FINALLY - I got back to 'real' work on my car after a several week virtual total layoff due to holidays and other commitments. I pulled the wiring for the stereo out from behind the dash - I had not remembered how many wires went so many different directions - which meant that I had to cut probably in excess of a hundred cable ties. I received the IR repeater and it looks like a fairly nice piece of equipment. Of course the wires should come out the wrong end and length wise, just opposite what I would prefer, but no big deal. Now I have to pull all new wiring to the trunk which is fully upholstered and will be a bear then will have to build a box to hold the stereo. I am going to add an 80mm @20/30 cfm computer case fan for cooling but have to come up with some sort of voltage adjuster to limit the fan speed and cfm output.

Isn't building a car from the ground up the changing a direction fun. I keep forgetting the domino effect - change one thing, 27 others follow