Leave it silver and paint some silver accents in the car!
Say, for example, outline the plastic door pieces in silver, maybe the raised portion of the trim right around the instrument cluster?
And, why not get a Pre-98 console and put the HVAC down in the cubby hole or remove the lighter and ashtray and put it there?
Possibilities are endless with that! You could go outrageous with a pre 98 console by cutting out the holder thing and lighter/ashtray... there is a second double DIN area you could fill with the HVAC and some other 1 DIN item (switches?).
In any case, that is seriously t**s dude!
Oh, and maybe get a Cougar HVAC? I have one on the way that I'm going to test out (plugs look the same on the back, just has the temp and fan switches on opposite sides).