Was reading the article about the solo2, it turns out that the LED display is a pain to read comparing to the LED's that the 8500 comes with. I just hate the idea of wires all over me, removing side trims for the hard install also bugs me. Hmm but might be worth it if it saves my *ss any1 in soCALi here that uses one? I'd like to get an opinion as to what chp does if he finds one in your dash ...