Pay for Install or Do it Myself

So I know just enough to be dangerous when it comes to mechanics and electronics. My headunit keeps going to white screen and resetting by itself so I am thinking about doing an aftermarket swap. I did replace the original headunit with a a Premium HU with integrated Nav and that was fairly simple, just plug an play.

How difficult is it to install an aftermarket unit? Crutchfield puts together a package with the wiring harness, Maestro datalink etc. Looks like it is everything you need. How simple it is it? Is it still pretty much plug and play?

 

with the right guidance and patience you can do it yourself and save a few hundred bucks. I did my own radio on my 2015 Subaru i had and still maintained steering wheel controls. It took me longer than it would a shop simply because i had to reference back to videos or guides a lot. I will say that the hardest part for me was removing dash pieces because i didn't want to ruin anything.

 

It shouldn't be much different than what you did. The dash kit may be fun to figure out.
You could call an install shop and get quoted, may be cheaper than you think.

 

The hardest part of the install is building the wire harness. Otherwise with the Maestro kit its more or less plug and play.

 

With the Crutchfield kit it will a breeze.

 

Crutchfield has an option where they will build the harness, hopefully that will make it easier

 

Post #5 is right on

 

As ninjajay said, the most "difficult" part (not even that difficult) is wiring up the wiring harness to the new head unit, then you just plug it in to the factory plugs/harness. I installed a head unit in my old 1995 Suburban and had never done anything like that before and it was overall very simple.

 

I watched my local shop do some of mine and with the very little wiring experience I have, no way I would ever attempt that for the small amount it costs an expert to do it right. Support your local shop IMHO.

 

My vote is to try to do it yourself. There are many YouTube videos that show how to take the trim pieces off.