Would people buy a head unit without the faceplate

zbell, Sep 30, 6:31pm

my car was broken into and the faceplate was stolen,so i the same head unit and put the faceplate on,and wondering if i should try sell the the rest of the head unit

johnf_456, Sep 30, 6:47pm

Only one way to find out

mrfxit, Sep 30, 7:11pm

Email/ph the manufacture & ask if they have spares.

rob_man, Sep 30, 7:13pm

My first reaction too.

mrfxit, Sep 30, 7:18pm

Adding .
Plenty of car stereo system install shops around that can help with that sort of thing.

cowlover, Sep 30, 7:38pm

I bought a car without a faceplate once.Panasonic unit so enquired about a new plate.Knew the agent and the best price they could do was more than a complete new head unit.

zbell, Sep 30, 7:43pm

ive already bout a whole new head unit just for the face plate,and curious if people do buy head unit without the faceplate,as the rest of the unit is useless to me

kevin.b, Sep 30, 9:05pm

Pretty sure the person who stole your original faceplate could be keen on buying the rest of the unit, they probably didn't have time to take it out then and there, so may be happy to pay a little bit for it if as you've saved them the hassle and taken it out for them. LOL

Seriously though, I've purchased cars as wrecks and they haven't had faceplates, only the units still left in the car as the seller may have forgotten and kept the faceplate. So if someone has a spare faceplate they may be looking out for a compatible unit on TM for cheap. I know I've looked before for faceplates as the one I had had a cracked circuit board from being pushed too hard over a long period of time.

meathead_timaru, Oct 1, 1:30pm

Or. head unit was stolen while the owner had the faceplate with him as a theft deterrent and they're hoping to not raise suspicion when selling the head unit minus the faceplate since that's all they could get.

xpfairmont, Oct 1, 1:35pm

the guy who stole the face plate could buy the other half.

xpfairmont, Oct 1, 1:36pm

I'm sure they would.
for five times the replacement cost of the whole unit.

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