oh snap i fixed it....
noticed that function was not even being called in the patch script....
so i followed it back in the rcd_iquote_js template and changed this line
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/rcd_iquote.js?v={vb:raw version}"></script>
into:
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/rcd_iquote.js"></script>
which will allow it to use the patch file lol....then it works fine