I thought i knew enough. I was at my friends Audio shop waiting for the wife when she pulled up frantic.....the cd player was smoking.
buddy asked who installed it and the wife of course said my name. Just goes to show that even though something as simple as a radio can get screwed up.
the radio still works fine. i looked at it and nothing seems to be the culprit. I capped off the antenna and ilumination wires since they were just cut, just make sure but nothing seemed burnt...weird.
I'm not going to hear the end of it now