Done! Got it installed in less than an hour. Brian was even nice enough to provide a ground for the rear-video wire. Incidentally Brian, if you make another one like that you might want to make the ground wire at least as long as the wire leading to the toggle switch. I grounded it to one of the 4 bolts in the transmission boot area, but barely on the end of the fork. It was hard to get the bolt tightened with that grounding fork on there and there was a great place to ground next to the toggle switch but the cable just wasn't long enough. Just a small suggestion, I really appreciate you providing that extra piece.
The install wasn't too difficult. My only notes:
1. There's a black box on the kit which I'm guessing is a relay. It's not that big but finding a place for it behind the head unit can be tricky. There's a place behind the start button wire or the airbag wire it can easily fit. This really helped getting the head unit back in place properly.
2. GET SOME TOWELS. This is a biggie if you don't want to scratch your plastic pieces. If you have the manual transmission there are metal clips that hold the cover on. Unless you plan on taking the shift knob off, I recommend using a towel to cover the area just above the heating switches as that piece will move back and forth a lot as you remove the rest of the center dash, scratching the plastic. I discovered this about half-way through the install and took some damage. Nothing major, but it could have been easily avoided.
3. As long as you have the center piece off you might as well clean your LCD screen. It can be hard to get to the screen edges with the console in place.
That's about it. The kit works as advertised. Once you flip the switch back from VSS-bypass to normal mode the GPS only takes about 50-70 yards before it queries the satellite and gets your position correct again. Piece of cake. Buy this kit. Can't recommend it highly enough. Brian is the man!
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