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Originally Posted by gt86yasss
I think I'm gonna get the same unit as yours, and I already called a shop and they gonna charge me around $150 for the harness and install labor, sounds reasonable to me. One more question, will I need a kit or a cover to fit the headunit?
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Yes, you’ll need a dash kit to fill in the gap around the aftermarket head unit. For my installation I purchased:
-Maestro RR to retain steering wheel controls and add gauges
-Maestro T01 harness that was supposed to simplify installation... but I ended up modifying the harness to the point that I could have just used the hardwire harness included with the RR
-USB adapter to retain factory USB port
-antenna adapter for AM/FM radio
-dash kit
I don’t care about satellite radio, so I didn’t buy any adapters to retain it with the Pioneer radio. If you want to retain steering wheel controls but don’t care about adding gauges, there are cheaper options than the Maestro RR. The USB adapter is optional, only needed if you want to use the factory USB port. If the shop is quoting only $150 for installation parts and labor, they are definitely not using the Maestro setup and might be skipping some extras like the USB adapter and steering wheel controls.