what to do with extra wire?

so what do you guys do with all the extra wires? All of the ones i didn't use are bunched up with a zip tie around them but it is a mess And hard to put anywhere out of the way.

Run them with the existing loom. My partner de-pins but I don't agree because you never know if you have to mod anything.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.

I cut the un-used wires at about 2.5 inches, then use various diameter heatshrink tube to bundle them into groups at each connector.  I keep a bag full of these trimmed wires handy in case I need to re-attach any that were cut at a later date.  This bag of wires came in handy yesterday.  It seems almost every wire was too short to get from the R/S assy to the vehicle wires on a 2003 Mountaineer install.  Must have lengthened 10 different wires to reach.

Here is bench prepped R/S assy for a Jeep G.C.install on Friday.

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Soldering is fun!

I cut the un-used wires at about 2.5 inches, then use various diameter heatshrink tube to bundle them into groups at each connector. I keep a bag full of these trimmed wires handy in case I need to re-attach any that were cut at a later date. This bag of wires came in handy yesterday.
Couldn't help it K exactly what I normally do I only changed to my first post after having to do the big D2D to W2W change around.
My lots in a Selfridges bag, what's yours, Bergdorf Goodman?
I can probably re-loom up to 4 DEI 5X04 units!

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.

Once I'm satisfied that the install is working the way I want it to, and has been debugged, I de-pin the unused wires and put them in a baggie in my stash. Makes the install cleaner. I'll admit, it'll be a little hard on the next guy that wants to make changes or additions but doesn't have a baggie of extra wires handy.

Maybe leave unused aux channel outputs available. But if you have (-) door triggers, do you really need to leave the (+) door trigger wire for future use? And I read a guy say "if I were a thief and saw a remote start under the dash I'd look for the activate wire, and cut the brake wire". That was a revelation. I will now always remove the activate wire if I don't use it.

There are as many "right ways" to do things as there are qualified people doing it. To each, their own.

My new policy is to loom them all OR as Kreg says leave 21/2" but I loom them up in fabric Tesa tape as used by the German manufacturers.
There's no right or wrong way except to abide by neatness and as Davep says security.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.

"Couldn't help it K exactly what I normally do I only changed to my first post after having to do the big D2D to W2W change around. "

I don't do too much in D2D, but I always have an entire spare unit on hand ( both R/S and bypass module ) for each on-site install, just in case.  And now, after a Passlock2 fiasco ( previous repair / install "technician" cut the Yellow Passlock2 wire and added 3 un-soldered resistors that got damaged by the tilt steering), I carry my bag of resistors & diodes, too.

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Soldering is fun!

Plus about 30 assorted relays, normal cube and PCB minis, never less than a 100 each 1N4004s and 1N5404, all the resistor packs I don't use.
3 Butane irons, 2 cans of gas and spare drill/screwdriver batteries, plus loads of AA and AAA for my LED torches. Plus spare PP3 for Bitwriter and DMM.
And loads of sorted fixings, screws, rings and fastons, about 8 sizes of heatshrink, oh who cares!!

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.

Wow !! Thanks guys, this is my own car and it has been working well. It is just a mess if you take the plastic off for the bottom of the steering wheel.