Forgot to follow up on this. A little 160k miles 2004 crv popped up on CL just before Christmas that I was able to snag for her well under market price. Threw some new tires on it, and a double din Kenwood for oontz, and she was ready to go. My wife had some relatives passing thru from NY to NC, so they grabbed it on the way home and drove it up just before New Years. Worked out pretty well.
Had my first opprotunity to use these wire connectors with solder/heat shrink built in, they worked pretty well and all tested fine. Can't really see any long term issues to them for a radio. Also, thank you to Honda for making that real easy, two screws took off the trim/vent, then 4 bolts for the head unit. Crutchfield had the oem plug I wired up in the comfort of the house, then dropped it all in. Total time, maybe 30 min. Much better than the days of crawling under the dash in the driveway while it's 15 degrees out.
There were a few marks around the car, the worst shown, I still don't know what they rubbed up on; but a little compound and the DA took care of it. And yes, I swirled the shit out of the paint, somewhere Dan K felt an unexplainable single tear run down his cheek.
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Had my first opprotunity to use these wire connectors with solder/heat shrink built in, they worked pretty well and all tested fine. Can't really see any long term issues to them for a radio. Also, thank you to Honda for making that real easy, two screws took off the trim/vent, then 4 bolts for the head unit. Crutchfield had the oem plug I wired up in the comfort of the house, then dropped it all in. Total time, maybe 30 min. Much better than the days of crawling under the dash in the driveway while it's 15 degrees out.
There were a few marks around the car, the worst shown, I still don't know what they rubbed up on; but a little compound and the DA took care of it. And yes, I swirled the shit out of the paint, somewhere Dan K felt an unexplainable single tear run down his cheek.