I just polled a car-absorbed colleague of mine in San Diego to see if he can offer a recommendation.

A small side note: in the course of contemplating some alarm upgrades on the new wheels, I visited a shop called Innovative Audio in Bellevue, WA (www.innovativeaudio.com) and got a tour of their shop and some works in progress (couple of Porsches, an F250, a big Winnebago). On the whole, I'd say that they are out of my price range, but I saw some incredibly nice work being done. Perhaps they could recommend some friends in SD.

I just finished installing Empeg, Kenwood head unit, new speakers and a custom-molded subwoofer box (ask me about my fiberglass matt splinters -- Ouch!) in the WRX and would venture to say that I probably did a better job than the local chain outlets that offer "free" installation. They do OK, but they pay scant attention to the idea that sombody may want to put things back the way they were at some point, or that you may want to continue to modify things.

Jim