Okay, so Im in Houston, and I go to a local car stereo installation place tha't pretty high in recognition for their work. I run down the list of the things I will need installed (being that I have/will have all of these parts myself):

AVIC-Z1
Ducatiboy Bypass
Ipod Interface
Bluetooth Module
PACS Steering Wheel Controls
XM/NAVTRAFFIC Unit
iLink iPod Connection (For Video & 3rd party GUI)
Rear View Camera (w/ Night Vision)
Front View Camera (w/ Night Vision) ["Look Ma, no headlights!"]
Directed Electronics Video Switcher
7" Headrest Monitors
DLS-UP6's in front and rear
JL-Audio Stealthbox
Zapco Reference 360.4
Zapco Reference 350.2

The guy at the counter hits the calculator and comes up with a figure: $2990

Im thinking WTF? I mean, come on - im not asking for custom speaker pillars or some tricked out amp rack - you got to be BS'ing me with 3k for labor only. Did i have written on my face? So, i politely took his card and told him that I would get back to them. Afterwards (and while still in digust), i call another car shop (Mobile One), and they give me a price for under 1K, with a custom bezel for the unit and possibly a falso floor for the amps. The only thing they won't do is bypass the Z1 for full functionality in motion.

What do yall think about this ...

Kryptonite


(Im also pushing this post to a seperate thread, so I won't still anyone's thread thunder...)