Thanks Deb. The install took me about an hour (well I guess an hour and half if you include the setup I had before and the fiddling I did with the trim/bracket last night).

Night shots eh....hmm...maybe at the next intermission of the Calgary/Edmonton game!
GO FLAMES!

nice install, it looks very good

How did you wire though the antenna?

I used a product called the Delphi FM Direct Adaptor. It was $29.99 CAD at Future Shop, and included both the antenna adaptor and the power adaptor.

Basically, the antenna adaptor has 3 leads on it and one plug (hole). One lead has a female end, and accepts the jack from your regular FM antenna. The other has a male end and plugs into the FM plug on the back of your deck. The XM antenna plugs into the side. Lastly, there is a line that brings the signal to the XM unit.

That looks sweet. it really does.

but I have to ask? what do you listen to?
in otherwords why did you buy pay radio? besides comercial free.
(im not putting anybody down that does. Its your money)

Simple for me, electronic music by the boatload.

You can't find half of it on Kazaa/Limewire/*insert P2P here* and there is no local station that plays it around here and few things compare to a good, live, mixed set. BPM (station on XM) has Armin van Buuren live every Saturday night, which is wicked. For me, it is totally worth it, as I buy AT LEAST one $30+ imported (from Europe, usually) CD a month since it is hard to find downloads. So if I don't buy just one CD a month b/c of XM (and right now I'm not seeing any need at all to buy CDs), then the $12.99 a month is worth it for me.

Plus the ability to choose any NHL game is appealing, and I loathe commericals

As for myself my music taste is all over the dial, and having channels dedicated to specific genres is sweet. Songs i haven't heard in years and never think to download because i forgot about them til i heard them. Being a shift worker it'* nice to know when i'm working afternoons and my Philadelphia Flyers are playing i can sit in my car on my lunch break and catch the game for abit.
I also bought the boombox speaker attachment so i could listen to it in the house. Was a little too hard to justify $14 a month for music in the car. Now i get listen to it anytime, anywhere. The only thing i don't like is if your a paying customer from the US you get to listen to it over the internet also, but the Canadian site doesn't offer that.... :(
EDIT: I am also a major electronic gadget junkie...

Yeah, it pissed me off when I found out that streaming internet radio wasn't included for Canadians, especially cause some douche at Future Shop told me it was. I intend to get either the home kit or the bombox for it too.

How is the boombox for bass? Good or not so much?

I like the XM radio myself but Im just not a fan of that gianormous HU for the delphi one. Thats nothing to say against your installation skills. Just when I got mine, it think that version wouldve looked retarded on mine.

Yeah I was initially disappointed with the size as well, but now it fits good. I wish it was more the size of the RoadyXT, or the new Audiovox Commander.