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its a wire there is nothing complicated about this, I have never heard in my life of a stereo wiring harness go bad and I have installed dozens of aftermarket stereos using metra equipment.
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Its a Metra harness, most likely the same as the other one
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I want to change the stock radio in my '99, do i have to make my own harness?
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its a wire there is nothing complicated about this, I have never heard in my life of a stereo wiring harness go bad and I have installed dozens of aftermarket stereos using metra equipment.
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its a wire there is nothing complicated about this, I have never heard in my life of a stereo wiring harness go bad and I have installed dozens of aftermarket stereos using metra equipment.
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its a wire there is nothing complicated about this, I have never heard in my life of a stereo wiring harness go bad and I have installed dozens of aftermarket stereos using metra equipment.
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Hi I did a search but couldn't come up with much, sorry if this is a commonly asked question.
I want to change the stock radio in my '99, do i have to make my own harness? does no one sell the harness pre made? I was hoping this would be easier.
Here's a pic from today for reading my thread
some say you get what you pay for...the $6 one does not include removal keys, antenna connection, instructions, and technical support, also the quality is cheaper.
Subaru BRZ - $30,000
vs
Porsche 911 - $130,000
it does include the instructions, the keys and antenna connection are also on ebay / amazon etc for dirt cheap
and the quality is not cheaper it looks like the same harness that cai uses as metra is the only company to my knowledge
for anyone who can follow basic instructions you can put together the harness in a few mins
if you buy a stereo from crutchfield it includes all of these things for free, including support and very detailed instructions thats what i did
there is no rocket science to such basic things
Removal keys a few $ on ebay
antenna connection a few $ on ebay
Technical support - internet -free
Profit - huge
Its a Metra harness, most likely the same as the other one
OP didn't ask for cheap, he asked for easy. You want cheap, get Metra. You want easy, go to CAI.
I've used both, both work fine. Last I knew, FWIW, CAI was assembling their own kits using OE VW parts.
making your own is easy
but yeah if you want a pre made one CAI is the way to go... but i dont know if they have kits for the OP's stereo either which needs to be taken into consideration.
at the same time if you purchased the parts and took them to any car stereo place, even bestbuy I am sure they would only charge a few bucks to put the harness together and I am sure most of them can do it the same day.
Crutchfield doesn't have the greatest prices, but they always include a harness if you need one - even the $75 refurbished headunit I bought included the necessary harness. And it was even fully documented.
exactly, the stereo i purchased was the same price there as everywhere else and it had free shipping + all those accessories and I wanted the harness adapters for the speakers which I couldn't find anywhere else so I had to order those from them anyway so it was a no brainer
Be sure to read the documentation - for '99 model-year 996's...two of the harness wire must be reversed. If you fail to notice this note on the instructions, your radio's switched power will be connected to unswitched 12v+ and the constant +12v the head unit wants will inexplicably be switched +12v.
Please do not ask me how I know this.
Crutchfield also include "universal" radio removal tools. These double as a handy self-torture device, which is nice. With other tools, you don't get to remove your radio AND punch holes in both palms at the same time. It's a real time-saver for the self-mutilators among us.
lol yes be sure to wear gloves with these ninja stars they send you
I thought for sure last night I was going to slit my hand open but with gloves they worked fine
If you read the reviews on the cheap $6 unit, "you get what you pay for" plays out. Lots of unhappy people. CAI, while not cheap, will work the day you install it and a year later. They are not the same harness or made with the same materials.
and you know this how? its a wire there is nothing complicated about this, I have never heard in my life of a stereo wiring harness go bad and I have installed dozens of aftermarket stereos using metra equipment. looking at the pictures on their site it looks like the exact same
look at the black / red and the rca connections they are the same colors, on mine the light green on the bottom are not in mine because i removed them because they are not used
and if you read the people complaining its because they say it didnt work for their car, probably because the purchased the wrong one, it has nothing to do with the quality of the adapter
its probably the same people who think gold plated hdmi cables make their TV picture better
There will always be someone who insists on buying a $200 Monster 6-foot gold-plated RCA cable set to wire up their VCR...
For clarification, the refurbished $79 headunit from Crutchfield was shipped with the wiring adapter, radio removal keys, the antenna adapter, and instructions at no additional cost.
Hey guys I appreciate all the input.
I browsed crutchfield.com and found these:
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https://www.crutchfield.com/p_130X29...0BT.html?avf=Y
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https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KMB...15U.html?avf=Y
What are your opinions about those?
Also, how do i know if i have a factory amp in my 99 C2 cab?
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