Any security system distributor will have clear plastic enclosures for keypads that could be used for VC. Looking through some of the catalogs I got at CEDIA, I think I remember seeing one for VC. You might check with Audioplex.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. Any wire cut to length will be too short. I must be a near GENIUS. All my teachers told me I was at the very PEAK of the bell curve!