My installer wired mine up last week to test it out (double din facia is being custom made so not in the car permanently yet)... Red matches really well I can confirm, was presently surprised will take pics when perm installed. If you could dim it it would be 100% but the dimmer function wasn't working for some reason.. (when headlights are turned on)
As for it not being punch am very surprissed space cowboy, mine was well punchy with the full bose even at bass midway! Sound quality was awesome, makes a HUGE difference if you use the specialist equiliser setting turned on which it isn't as standard...Set it to level 3 and on 'flat' setting... It's not obv where seeting is, hold down audio button for 3 secs I think it is to access it... Sounded rubbish before I had this on!
My installer used a grommet allready in the dash to wire my usb wire through dude, no need to drill... So my ipod is hidden in the glovebox... Amazing system love it.