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<blockquote data-quote="FlexnInLa" data-source="post: 6950614" data-attributes="member: 624319">I&#039;m not the best &quot;suggester&quot; but I am in kinda the same boat you are.&nbsp; I am very good at what I do... network administration... but I don&#039;t know much about modern vehicles with the computers and all that bullshit in &#039;em.&nbsp; For me, it&#039;s just too much risk to dick around with a 25k car not KNOWING what I&#039;m doing.&nbsp; Fortunately for me one of my best friends is a pro installer, and I&#039;ve become friends with a guy that is local to me here on caraudio.com that I&#039;m sure would help me out as well.To give you an idea, my buddy, who has done this for 20 plus years, somehow blew every airbag and seatbelt tightener thing after installing screens in the back headrests of an Escalade.&nbsp; They blew when he put the LAST screw in the LAST seat to re-install.&nbsp; I can&#039;t remember the exact dollar amount of damage, but I think it was around 8k if memory serves me.&nbsp; Dealer or Caddy wound up eating it, cause they couldn&#039;t find anything he did wrong, but it&#039;s good to know that if something DOES happen his shop is insured.I used to put aftermarket head units and speakers in my mom and dad&#039;s cars for them when I was 8 or 10 years old, was easy as pie way back then, always kinda been a geek.&nbsp; But with all the computerized shit on them now I just don&#039;t want the headache.&nbsp; Same with working on a modern motor.&nbsp; All the computers, fuel inection, just not worth the risk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FlexnInLa, post: 6950614, member: 624319"] I'm not the best "suggester" but I am in kinda the same boat you are. I am very good at what I do... network administration... but I don't know much about modern vehicles with the computers and all that bullshit in 'em. For me, it's just too much risk to dick around with a 25k car not KNOWING what I'm doing. Fortunately for me one of my best friends is a pro installer, and I've become friends with a guy that is local to me here on caraudio.com that I'm sure would help me out as well. To give you an idea, my buddy, who has done this for 20 plus years, somehow blew every airbag and seatbelt tightener thing after installing screens in the back headrests of an Escalade. They blew when he put the LAST screw in the LAST seat to re-install. I can't remember the exact dollar amount of damage, but I think it was around 8k if memory serves me. Dealer or Caddy wound up eating it, cause they couldn't find anything he did wrong, but it's good to know that if something DOES happen his shop is insured. I used to put aftermarket head units and speakers in my mom and dad's cars for them when I was 8 or 10 years old, was easy as pie way back then, always kinda been a geek. But with all the computerized shit on them now I just don't want the headache. Same with working on a modern motor. All the computers, fuel inection, just not worth the risk. [/QUOTE]

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