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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 05:32 PM
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Engine Harness modification

Does anyone modifies the harness for cleanliness?
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 05:37 PM
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There are a few wire tuck threads if you search.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 06:04 PM
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im thinking chasebays or rywire...but thats gonna set you back $700-1000. I wish it was cheaper
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by mitsubeastlee
im thinking chasebays or rywire...but thats gonna set you back $700-1000. I wish it was cheaper
It's worth it if done right
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by mitsubeastlee
im thinking chasebays or rywire...but thats gonna set you back $700-1000. I wish it was cheaper
I read Chasebays harnesses didn't work. I didn't think Rywire made Evo harnesses.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mitsubeastlee
im thinking chasebays or rywire...but thats gonna set you back $700-1000. I wish it was cheaper

DO NOT use chase bays. I don't give a crap if its free. Do not use it
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 07:03 PM
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I was just gonna post, I thought dan had a lot of issues with a chasebays harness. lol

These aint hondas, if you want a custom harness, pretty muvh have to do your own. My buddy has an integra, its amazing all the options he has for cleaning up the bay.

He just installed a brake line tuck and a WireWorx harness, while they all look nice, it just makes working on the car harder I think.
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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 08:47 PM
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rywire does custom jobs for $800-1000 its on his website.

evodan what was the actual problems? i did read that but i figured you had something custom and had problems with fitment or something. did it have electrical issues?
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mitsubeastlee
rywire does custom jobs for $800-1000 its on his website.

evodan what was the actual problems? i did read that but i figured you had something custom and had problems with fitment or something. did it have electrical issues?
It fit actually perfect. That was the only positive thing about it. Followed by 6 or 7 times of sending it back and about 10 months of 120 emails on trying to fix it. For example I would start the car and hit the brake and it would shut off. Another time as soon as I connected that battery the fuel pump would not shut off. Another time it would not connect to the OBD2 port. The list gos on. Sadly I still have the emails back and forth. I had enough after 10 months of bull**** and asked for a refund. I was told they won't give me one. I ended up buying a RS harness and modified it my self. Biggest waste of time and money.
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 05:18 AM
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It fit actually perfect. That was the only positive thing about it. Followed by 6 or 7 times of sending it back and about 10 months of 120 emails on trying to fix it. For example I would start the car and hit the brake and it would shut off. Another time as soon as I connected that battery the fuel pump would not shut off. Another time it would not connect to the OBD2 port. The list gos on. Sadly I still have the emails back and forth. I had enough after 10 months of bull**** and asked for a refund. I was told they won't give me one. I ended up buying a RS harness and modified it my self. Biggest waste of time and money.
Wow thankyou for clarifying. Yeah that not the route I'm gonna take then, forget all that hassle. Now the RS engine bay harness does it disconnect around firewall area or is it one piece from interior to engine bay?

Also besides non abs and non power windows what else differs in the harness? I ask because I just deleted my abs yesterday and I hate the ugly giant unused plug in the bay but I also do want to retain my power windows. Thanks again in advance sir
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 10:50 AM
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No abs and some other crap. All I ended up doing is pulling off everything I don't want or use. Re routed a few things and that was it. Its very clean looking. I also redid the small trans harness and built my own starter to alt power wire setup.
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 11:23 AM
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A wire tuck is not that hard. It is however very time consuming. So be ready for it to consume a few weeks. If it is a small wire tuck it can be don in a day or two. With mine it took about a month. I also stripped down the whole car and pulled 10lbs of wire out.
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 11:30 AM
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Wire tucks are not that hard. If anybody whats some info on mil spec connectors, I can get that info for you. I worked around military aircraft, so I know alot of part numbers still(and still can get access to them) They are on the fire wall in this pic, the 2 orange looking things one the purple mounting plate on the firewall

here is a better pic
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 04:47 PM
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Good ole ampthenol mil spec connectors... blue ring indicates rear pin extraction
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Old Jan 19, 2014 | 05:28 PM
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Well I'm deleting this stuff to save weight but if I can clean it up in the process it's a bonus. Maybe a dissected RS harness is what I need, I just can't find any on eBay. Maybe I will post here for one.
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