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Yesterday I was swapping the end gate on my daughter's KIA Sorento and while the project went well I couldn't help comparing the difference between the Reatta and her KIA. On example our Reattas have wiring harnesses that allow one to install a 16 way seat in a 6 way car as a plug and play, same if you want to add a 16 way seat to the passenger side. On the KIA my daughter had a back up camera [still hit a tree backing up!] and the replacement did not. I thought that I could just swap out the "camera bar" from the original end gate and install it on the replacement as a "plug and play" not so. I [we] had to swap out the entire end gate harness [defroster, wiper/washer/upper tail light, camera/license plate lights] to make it work. Kendall ,who was working with me said that even short lengths of wire adds up on cost savings so they have separate harnesses depending on options chosen. Took about an extra 30 minutes to do, but no big deal and all is good.