DIY Tire Well Harness Relocation
Just did this last night and the only hard part was some of the wire plugs on the inside. Just reaching them was a pain. Other than that it was pretty easy. Looks way now that it is fixed up.
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No, its the small blue cable in the small hole of where the wires are bundled together. The smaller hole. I was thinking of just ignoring it since its close to the corner anyway, but its nice to be able to get the whole thing out.
I just finished doing this to my car and now the car doesnt crank over, but does have power. everything looks to be secure and snugged back into place all fuses are ok, any clues???
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The part that the wires go through, that has a metal plate. You just pull it out and its still attached by a little bit of the rubber. I thought the whole piece was rubber around a metal plate :\. Just hope this is cleared up for the first post, I had to figure this out myself.
so after a couple hours wasted i finally figure out why my car didnt crank over. DUMBEST thing ever!! after i plugged in the harness there is a black tab you have to lift up to lock it in place.
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thanks
added thought: I unclipped the harness and put it back into a full slack/ relaxed position and the car started up fine, same as normal
now i cant get the starter motor to spin at all
Last edited by scott101; May 9, 2012 at 11:13 PM.
i tucked my harness up higher.. but i feel like its still not good enough. is this the spot where you guys tucked it? i wanted to tuck it higher but there was no slack..
front of fender:
top:
firewall side:
front of fender:
top:
firewall side:
yeah thats exactly what i was scared of. i just tucked it at first since i read some people did it like this. thanks for the advice
That's unacceptable
That wire relocation is unamerican, never ever do a wire relocation any other way than the way that I did it.
With a wire relocation like that you will not spend four hours under your dash unplugging connectors and risk your car not starting like the rest of us.
Which I find completely intolerable.Even the the tire does not touch those zipties when it rubs, I am sure it will fail, because you didn't do it my way.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have had it tucked higher up in the fender like that as have lot of people for a while now.
Please note: this is the only way you can relocate the airbag wires which I did on both driver and passenger side fenders to protect them, It also gives about 1/ 4" more clearance from rubbing.
If you have actually had problems from doing it this way, please chime in. OTHERWISE DON'T BE MAD SOMEONE FOUND AN EASIER, CLEANER LOOKING WAY TO DO THIS.
That wire relocation is unamerican, never ever do a wire relocation any other way than the way that I did it.
With a wire relocation like that you will not spend four hours under your dash unplugging connectors and risk your car not starting like the rest of us. Which I find completely intolerable.
Even the the tire does not touch those zipties when it rubs, I am sure it will fail, because you didn't do it my way.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have had it tucked higher up in the fender like that as have lot of people for a while now.
Please note: this is the only way you can relocate the airbag wires which I did on both driver and passenger side fenders to protect them, It also gives about 1/ 4" more clearance from rubbing.
If you have actually had problems from doing it this way, please chime in. OTHERWISE DON'T BE MAD SOMEONE FOUND AN EASIER, CLEANER LOOKING WAY TO DO THIS.
With a wire relocation like that you will not spend four hours under your dash unplugging connectors and risk your car not starting like the rest of us.
Which I find completely intolerable.Even the the tire does not touch those zipties when it rubs, I am sure it will fail, because you didn't do it my way.
UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have had it tucked higher up in the fender like that as have lot of people for a while now.
Please note: this is the only way you can relocate the airbag wires which I did on both driver and passenger side fenders to protect them, It also gives about 1/ 4" more clearance from rubbing.
If you have actually had problems from doing it this way, please chime in. OTHERWISE DON'T BE MAD SOMEONE FOUND AN EASIER, CLEANER LOOKING WAY TO DO THIS.
I dunno, when I look in the wheel well, where the tire rubs is a piece of metal lower down than where the zip ties are. I don't think the zip ties are in a location to get worn down where I have them.
I also drilled a couple small holes higher up, to put zip ties through and pull it higher away from the edge. I used a ton of zipties also.
Why do all this when u could just run it through the engine bay?
It doesn't look as clean to me with the wires going through the drivers side of the engine bay. Also, I had to do this to get the airbag wires tucked anyway.
I also drilled a couple small holes higher up, to put zip ties through and pull it higher away from the edge. I used a ton of zipties also.
Why do all this when u could just run it through the engine bay?
It doesn't look as clean to me with the wires going through the drivers side of the engine bay. Also, I had to do this to get the airbag wires tucked anyway.