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ikethegoalie

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 3:21 PM / IP Logged

anyone got any tips for cleaning up an install once its in the car so that it doesnt look like a holy rats nest?

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 3:29 PM / IP Logged

electrical tape, a wire loom and your set.

ikethegoalie

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 4:47 PM / IP Logged

well, it still looks like a rats nest, but i guess im going to attribute that tot he fact that theres a brain, a bypass, and 2 window modules in there..

kola7126

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 4:58 PM / IP Logged

The soldering-it the best decision for this case.

ikethegoalie

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 5:32 PM / IP Logged

well, im not too worried about the connections, more worried about the mass of leftover wire

davids604

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 5:53 PM / IP Logged

Sounds like a mess. If it's already installed, then it's not really a choice, but I ran the trigger and +12V const into the door, all the wiring for the window modules stays in there and that's a good way to clean things up. It worked really well for me. Something to keep in mind for future installs I guess.

As for under the dash, group wires up that start/end at the same place, and black tape them up, if you have excess length, loop the wires until the slack is gone, and tape it up so that it's inbetween the start/stop points, you can eliminate a lot of wire like that.

After that it should look like factory wiring.

tedmond

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 8:47 PM / IP Logged

what i do is map out all my wires before starting. eg. if you do remote start, run all remote start wires and keysense or ignition/acc detection to one place. connected them however and tape it up. usually parking lights, keyless entry are all in kick panel. run the ones u need and tape or loom it. Find a place to put the brain then all the wires u left unused, cover them up with crimp heads, electrical tape ir even heat shrink.

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 10:14 PM / IP Logged

with all of mine i prep everything on the bench. I make all connections to bypasses, etc together, then make the brain/bypasses one big module utilizing zipties. Then I find where I want to hide the modules(brains). Once they are where I want them to be, I run all of my wires along factory wire harness and use wire loom wherever more than 3 wires run to the same location. I cut all of the wires pretty much to length (if the connection is right next to the brain, and cutting to length would leave the wire very short, then i bundle up some excess). Not every one looks great, but most that I do you cannot even tell there is a remote starter installed without seeing the connections.

Kenny

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KKD Garage LLC

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lostissues

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Posted: October 29, 2007 at 10:46 PM / IP Logged

mostly i would worry about the prewire as some also pointed out. run all the wires that end in the same place together, tape them up then run them along factory wiring, try not to span wide open spaces. cut wires to length, dont just bundle the access when your done. plan out your wiring. mostly make a neat pre-wire.

Jonathan

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Posted: October 30, 2007 at 3:10 AM / IP Logged

Tedmond and off roadzj have the right answers but you might have to pull everything out before you can do it.

Remember "IF IT LOOKS LIKE SPAGHETTI IT'S PROBABLY COOKED!"

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