Mike's harness worked like a charm!
I installed the HK Mode button in the vented grill that is behind the cup holders in the centre dash... the button fit like a charm in the slots and is easy to access and out of site.
The only issue I ran into was I had iPod art & text... but no audio. A quick call (90 second hold time, 60 second fix!) had me swap the blue wires so the BLUE/WHITE connected to the BLUE and visa-versa... perfect! I had used bullet connectors instead of soldering so the switch was easy.
I ended up pulling most of the harness into the area behind the drop down panel over the driver legs as there just wasn't enough room behind the head unit to place everything. The ipod cable ran through the pop-out plug in the glove box and the ipod tucked into the tissue holder.
Steering wheel controls work perfectly and the unit sounds great.
Thanks again to Mike at NewMINIStuff . com for the almost plug-n-play harness... no one here in Winnipeg had anything close to this. And if you bought a wiring harness, generic steering wheel control box (which would have required programming) and then added in the issue of the HK amp... Mike's harness, shipped overseas, was a more economical solution!  | 
