Just went down to the local ICE place to pay the deposit for the installation of all my new stuff into my new S and was pretty shocked by the price.

 

That is high, even considerng the speaker cables thrown in. However, I am impressed that they are actually going to replace the stock speaker wiring with some decent stuff (although a bit more detail as to what it is, wouldn't go amiss).

 

mmm details

Well, they quoted

 

RCA's are the pre outs on the headunit (the phono type, coaxial plugs).

Means you can use better wiring and go through an amp ..

 

It's a few hours work, I'm not sure what the going rate is though. If it's 4 hours, it's

 

They have told me that they need the car from 9am to 4ish!

 

You are being done. I paid

 

Taking the HU surround out WITHOUT scratching anything takes about 5 hours

Seriously though 7 hours is about 30 quid p/h. So it's reasonable in terms of cost. Dunno whether 7 hours is justified though.

 

[SIZE=5][FONT=Arial]Car Electronics certainly have a good name - All the ICE fanatics where I work (in Nottingham) recommend them

I used the Leicester branch to get my MR2 kitted out - I can't find the breakdown of costs but:

Total was

 

I budgeted