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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 03:10 AM
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re-wiring WHOLE engine bay?

as well as doing microtech, i was heavily considering re-wiring and simplifying the headlights,blinkers,wipers,heater core, Fuse Box and so on...


i would wire all the functions to metal toggle switches located around the interior of the car...

i love having a simple and clean engine bay thats half of the reason i want to attempt to do this...


have any of you guys done this?

how hard was it?


cheers,Dan.
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 03:16 AM
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A toggle switch for each function? Headlights, Brights, Blinkers, Horn, and so on. Hmmmmm. Most people that do this eliminate half of that stuff. Of course there not daily drivers but for the track. All they need is Lights, and maybe a horn. It could get messy. Keep us updated.
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 03:53 AM
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A toggle switch for each function? Headlights, Brights, Blinkers, Horn, and so on. Hmmmmm. Most people that do this eliminate half of that stuff. Of course there not daily drivers but for the track. All they need is Lights, and maybe a horn. It could get messy. Keep us updated.

ya... i dont know about the toggle switch for the blinker...

i just dont like all the extra crap associated with the headlight motors and whatever...
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 04:18 AM
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It'd be a pretty extensive project...

Pics!
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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If you plan on doing this, I would at least start with a generic wiring kit from Painles, Ron Francis or something similiar
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 09:19 AM
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yea taht would be awwsome! good luck im probly going to hit up sumthing like that...
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 09:24 AM
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I went through the factory harness and removed all the wires I deemed un necessary.... popups, AC, PS etc. The harness was about 1/2 the size, and I had no unnecessary wires. It was cool, and not that bad. Just took some time. Kinda like what you're talking about. I went all the way back to the fuse block and pulled the pins, not just cut the wires.

I highly recomend planning a solid day to sit down and try to do it start to finish. It's easy to lose track of misc wires etc in a huge bundle if you walk away from it for a few days.


Good luck.
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 09:55 AM
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i also thought about doing it but using thicker wire then stock, If you do go through with it just take your time and while your at it you might as well add grounds.
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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goddamit i was gunna add grounds yesterday! i installed some coil overs on my freinds car...and threw on some tires....goddamit.....maybe ill do the grounds AND the TB mod and wastegate porting as well as clean up the harness....i should i mark where the old connectors USED to be? just in case? with various colored tape?
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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goddamit i was gunna add grounds yesterday! i installed some coil overs on my freinds car...and threw on some tires....goddamit.....maybe ill do the grounds AND the TB mod and wastegate porting as well as clean up the harness....i should i mark where the old connectors USED to be? just in case? with various colored tape?
if it was me i would mark everything... that way even if you decide to put everything back together and do it another day or decide to continue another day, you can pick up where you left off.

not that hard just get some masking tape and start counting.
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by carx7
I went through the factory harness and removed all the wires I deemed un necessary.... popups, AC, PS etc. The harness was about 1/2 the size, and I had no unnecessary wires. It was cool, and not that bad. Just took some time. Kinda like what you're talking about. I went all the way back to the fuse block and pulled the pins, not just cut the wires.


-Chris

wow. sounds like u did it the right way

the main reason i wanted to do it was to get rid of a lot of the little boxes and fuses in the engine bay....

but what really is the drivers side harnes controlling?

headlights,blinkers,horns,....?
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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u guys got any tips for cleaning the engine bay?
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