SE_Sport_Driver: "Putting the sled on the top, did you have a real tight fit? Did you leave that black wire on the plate? I am gettting alternator whine at low volume and am not sure if it is a bad ground or rca cables...."

Hella tight fit. Not sure if it obvious from the sequence of pics I popped up on the Web, but some of what I did was:

-- In a bench vise, I bent the angles back on the top edge of the Subaru brackets so that the sled could ride a bit higher in the brackets (I thought about grinding them off, but the brackets fit in the hole without doing that).
-- I bent the forward edges of the top half of the brackets (where the Empeg sled goes) outward so that I had a wider entry point to jam the sled in.
-- I used only the bottom four of the 6 screws that secure the brackets. This allowed me to fix the position of the Kenwood pretty well (critical if that face is to be rotated/removed) but allowed the top part to flex outward when I jammed the sled in there.
-- If you remove the upper cup holder and vent trim, you can reach in behind the Empeg and help move the wiring out of the way.

I was able to get the black ground connector on the passenger-side bracket as I slid it in place. I have been very fortunate, hum-wise. My amp power cable is led to the rear under the driver's side door sills. All other cabling (RCAs, returning front speaker wires, blue amp activation) are led through the center console, under the rear seat, then through the same driver-side hole I bored in the styro behind the rear seat that the amp power cable uses.

The green AR lens that I finally got is a little yellower than the non-AR green I had before, but seems to match WRX dash a bit better. Not sure that it is any more visible during the day than the non-AR green.

I'll be out late this weekend. I'll see if my digital camer will cooperate on a flash-less night shot.

Thanks,

Jim