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cwgreen1971
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Battle Creek MI
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Painless wiring
I am getting ready to head out to the garage and start wiring my truck. I bought the Painless #10206 kit which they say is pretty easy. It is all new to me. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions that may be helpful. I'm just doing the basic... lights/signals, ignition, dome light, horn, dash. I want to hide as much as possible...thanks
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Re: Painless wiring
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Re: Painless wiring
Yeah what he said!
Work from the fuse panel, working in the main bunch and as you branch off each circuit, lay them out roughly where they go, and fine tune the layout as you go. Most importantly, DO NOT CUT OR TERMINATE ANY WIRES UNTIL THE HARNESS AND BRANCHES ARE LAYED OUT EXACTLY WHERE THEY NEED TO GO!! They provide lots of zip ties, but I wind up using way more. It just makes it look neater. I also like to add chinese finger-type loom covering, P-clamps, and now is the time to add any wires or circuits you may want or need to make a completely custom setup! I've installed 3 of the Painless harnesses, and the more time you spend, the better the result. Get some heat shrink tubing and seal up all connections for a pro-look!
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Re: Painless wiring
You've already got some great advise. One thing I wish I did (and still am hoping to do) is get the black braided loom to wrap the wires. I used black tape and not only was it a PITA to do, it doesn't look very good where it is visible.
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cwgreen1971
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Battle Creek MI
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Re: Painless wiring
The "powerbraid" kit Painless sells is $220, that is over half of what I paid for the wiring kit!!!!! Where else can you get that stuff?
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cwgreen1971~ The only places I was planning on running this loom is in the engine bay. Everything off the firewall's harness, so this is actually affordable now (at least in my case).
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Re: Painless wiring
+1 TAKE YOUR TIME !!! It will pay off in the long run.
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Re: Painless wiring
Fry's Electronics sells it by the roll. Fairly cheap.
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Re: Painless wiring
I did my blazer with a painless kit and it took about 4 days really taking my time..
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