Which wiring kit should I buy?

[jcal87]

where can i get the best price for this?

[JMitch19]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

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Originally Posted by jcal87

where can i get the best price for this?

I'd buy it from the guy that took the time to post in my thread.

[John510]

You can do Hwy 22 as its about 100$ cheaper. Thats what I did

[BIGBEAUTIFULDOL]

AAW...the Painless is not even in the same ballpark

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by BIGBEAUTIFULDOL

AAW...the Painless is not even in the same ballpark

You can say that again. I put a Painless harness in my car about 4 years ago and I just ripped it out while I'm updating the car. Huh, Painless my a$$. It will be AAW for me from now on.

[jcal87]

What tools will I need?

[GregWeld]

I just put in an American Autowire Hwy 22 kit -- with a trunk mount extension kit.... it's pretty nice kit and the wires and instruction (for what they're worth - when you're doing everything custom...).

But when I was at SEMA I checked out the Ron Francis booth - and my next cars will run their stuff. I felt the wire quality was better....

In order to keep the clutter down under the dash - I built a rack that tilts down - and this area is behind an upholstered headboard...





I made it tilt forward so if the battery needed to come out - you can just drag the battery over it... thus the components are all to the driver side.






The key is that all the wiring is labeled every few inches... and it's all color coded.

After that - it's up to the "installer" to a nice neat job with good crimps and protection from chafing and making runs that don't end up looking like your mothers spaghetti.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by jcal87

What tools will I need?

Good crimpers... heat shrink tubing... a way to apply heat to shrink the tubing... a good SHARP pair of wire cutters.... and a plan.

Locate your fuse panel -- temporarily - then head all your wires in the right direction (layout) used some TEMPORARY zip ties - go back and straighten out your runs and get the wires laying correctly... then start to look for where you're going to attach the runs and hang them - loose - this is all temporary until you zip it home.... Then I like to run ONE wire "home" bring it down - whack it - terminate it - and move to the next one and so on. Once that is all done I go back and start to tighten it all up - with more zip ties and hanging it permanently.

Remember your GROUNDS are every bit as important as the power side... thus the name "circuit". Clean metal at grounds - use star washers between the terminal and the metal (they're designed to cut into the metal not to lock the nut like a lock washer - although they also do that but they should be under the terminal not the nut/bolt head).

[jcal87]

Thanks for all the info Greg! How much more difficult was it to move it to the trunk? Can you send me a link the that extension?

[Select Motors]

Love the Ron Francis stuff. Especially like the switch on each circuit to select if you want it to be accesory or battery power.