Install. Should I be Pissed or NO?

370zHawaii

I would be upset, talk with him about it in a kind manner and let him know your concerns. If he refuses responsibility for the damage or fails to provide you any compensation for it, leave a huge negative review on every review website out there for his place of business. That's how I would go about it. My buddy back in Hawaii owns two car audio shops, what he used to do was apply armor all to all of the interior panels that were going to be worked on prior to the install process. Then remove the armor all with a very mild soapy water after installation was complete. I followed the same procedure when I did my audio install this past weekend. The greasy armor all significantly reduced the chances for scratching panels.

Sounds like the shop you took it too is not familiar with care of interior panels when installing. That does not seem professional at all and definitely not worth $350. I was also quoted the same price locally just to install a HU with BT mic with steering wheel control and brake bypass. I thought that was a bit high considering that it should only take about an hour to do so. I have seen my buddy do it in an hour and he did not install customer brought in parts, so the audio equipment he sold included labor and installation.