RiffRaff, your recommendation is one of the reasons I looked into that model, thank you again. It is pretty sweet, very loud, although I am gonna hit up west marine for an external speaker tomorrow, not sure where that is goin yet. I wonder if it can be connected to the "aux in" on my head unit!!!???? Hmmm, gotta check that out, that would be real cool and eliminate the need for the external, or maybe I can use my Ipod speakers and just temp install? I do not see why not, just gotta get the right cord.
I did not put the guts in the center console. Push your hand past the rubber around your ebrake handle. It is in there. There is a ton of room under there. My center console remains unmolested...for now.
Tom, the ash tray idea is pretty good. I still have my seats, just folded up, sometimes me and the fam take the VX, and I hate the idea of not being able to use the VX for all 4 of us, like when the Expedition is in the shop or something like that. Maybe one day I will yank the seats...