is good, because stock = not appealing to thieves. Not that I leave it in my dash these days, but still.

The reason that I (intellectually) don't like the concept of moving the plug is that the empeg will no longer slide into the sled all the way and the clips activated by the arm won't have anything to grab onto.

That is my concern as well so I haven't tried it, yet. I can live with it for now, but I'd like to look into a fix for it.

That little mod sure does get a lot of use. That reminds me, I have to check and see if i ever moved it back when I switched cars. Yup, found a picture in the gallery. Boy that riocar.org is handy.

just a reminder of the "lost" ones

we need more pictures, please

RE: "303, you've got a Richard 23 thing going on."

I never did explain myself did I?

Richard 23 was a member of the EBM industrial act "Front 242." Early in their career, their image was defined by paramilitary outfits (the kinda looked like fighter pilots) and dark wrap-around sunglasses or goggles. They even had a phase where all of their record covers were close ups of swimmers wearing Speedo type goggles. You may remember their big song "Welcome to Paradise" that had the vocal sample "Hey poor, you don't have to be poor any more! Jesus is here!"

You avatar and your username reminded me of them (esp. the singer Richard 23).