After talking to Patrick and getting some great ideas from him, I went ahead and installed my 8500 today.
It was very, very easy. Bought a 12 foot telephone cord, ran it from the rearview mirror down the passanger side pillar (only part I actuall had to remove), down behind the glove compartment and along the passanger side of the center console. It's completely hidden and plugs into a connector that then attaches to the 8500 SmartCord.
The 8500 is positioned next to rearview mirror on passenger side. In Dark Mode it's nearly invisible from outside the car, and I will rely on the "tones" it makes as it finds the various bands and the light that flashes on the SmartCord attached to the cig lighter.
Whole project took about 20 minutes and I surprised myself on how I didn't screw anything up.
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