Painless or American Autowire kits

[ProTouring442]

I have installed two Painless generic 18 circut kits. They aren't very difficult if you understand wiring, but if you aren't good at it, I don't recomend you wiring your own car unless you use a specific model type of kit. On my car, where I have changed how 80% of the car works, it made sense to go with the generic kit.

I will say however, that the Painless kit has (or had) a defect. There is a connector made of a white semi-transparent plastic that will not take the amperage draw that the fuse panel is rated for. Fortunately, no fires. Unfortunately, it did lead to a breakdown, but we were lucky in that the break down happened in the driveway! It wasn't easy to get to that connector with the car together either. A bit of solder and heat shrink and it was all fixed, but it could have lead to dissaster. I don't know if they still use this connector in the universal kits.

In the future, I will use mostly AAW products as their customer service seems better to me.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"