One of my friends offered me to install an audio system in my car (adding&picking a sub, speakers, amp, wiring them all up to an existing head unit, or possibly researching a new head unit, and in the end, tucking the wires in nicely throughout the vehicle).
It is understood by me that he is willing to do any of the labor for free, and I will be only paying for any purchased components. The total budget will likely be well below $1000, and that is "the main hook" of going that route for me. In comparison, two or three audio shops in my area quoted me anywhere from $1500 to over $2000 to do a similar install.
There is also a local audio shop that I worked with before, that will likely charge me under $1200, but they have yet to give me a quote.
I was concerned about my friend's experience level, so I asked him about how many audio installs he had done. He said about seven.
Later, I went to the local audio shop and they didn't tell me how many audio installs they've done, but they showed me a list of customers, which was well over a thousand, suggesting that they've done this many installs. I can't imagine them having done that many installs, since I can't imagine that every customer ended up purchasing an audio system/service from them, but I can likely assume that they've more than seven audio installations.
Question: Is there any reason for me to go with the option of letting my friend install an audio system in my car, versus having it installed at the audio shop?
I guess what I'm asking is, is it worth paying more money to the audio shop that likely has more experience with installations, compared to my friend, who may not have such experience, but he had done more than a few (7) audio installs, and can take his time, explain what he's doing, and so on.
Does anyone has experience to nudge me one way or another?
It is understood by me that he is willing to do any of the labor for free, and I will be only paying for any purchased components. The total budget will likely be well below $1000, and that is "the main hook" of going that route for me. In comparison, two or three audio shops in my area quoted me anywhere from $1500 to over $2000 to do a similar install.
There is also a local audio shop that I worked with before, that will likely charge me under $1200, but they have yet to give me a quote.
I was concerned about my friend's experience level, so I asked him about how many audio installs he had done. He said about seven.
Later, I went to the local audio shop and they didn't tell me how many audio installs they've done, but they showed me a list of customers, which was well over a thousand, suggesting that they've done this many installs. I can't imagine them having done that many installs, since I can't imagine that every customer ended up purchasing an audio system/service from them, but I can likely assume that they've more than seven audio installations.
Question: Is there any reason for me to go with the option of letting my friend install an audio system in my car, versus having it installed at the audio shop?
I guess what I'm asking is, is it worth paying more money to the audio shop that likely has more experience with installations, compared to my friend, who may not have such experience, but he had done more than a few (7) audio installs, and can take his time, explain what he's doing, and so on.
Does anyone has experience to nudge me one way or another?