Well i have figured out with the help of "TurboDan" and a friend, how to install UR's Test pipe without cutting and extending the wires on the o2 sensor.

Here is a little step by step without pics (pretty self explanatory). Feel free to add input on ways you have either made it easier or problems you have ran into.

1. Go ahead and get the test pipe and cat switched out and screw in the o2 sensor into the bung, and get all of that ready.

Now for the fun!!

2. Open up the arm rest. There are 2 phillips head screws.....Take them out so you can lift up the console to get to one of the bolts on the seat for the next step.

3. Unbolt and take out the passenger seat and place aside. If i remember correctly, the seat nuts and bolts are 14mm.(Correct me if i am wrong and i will correct it.) There are 2 nuts on the front of the seat, and 2 bolts on the rear.

4. Take off the paneling under the dash on the passenger side on the front right hand side, there should be 2 little clips holding it in place, and they come out pretty easy.

5. Now take off the scuff plate paneling on the passenger side. Just pull it up kinda hard, and it pops outta place.

6. You may or may not have to unpop some of the paneling where the seatbelt on the passenger side is. I did do it.

**The reason for pulling up the plastic panels is for the next step.**

7. Lift the carpet on the passenger side, and you will find the body hole and harness that the o2 sensor uses.

8. Pop out the grommet that the o2 wires are going through and unplug the o2 harness. **You may want to buy a body plug to plug this hole back up...we wont be using this hole now...I did get a plug for this hole**

9. Look about 8" in front of the body hole you just popped the grommet out of and you will see another hole plugged up with a body plug. Go ahead and pop this one out as well.**This hole is slightly bigger than the previous**

10. Move the wire harness thats inside of the car to go through the new hole thats about 8" in front of the old hole.

11. Get under the car, and now plug the o2 clip into the o2 harness that is hanging out of the newest hole.

**Now these next parts are up to you, ----We will need to figure out a way to fill in the gap of the hole that the new wire is running through, we cant use the grommet attached to the wires as the hole is alittle too big for it to clip onto. At first i was just going to stick the rubber grommet attached the wires up to the hole, and use some RTV silicone or gasket maker to hole it up covering the hole....This will work , but i didnt have 24hrs to let it cure while holding it up, so of course it just fell back down. ----So next i went to Autozone and bought some JB Weld Kwik, so i could try the same thing, but it would dry fast...Im sure this would work as well, but me and my friend came up with a better solution and this is what i did.--1. We took the body plug that came out of the new hole, and cut a slit in it from the outside edge of the plug just to the center of it. 2. Placed the plug around the wire by sliding the wire into the center of the plug using the slit. I did this as close to the hard plastic grommet that is attached to the o2 wires as possible. 3. Now take the slit plug with the wires in the middle, and just pop it back in place of the hole. --Now you can barely tell we even cut a slit in the body plug, and we didnt spend a dime, and the wires are now ran through the right sized body plug.--

12. Now you can put the carpet back in place, and start at step 6 and go backwards until you have everything back together as it was in the first place.

**Now go out and have fun, and have the peice of mind that you didnt have to cut any wires, or hack anything up....the most you had to do was unbolt some stuff, and cut a tiny little slit in a body plug. Oh YEah!!!---- you may have had to buy a plug to plug up the old hole that is not used no more.**

**If you feel i have left anything out or would like to add, then please please do!!** Thanks

"93civEJ1"

 

that is just smart!!! I love ur idea. But very much of a hassle but well worth it. But I just hate removing the seats!!

 

removing the seat was nothing...actually all the work is worth it in the long run.

 

I just pulled off the stopper and pulled the wire from the underside the car until I had enough wire out (no interior work).......but your way sounds good too.

 

yea i thought about that, but then i wondered...how would you plug the hole back up because you would have the wire sooo far out that the grommet made onto the wire would be way away from the hole.

 

Sounds like way too much work for me. If I ever decide to install
my testpipe again I am going to just cut the wires. Cutting the wires will take 5 minutes. Then again I can't stand the smell of going catless right now. I did feel a difference in power though!

 

You could put a slit to the center of a rubber stopper. Put the wire in the stopper, and push the stopper in the hole. You're right there is still wire hanging out, but the hole is plugged.

 

whew! What a write up. Extending the O2 wires and connecting it together with a solder or butt connectors is not hard at all. Saves you time when smog comes.

 

very good installation instructions. Has anybody had a problem with the "check engine" light going on now that none of the sensor wires are being tampered with? How about inspections? Has anybody passed a New Jersey inspection with the test pipe?

 

I had no problems with CEL and have had my test pipe on forever now. Not 1 light. *knock on wood*

 

I'll throw in my 2 cents Well I just installed my UR test pipe and you dont have to cut the wires or pull the stopper out. All I did was pull on the wires gently and it easily comes out without removing the stopper. I screwed the 02 in and mounted the test pipe and it fit perfect without any slack in the wires. IMO its the easiest thing to do, no cutting or removing anything. I was a bit skeptical about doing it, but the wires do have some play in them. I would recommend anyone trying this if your going with the UR test pipe.

 

I just cut my wires and then added male and female plugs to the wire incase I needed to put my stock cat back in.

 

no doubt... i did mine with just solder works out better with half the work.....

 

Why do you have to do this in the first place?

 

If your wires arent long enough..?