I was wondering if anyone has tidied up the harnesses in the engine bay for a cleaner look.

 

Most of the wiring is already out of the way. You can re-locate the fan brackets which clean things up big time on the passenger side. Driver's side doesn't have that much wiring but you do see the relay/fuse boxes over there.

Most of these "wire tuck" pictures you see on Instagram are a hell of wires zip tied in crazy places out of the way. What looks good popping the hood looks like hell in the wheel well and you can also put wires in a situation where they can be rubbed through or kinked and broken.

Dale

 

Its either a **** job like Dale says above, or a very very very thorough rewire of the entire engine bay.
There are not much space left on the FD like there is on other cars. Fenders are filled with stuff already, and the front is also pretty crowded.
It would involve moving most of the fuse boxes inside the car, either the bins or the dash/glove box area. Or go with a full aftermarket solid state fuse box.

 

Thanks guys.

 

i have to disagree in a big way. a wire tuck can be done pretty easily and cleanly. its EXTREMELY time consuming but if the "void" look is what youre going for then thats it.
if you pull the front harness out from one side, you can route it on the other side of the front support. its plenty long enough to do so. i relocated my fuse boxes to under the headlight and made mounts for them. the charge harness is incredibly simple. if you de-loom it, youll see how you can remake it entirely.

my charge harness wiring is routed under the fender and comes out that little cut out in the corner there. it can be done so its not a mess and everything is in a safe location and accessible if servicing is needed. it just takes a really long time to do. keeping the pop-ups makes for that much less real estate to hide things. it will vary from car to car where you actually have space to put things but the execution is the same. just take your time.

 

Saw this car in youtube for the hoonigan autofocus ! Looks clean !

 

@cr-rex thank you! I knew it could be done. You just set the bar for me.

 

Damn cr-rex showing off some skills!

That is a good looking car there.

Vince

 

I'm not usually a fan of wire tucks but that looks pretty good, @cr-rex . Do you have photos from other angles to show where things got relocated to?

 

Here's a video I made when i was in the process of doing it

 

love how clean it is. i figured a pdm would have probably done the job easier . i have had bad experience with wire tucking under the fender

 

Modern technology is great and everything but there's really no point in reengineering the car. It's an old car with old parts. If I was doing something with it like racing or literally anything other than highway pulls and shows/meets, I would consider stuff like that but I really don't see the point.

it was important to me that everything I relocated was secure and safe from chaffing or any other dangers. The car is designed to have the harness routed under the fenders to begin with.... I just added a few more wires.

one day when I decide to loose my mind, I will remove all the dead wires from the front harness.

 

It's my opinion that if you're going to do something like that than you might as well do it right and just completely replace the harnesses.

The factory wiring is old as hell to begin with. When you start splicing into it and/or adding length or relocating things then you're just adding more opportunities for a failure into the system.

Brand new wires and heat shrink (it doesn't *need* to be concentric twisted tefzel in DR-25) is a small investment for knowing that everything is refreshed and ready for the next 20 years. Txl wire is relatively affordable and it's going to be leaps and bounds better than the crispy old harness.