wiring harness 66 truck

[Gene Stevenson]

How do you decide which wiring harness to buy? is one brand better than the other. I have a 66 suburban and need all new wiring.

[dtkarst]

I just bought a painless wiring harness through jegs just last week. All the wires are color coded like factory and seems to be pretty simple to install (this weekends project) but thats my 2 cents

[Clyde65]

are you going original or custom, meaning ac, radio, power other stuff, seats etc?

Either way, dont spend money on the cheaper harnesses, go with AAW ( American Auto Wire. MGBMike has them very reasonable, he is on the board here.

Ive done the cheap ones and ended up doing the AAW Classic Highway series.

[jocko]

if not a stock restoration - I personally like the ones that have the circuit name printed on the correctly color coded wires (i.e. "ignition" or "water temp sender" or whatever) - so instead of having to squint at a wiring diagram, your wire bundle is its own wiring diagram. But might look a little hokey - depends if you're a form over function sorta guy or the reverse. At a minimum, I'd make certain it's gm circuit color coded - and most of them are. Having said all that - I concur with Clyde, have heard nothing but good stuff about AAW. For that matter, have never heard anything bad about Painless either...

[gtbrain]

My 66 was totally gutted of wiring. I went with the 9+3 Rebel Wire package. It worked for my needs very well since I was not looking for an original rebuild. And excellent customer service.

http://rebelwire.com/rebel-wire-prod...at=Wire%20Kits

[lakeroadster]

Here is a previous thread on this very subject: The Wiring Harness Thread

[vin63]

Originally Posted by Gene Stevenson

How do you decide which wiring harness to buy? is one brand better than the other. I have a 66 suburban and need all new wiring.

If you're looking for a product review...I've wired several trucks and hot rods using Ron Francis kits and they are by far the best that I've used, along with excellent service.

[jimmydean]

Originally Posted by gtbrain

My 66 was totally gutted of wiring. I went with the 9+3 Rebel Wire package. It worked for my needs very well since I was not looking for an original rebuild. And excellent customer service.

http://rebelwire.com/rebel-wire-prod...at=Wire%20Kits

This is the kit I will likely run. I have used a few different kits and to be honest, I didn't see a huge quality difference vs. Painless minus the price. We used a cheap universal in a friends '67 Bronco over 10 years ago and it's going strong without issues. The truck gets beat on constantly, too.

If my truck is still with me in 10 years, I will be surprised. Quality installation is nearly half the battle.