Crutchfield ReadyHarness™ Service

Do it it's worth ,it turned an hour install into 5 minutes

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Best 25 dollars I've ever spent

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Good deal

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Worth every penny - made the hookup super easy. I would not buy a stereo without it.

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Everything came connected properly and cleanly with useful labels. Absolutely use this service unless you're super comfortable wiring your harness.

Pros: Great service, worth every penny.

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The ready harness is always worth the money! Makes installation much quicker and easier!

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Well worth the money and makes installation a breeze. Simply plug into the factory harnesses, connect to your head unit and add all the accessories like backup camera, Sirius or steering wheel controls and you're done!

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Built the harness I needed for the installation of a Kenwood head unit in an Audi S4 with Bose. Took an extra day, but they got it right. And the installation took about 15 minutes. Including the test drive. Very cost effective solution.

Pros: Made the installation nearly effortless. Fit perfectly. Required nothing of me to get the job done. Only took a day.

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Turns installation into a mostly plug and play process. Saved me the hours of time and tedium of wiring the harnesses on my own. With today's cars being more complicated, this is an essential service. Can't recommend enough.

Pros: Saves so much time and confusion.

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Well worth it!

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Could it get any easier! Made installation a breeze!!!

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Great product, great quality and awesome service!

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This was a real time saver and made installation a 5 minute job. Steering wheel controls work as they should on a 2006 Mini Cooper GP. It did delay deliver but Crutchfield went the extra step and upgraded me to overnight delivery.

Pros: Creates a seamless and professional installation. A real time saver and convenience.

Cons: Can delay shipping.

My first thought was that I didn't need someone else to wire my HU for me, but I'm snowbirding in Florida and don't have access to my regular tools and supplies so I thought "why not?" When the unit arrived and I installed it in just a few minutes, I gained a lot of appreciation for the prewiring service ! THANKS!

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made my work a breeze!

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A very good conversion to assist in the installation of my new radio.

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Works great and saved me some time.

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No brainer

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Works very well they know what they doing

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i purchased a PAC steering wheel interface, and most of the wiring connections between the vehicle and the headunit were already included in PAC's wiring harness. The "ReadyHarness" service was used only a few cables... over priced for what i recieved.

Pros: pre-connected wiring harness

Cons: over-priced if you use a PAC steering wheel interface

Best $$ you will ever spend, its a must.

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Worth the money. Cable worked the first time.

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The ready harness connected perfectly to my Camry and the pre-wiring service was well worth the extra money in time savings and peace of mind.

Pros: Pre-wired and ready to connect to both the stereo and the car. Well worth the money in time savings and smooth connectivity.

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I wanted to update my review on this service. Since I submitted this review, Crutchfield contacted me with the news that they had corrected the situation. I am completely satisfied with the way this issue was resolved. ANY company or service can make mistakes especially at the Christmas season rush time. What is rare is that Crutchfield acknowledged it and corrected it. Apparently, this company wants return customers and they have one here.

Pros: Corrected swiftly

Cons: Slight problems

WELL WORTH THE MONEY!! BEST $ EVER SPENT!! WOW SO EASY!!! The last install I did, I had to connect all the wires myself. Not difficult but time-consuming and made the install more difficult. this was sooooo nice, install was much quicker because of the harness service!! Thank you!!

Pros: cheap easy

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Well worth the extra cost. Get wiring customized directly to your vehicle.

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Just get this and spend 1.5 hours doing something else. Excellent work, stout connections, and literally plug and play (using "literally" correctly here).

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Compare the Crutchfield ReadyHarness with the various harnesses and bare wire ends you'd have to splice, crimp, solder, and curse at for better part of a half-day and you'll be convinced the CRH is the way to go with DIY installations like mine. Hint for use: you'll get all the other harnesses that come packaged with your gear and if you're not entirely accustomed to working the car electronics it will take some study and examination to figure out which ones to exclude and which ones may be needed to pair with your CRH and equipment. It's worth the money to get the harness with your purchase.

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Made the installation of my new Pioneer unit a snap. All wires were as they should be, only had to splice in the steering wheel controller, but that took 2 wires and about 2 minutes to eo.

Pros: Makes installation very quick and easy

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Worked like a charm and worth the hassle.

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worked great. well worth paying for to save time and effort.

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Worked perfectly

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Great purchase. I was so glad I got this, the wires were all attached and ready for installation. This saved so much time.

Pros: Great time saver

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Perfect addition to my radio

Pros: Made install way quicker

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The best deal going. Saved time and worked perfectly, arrived ready to plug in my model car.

Pros: All done for me.

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I paid to have the ready harness wired together by a pro at crutchfield and it was worth the money . plug and play,,, radio is working good

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Should have been plug n play BUT the wires were not connected firmly and started coming undone. Very fustrating as we already had to make our own harness for the back up cam. With these wires coming partially apart, spent added time correcting the problem. This is the first tome I've used this service and because of the problems, probably the last.

Pros: Service idea good

Cons: Reworking wiring because of its hastly done connections caused a lot of time.

This is absolutely worth every penny. Yes you can do this yourself but this saves time and they package the wires very cleanly and tightly.

Pros: Save time, clean and tightly bundled

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Plug and play!!

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The harness was not connected properly for my setup with a factory amp, but Crutchfield was quick to refund the $$. Their customer service is remarkable.

Pros: Nearly bundled, good butt splices.

Cons: Wrong speaker wiring connections

Plug and play, made life easy

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This made the installation really easy. Plug and play is the way to go. I had the radio installed in less than 40 minutes. Well worth the cost.

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Just spend the money and buy it! Makes life so much easier.

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Made the Kenwood we just installed in my son's 2007 Ford Fusion truly plug-n-play!! Thank you!

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HUGE time saver. Will do this with every stereo moving forward.

Pros: Saved a ton of time!

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Save yourself hours of hassle and get a custom made harness conversion. I was skeptical too, I've installed more than a few head units and yes I can use my multimeter to get the wiring right, but this service is totally worth it. This made installing my father in-law's new car stereo quick and easy. This service is worth every penny, GET IT!

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Makes it pretty much plug and play, very professional wiring

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So worth the money!

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I paid for this service for my 04 Mazda Miata as a way to save time for installation. It was nicely done, except for 2 MAJOR problems. One wire kept coming undone, I ended up having to strip off insulation and re-crimping it. I also with my purchase got the Scosche SLC4 Line Output Converter which they attached to the harness. The issue is they left the wires way too short, and I wasn't able to find any place to put the converter that would fit with the stereo in place! I had to undo all the connections on one side and add more wire to it. TL;DR: Had to redo something that I paid money for someone else to do.

Pros: Half the wires came out fine

Cons: Harness was made with no consideration of use Had to re-do half the wiring\ Waste of money

Crutchfield response on 1/9/2019 Our Customer Support specialist, Bryan, reached out to Stanley for a follow-up. If you encounter a problem with anything you purchase from Crutchfield, it's important to contact our Customer Support or Tech Support teams right away. They can help you solve the problem or set up a return within 60 days of purchase.

Remembered wiring replacement car stereos in my youth made this an easy choice, the harness was perfect and made the installation quick and hassle free, well worth the money.

Pros: Plug and play, so quick and easy no guessing involved

Cons: 3 way switch on side of device was in different mode then my car took and no instructions on that, but was easy to figure out

Best $$$ ever spent. Took me 15 minutes to connect the pre-wired harness & test / validate functionality was working.

Pros: TIME SAVER

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Best investment

Pros: There is no reason to not buy this

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Probably the best purchase I made in 2018 - I wouldn't have stood a chance doing the wiring on this by myself.

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Plug and play, so worth it!

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Love the custom harness, make the install truly plug & play.

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Well worth the money. Wish it would have included extra wires for steering wheel controls and USB/AUX input in console.

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the only way to go!!

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The Crutchfield ReadyHarness saved me time and worked without a hitch!

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So first of all I got to say, I love Crutchfield. Been buying from them for years and will continue to do so. I choose Crutchfield because of their knowledgeable staff and they have NEVER let me down. That said, I can't give this 5 stars. The ReadyHarness is a great solution to make the customer's installation a breeze, but not with Steering Wheel Control (SWC) in my Mazda 3. All provided radio connections worked as expected. Crutchfield even wired in the Power & Ground leads for the SWC unit, but they did not address 2 additional connections that I had to splice in manually. I understand that the Mazda harness (from Metra) that Crutchfield uses to make the ReadyHarness does not have the 2 pins required to make the connection to SWC harness, those pins only exist in the vehicle. What I don't understand is why Crutchfield; 1) doesn't request that Metra provide a harness with those 2 pin/wires? OR 2) why a company like Crutchfield doesn't stock extra wire/pins in their wire shop that could be inserted into the Metra harness so a complete SWC and head unit harness could be shipped?

Pros: Nice Price Quality harness work Excellent delivery response

Cons: Doesn't not provide all Steering Wheel Control conections

With this awesome service and telephone technical support it will save you a lot of time and headaches

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Big time saver, worth every penny. Made install a breeze!

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Best 25 bucks I've spent in a long time. Saved me hours on the installation.

Pros: Cheap, easy, fast

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Best service ever! Thanks Crutchfield!

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Awesome. Thanks Crutchfield! Installation in my daughter's 98 Jeep took less than an hour thanks to the pre made harness. Definitely worth a couple extra bucks.

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The ready harness is the only way to go. Made the installation super easy!

Pros: All you have to do is click it in

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This harness made the install so easy. Plug in the antenna ,connect the harness at each end and push in the radio into the bracket.

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The ready harness was well worth the price! I was installing a new stereo in my daughters 2002 Ford focus which had a factory amp and su woofer. The ReadyHarness was perfect and all I had to do was plug the 3 wiring harness into the ready harness and then into the new receiver. Did I mention this was my first time installing a car stereo?

Pros: Huge time saver, Worked perfectly

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A big time saver. You supply correct information, get a perfect solution for your install.

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This is the only way to install a new radio. Crutchfield takes care of all of the pairing of the harness of the radio to the car harness.

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This harness made the installation of my new stereo amazingly easy. Thank you!

Pros: Made installation a dream.

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Absolutely blissful to spare myself the headache of wiring and crimping wires together and risking to get it wrong! They say leave the installation to a certified technician and this is what this is. Don't hesitate, you'll be glad you got this service with your order, even if you know how to wire!

Pros: Reliable, solid connections, clean.

Cons: Cost, but a fair contribution to let Crutchfield continue doing its thing!

Plug and play for install of a HU upgrade to my 2016 Tacoma SR5. I don't mind soldering and shrink wrapping but with all the other holiday projects I just wanted to get this harness and easily plug everything in. Since I was already using a Maestro RR and wiring up a front camera getting this read-made saved me some time and effort for sure!

Pros: Easy

Cons: Cost

Great service to simplify installation

Pros: Already connected, no need to buy crimpers or to soldier

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Awesome time saver

Pros: Huge time saver

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OMG! If you don't use the ReadyHarness service, you are seriously brain damaged! It's super cheap, and the time saved is well worth it. I just hope Crutchfield doesn't realize they can raise the price to whatever they want and I would still pay it. Shhh, don't tell anyone!

Pros: Super cheap, super convenient, and the answer to my car stereo installation prayers.

Cons: Now I have to upgrade the audio in all my other cars!

worked great

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Fit like a glove. Made install real easy.

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Wow! Can not get any simpler. Love this option!!!!!

Pros: Got old radio out and just connected these wire connectors. Wow! So simple.

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This made the install a snap. No, I don't miss doing this myself! Plug and play....it was great.

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Worth every penny. Takes all the guesswork it of it

Pros: Easy

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I have used this service 3 times this year and it truly is a game changer when it comes to installing a new device. For me, it shaves 1-2 hours off the install to not have to splice wires.

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Get it! Totally worth the hour time savings. As a technician, I'm pretty critical of cabling and dressing things in so it's clean and orderly. They do a pretty good job.

Pros: Headache? What headache? Clean and orderly Easily tuckable in about any space

Cons: Include instructions with the pre-made when adding steering wheel controls like the metra. I had to look up about one wire that wasn't included with the harness (it was a hot splice) which prevented me from programming the controls

Basically everything was OK except that the crimp connector for subwoofer power was not done correctly. So no power through the connector to subwoofer amp! After more time than I would like to have spent on radio settings, I broke out my voltmeter and found-and fixed- the problem. Fortunately I had the tools and experience to fix it.

Pros: Most connections were correct.

Cons: Subwoofer crimp conection was not one of the good ones.

Don't check out without this

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I am usually a DIY kind of guy, but since my new stereo required the use of one of the Metra GMOS-01 Interfaces to keep factory chimes, onstar etc.. I decided to spend the money and let Crutchfield do the Ready Harness service, So Glad I did, Worth the money. So I bought a new stereo and when it came Via UPS, Inside the box was a seperate bag with the GMOS-01 interface already spliced/connected to the correct wires going to the head units wire harness and vehicle wire harness, all I had to do was plug them in, and it works great. saved me time and hassel.

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It wasn't wired correctly. I had to call tech support, then cut wires. I paid for the convenience of plug and play. It would have been faster to just wire it myself.

Pros: Great concept.

Cons: If it is wired incorrectly then it is more trouble than it's worth.

This option worked out great as it well worth the money for the time it saved wiring up the new radio and steering wheel control interface.

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Excellent option

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All I got to say is this option is amazing! I know crimping wires is easy but this saved so much time trying to figure which wires to connect between the adapter and the interface. It is well worth the price. I will use this on my next install.

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PLUG and play! Just doesn't get any better

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This has to Ben the best idea ever in aftermarket stereo installs

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This was amazing! Worth every penny. Let me get things connected super fast.

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Easy and quick. Awesome for the self install. Thanks crutchfield!

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My 15 year old installed the radio easy with this ready harness. Worked awesome and sounds good

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It made install painless

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You would be stupid to not pay for this service. i was able to install my new system quickly, easily, frustration free and in a matter of about an hour. that my friends is pretty cool

Pros: no need to fiddle fart around with figuring out what goes where and splicing, crimping and or etc. this is a no brainer

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easy to use

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They did a great job all I had to do is plug it in

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Saved the time and hassle of trying to splice wires between connectors. Truly plug and play!

Pros: Plug and play!

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Made installation so easy, will never purchase a radio without it.

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Great service, everything was ready to go out of the box as far as wiring goes

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It fits and has good quality.

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This service saved a huge amount of time sitting at the dining room table going through wiring diagrams. Everything was already set-up so it was almost plug-and-play. Huge thanks to Crutchfield for having this service!

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A must for someone with limited wiring skills or short on install time.

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Only saved me AT LEAST AN HOUR!!! I can't believe no one has thought of this in the past! Money well spent. Plug in and go. Thanks so much for the Readyharness Service!!!!!!!!

Pros: Saves time and makes for a CLEAN install!

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Made the installation much easier. Since Crutchfield knows the vehicle the harness is for, they should automatically include the diagrams/photos of where to connect the wires that are not part of the harness.

Pros: Made the installation much easier.

Cons: A bit pricey.

always solid. always works.

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Perfect fit. Easy install

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idiot proof - fantastic

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Works great and saves time!

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: Not much explanation for unusable connections without calling tech support

Made install much easier

Pros: Made installation easy

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Always a smart purchase. I've gotten the ready harness twice now, and it makes for a plug and play experience. BUY THIS.

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Harness looks like it was professionally done. No fuss and everything snaps into place. Test fit went great so waiting for final fit to enjoy the new toys

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Definitely a time saver. Radio was installed in half the time thanks to the readyharness.

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Best decision going with this service. Harness plugged right into VW dash harness and saved a ton of time in the process!

Pros: Great time saver. Can't imagine doing this radio conversion with units bare wires

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Professionally done and made the install of my radio so easy and fast!!

Pros: Easy install

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This service boosted my install

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I didn't have a lot of time for this install, so I decided to try this service. I think it's worth it if you don't want to take the time to match up the wiring harness, but I must have read the description wrong because I thought it said Crutchfield would solder the connections but they arrived crimped with barrel connectors. Had I known this, I probably would've skipped this service and soldered the connections myself. I'm sure crimped connections are perfectly fine, it's just personal preference, I like being secure in the knowledge that the connections are not going to come loose at some point in the future.

Pros: Plug-and-play No reading wiring diagrams

Cons: Connections were made with crimps, I would've preferred solder

Only way to go...money WELL spent

Pros: worry free time saver

Cons: Made it to EASY :)

You should buy this service.

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Great offering allowing easy installation for Plug and Play

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Made my install go so much smoother than the first time since they already knew what went where (my car has a very unconventional radio harness). Plus they even labeled which wires I had to tap into and where they were located.

Pros: So much easier than doing it solo and scanning the internet for wiring diagrams

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Premade harness is the best way to go. I swapped out stereos in 20 minutes flawlessly!!

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Connecting the new radio was the simplest part with the ReadyHarness Service!

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Saved an incredible amount of time in the installation. Great product and works perfectly

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Would not recommend if you have steering wheel control. Those wires are left to you to complete. Still not working for me. Assumed ready harness meant ready

Pros: The connections made were well done

Cons: Did not include steering wheel controller connections

Was not wired correctly, after four calls to Crutchfield and many cold hours in my shop found the mistakes and was able to correct them. Customer service deserves a 5 star rating but irritated I paid for something that did not make this process any faster.

Pros: Customer Service

Cons: Faulty work from Crutchfield

I've had to put all those little wires together before, not fun. Well worth the money.

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One of the best options available, they use quality butt connectors and well wrapped

Pros: makes installation a breeze

Cons: they don't leave a wire open for the amp trigger

This is a great service if you are not super skilled at installing radios. My only issues was they installed a lot of extra pieces that I did not need for my installation. This requires a phone call to support, but better to have the extra pieces and not need them then to not have them.

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Im very satisfy and very impressed with this harness, made installation faster and easier, thank you crutchfield

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Best money I ever spent... I wish they offered this service 30 years ago :-)

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Worked great. Made installation a breeze.

Pros: Made install easy

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worth it

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After several hours of running the new wiring perfectly for a very clean install (OEM Look) only to find out the ready harness wasn't completely wired. So after wasting a day I started to Trouble shoot and Ended up reinstalling the OEM head unit to re-test to make for sure its not a OEM Harness problem. Ended up calling Tech support several times (Great Help) and we started eliminating anything that could be a potential problem only to find out the harness had not been completed. So ended up removing the the new harness to complete all the Non-connections and double checked all the color code's with tech support help and Bingo!! Its Works.. I have done multiple systems before and I was trying to save time but ended up losing more.. Next time I'll just wire it myself and take nothing for granted..

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I would have preferred that the wires where heat shunck , and the wire labeled reverse for the camera is not the right wire to hook to the backup light . Instead you hook the positive wire from the camera itself to the back up light!

Pros: Mostly ok

Cons: Reverse wire is wrong on my application

Well worth the $

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Was very satisfy needed help got very fast

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Harness interfaced with ease, but the labeling of the connectors is insufficient. Connectors can be easily connected incorrectly. Needed to make a call to tech support and email photos back and forth to obtain clarifying installation information

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Was very impressed with this harness, made installation so much faster and easier

Pros: Quick, plug and play

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Awesome service. Well worth the price. Saved a lot of time and made installation super simple.

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thanks for making the install easy, you made the harness very neat, better than I could have done.

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A no brainer...a real time saver. I am more than capable of cutting and splicing wires but I purchased this to save time. I am glad that I did; this made it extremely easy to install this new radio. If you are buying a radio, buy a ReadyHarness, it's that simple!

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Easy to use and ready to go out of the box!

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The quality is amazing! Saved me a ton of time and headaches. It's a no brainer to choose this option!

Pros: Convenience, quality, price

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This is a great service, can't say enough nice things about plug and play. Super easy install. Yes I could have done the wiring but this is way easier.

Pros: EASY Install

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To say it was money well spent would be an understatement. Unless you want to experience the joy of stripping, crimping, and soldering wire and matching wire colors and functions to put together your own harness, let Crutchfield do it.

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Made the wiring hook up very easy with no hassle of splices.

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Ready highness is a must-have if you want a smooth installation it takes the headaches away to looking for wires and matching them up, that way you can concentrate on other stuff. it's a plus for me highly recommended thank you

Pros: Nice job on the harness

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Oh how I wish they had this service years ago. If I every buy another aftermarket stereo, it will be from Cructchfield and I will buy the ReadyHarness. The time and stress that this saves is immeasurable. This easily saved me an hour. Great job as always Crutchfield!

Pros: Saves time Connections are perfect No guess work or research needed to match up wires Lifesaver if you are color blind (Like me)

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Made install REALLY easy

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Trimmed at least an hour off the install time, SO GLAD I paid for this service.

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This was literally plug-n-play! Purchased and installed a Boss BVCP9675A into my 2003 Rav4. Although I'm capable of doing the wiring, I really didn't want to. It was well worth the cost to let the Crutchfield techs make the harness connections!

Pros: Like I said in my review - this was a plug-n-play.

Cons: There are no cons.

I didn't know about this new service from Crutchfield. I really like how this ready harness installs in just seconds makes radio install a breeze. The new harness wires are very good quality too!

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Probably the most worthwhile service I've ever bought. The harnesses you purchase will be professionally connected. It said that getting the service could add a day to the shipping time, but my order still arrived two days earlier than estimated. Really the only reason not to get this service would be if you have the space and equipment to do it, and wiring is something you enjoy doing, and you are good enough at it to do it correctly. Otherwise, it's a chore that is easily avoided.

Pros: Endless

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