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FREE FREE AND FREE!

With every purchase, only SOUND CONCEPTIONS  offers free connectors for radios and security installations. For example, if you buy a security system from us, we include free 3M large butt connectors for your starter kill connection, a ring terminal insulated for your ground connection, self tapping stainless steel screws for siren mounting and for your ground connections, small gauge insulated butt connectors and free tech sheets tailored for 'your' vehicle (year, make and model). For radio purchases, we include FREE insulated 3M high quality butt connectors to make all your radio connections. Plug in harnesses are available, this will speed your installation and will save you a lot of time.

HOW? KITS, HARNESSES & MORE

The plug in harness saves your factory plug going to your factory radio. This is especially important for lease vehicles, this means that when you return your vehicle, you can plug your factory radio back in! No hassles, no penalty fees!AUTOTOYS.COM s is the 'only' internet retailer which stocks harness, kits and converters for all vehicles made today and yesterday! We are direct authorized dealers for Best Harnesses (heavier gauge wire harnesses) and Kits, Metra (quality kits and harnesses). We also stock American International kits, Schosche Kits, Harnesses and converters. This means when you order a radio, if a harness or car radio dash kit is made for your vehicle we will have it. We also have up-to-date customized computer programs which show vehicle data, we also maintain a large library of reference guides from all security manufacturers, radio manufacturers and more. We invest a lot of money into our reference material, we rely on it for our own retail work, and we want you to have accurate information for your own installation!We update our data every couple months. To top things off, we are also professional installers with over 18 years of experience, majority of it serving new car dealerships. What does this mean? While most installation shops service 1 or 2 vehicles a day, we go through maybe 6-20 a day. Also, with the experience gained at new car dealerships, we have knowledge of all types of vehicles and all types of installations including Cellular, Foglights, Security, Radio, BrushGuards, Wood Dash kits and more. This puts our installation expertise at over 20,000 vehicles!! NO SINGLE INSTALLATION SHOP CAN EVEN COME CLOSE TO THIS.

TIP: DID YOU KNOW MOST HARNESSES COST UNDER $10.00 FROM US?
Always in stock to go out the same day with your order.
included are free high quality 3M insulated butt connectors for your
connection, instructions on how to use them. Popular vehicle makes
(Honda, Toyota, Chrysler, Ford (non amplified))
harnesses are less than $8.00! Usually around the $2.00-$6.50 range.

 
SEE OUR WIRE HARNESS DEPARTMENT HERE
SEE OUR DASH KIT DEPARTMENT HERE

BELOW IS A CONNECTED HARNESS TO A 1996 HONDA ACCORD EX
White site is aftermarket plug in harness, the black side is the SONY
plug that will go into the SONY XRC 450 radio. The White Plug will plug
into the car's original factory radio plug.

1. WIRE THE PLUG IN HARNESS TO YOUR RADIO HARNESS.

SEE OUR WIRE HARNESS DEPARTMENT HERE FOR A HARNESS FOR "YOUR" CAR

      For Sony, JVC, Clarion radios, each wire will MATCH the aftermarket plug
        White to White, Red To Red, White/Black to White/Black, Yellow to              Yellow, etc.   - No guessing!

2. REMOVE Factory radio.

3. Plug your harness into the factory plug (as shown below)

4. Install your aftermarket dash kit (note the dash kit we offer for this Honda includes a intergrated pocket underneath..very neat!) SEE DASH KIT BELOW

SEE OUR DASH KIT DEPARTMENT HERE (GET THE DASH KIT FOR YOUR CAR HERE)

TIP: Did you know that all our aftermarket dash kits come with full instructions on how to install the dash kit and some even gives you more information on how to remove the factory radio!

5. Mount radio sleeve into the DIN opening of the aftermarket dash kit

6. Pull harness through radio sleeve (shown below)

7. Insert the radio plug into the back of the radio. Plug in the antenna.

8. Slide the radio into the sleeve (shown below)

FINISHED INSTALLATION
 

SONY XRC 450 INSTALLED BY THE MOBILE INSTALLATION DIVISION OF SOUND CONCEPTIONS

NOTES: (I THINK WE MUST HAVE DID A FEW DOZEN XRC 450s in HONDA ACCORDS, POPULAR CAR, POPULAR HEAD UNIT) :

REMEMBER: WE ARE PROFESSIONAL INSTALLERS. WE KNOW THE PRODUCTS WE SELL BECAUSE WE INSTALL THE SAME PRODUCTS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS!

FINISHED PRODUCT: New detachable radio, reasonable pricing. Installed in under 1 hr, typically this install can be done in 1/2 hr, installation time varies from model to model. Do you have any questions? Send mail to our sales team - mailto:sales@autotoys.com

  WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST PICK OF DASH KITS AND HARNESSES ONLINE!

If you need it, we have EVERYTHING YOU NEED!

SEE OUR WIRE HARNESS DEPARTMENT HERE|

SEE OUR DASH KIT DEPARTMENT HERE

 Be sure to visit our DASH KIT department in our storefront.

OUR RADIO DEPARTMENT CAN BE FOUND HERE

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Missing Photos and information.
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