I'm not irritated at all - I apprecite your opinion and experience.

I didn't see any indication of solder on any of the wires yesterday. That is what bothered me the most. I would hope that a professional installer would do more then twist wires and wrap them in electrical tape.

I guess my final conclusion is that I will never know for sure. Again, I hate to think that in order to save a little money, they would remove an aftermarket system from my vehicle, in effect costing me almost $1,150 (and not to mention, almost a week's worth of my truck in the garage).

Ohhh - and I just remembered something. My installation was done in NY last year. Now I am in VA. It wasn't till I was back to VA that I realized that no toggle switch (on-off switch for my car starter) was ever installed. Why did I notice this? Well, I saw the toggle switch on the counter at the installation department. I guess I assumed it wasn't for my vehicle. But when I got back to VA and look for the switch (in case I ever had to turn the starter off to do maintance under the hood) I could not find it. That is why I realized that they never installed it. Furthurmore, they never explained to me how to work the on-off alarm buttom (in case I lose the key FOB). The book only explains so much. And I'm no idiot when it comes to this stuff. But I was pissed that they never said "And this is how you work this... blah blah".

I hate everybody!