When I bought my Firebird I noticed it was in pretty bad condition. But after a good day of cleaning I found my car to be looking pretty damn good. From what I was orginally driving; an 1983 Mazda. So anyways, when I was putting in a steroe I noticed that there was at least one peace of electric tape on each wire in the car. I want to get an entire new wiring kit but there way to expensive. Does anybody have any thoughts on what I should do?

 

Go to a boneyard, and pull one out of a maro, or bird... should match up. It would be cheep, and most peoples cars have not had their wires messed with.

 

Yes that sounds good. But would it be worth it to just buy a new wiring kit? I want it to look really nice.

 

If the wires were cut where the tape is, just take apart each connection, slip on some heat shrink and solider the wires together and cover with the heat shrink.

 

Thanks I'll look more into it.

 

Thanks I'll look more into it.

Double posted

 

Look nice ? Its under you dash. You will never get some hot chicks coming up to your car saying "Ohhh baby, your ride is so sweet... are the wires clean and nice lookin?" I dont think its woth spending a ton of money of new wires, especially if the ones you pull are not corroded, and not cut in any area, they will cunduct electricity just as well as any new wires. It makes pratically no diffrence!

 

But still the fact remains that if the wiring is to old and something shorts i'm really forked. So I'm kinda leaning towards getting a new kit.

 

well it doesnt matter anymore because I'm selling the one bird once the transAm starts going. Thanks for the advice everybody.

:yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

 

If it aint broke....don't fix it!

 

I guess your right. Although I'm having problems driving because when I hit the clutch the wiring is hanging down from where it is normally supposed to be and my foot gets caught and then I cant push in the cluth. I cant find the area where the fuse box used to go. I think its in the top left hand corner near the door. Am I right?

 

fork it, zip tie that garbage up out of your way and move on with your life.

Like J's f-bird says, ther are plenty of nice girls out there, none give a crap about the wires.

No offense intended, but if you are bothered by these minor issues, why would you want to dive into a complete re-wiring project?

 

Well if I decide to go to a car show I want my car to look nice inside and out. Well I'll just zip tie it then thanks.

 

He is insane, clearly insane. Junkyard, ovbiously he cannot comprehend that wires are good, unless you cut them or they are corroded. If you want them to look nice, pull it all out, and clean them with some solution. Getting new electrical wires will not make the car perform better. And if one light on the dash dose not work, fix that wire, or make a new one. A whole new wiring harness just does not make sense (in my humble opinion)

Yay my children look upon me, and see my grace

 

Actually all new wires would make a car perform better. For instance, the computer inside the car would make the car function nearly as good if the wires some of the wires were cut. So In the TransAm I wont have to do too much wiring but some. Also old wiring that looks like it works well can have its backfires. For instance, electrical problems and fires can happen. Hey jesus's F-bird, remember that racing show we watched on the Speed chanel? Well there were lots of electrical fires so there.

Sorry but I dont see your grace.

 

THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE !!!!!!!!!!

I cant understand what the hell you're trying to say !!!!

MABEY you could replace your engine wiring harness, but not the simple light/power/fuse/radio wires that make up the majority of your interior wires! Things like plug cables and stuff make sense. BTW your car is carburated, where is the computer !

 

yea....I don't have the slightest clue about electronics, please leave me out of this. Sure, I was an Electronics Technician in the Navy one time....but that was working with shipboard comm. systems, I'm a little lost with 12v circuits in the thirdgens

yes, carbed cars have a computer, right up under the dash. Unplug it and clean the connections with a nail file and hit it with some toxic electrical cleaner spay...good as new.

I'm not going to explain how to trace down 'voltage drops' and get your wiring straitened out. Yes, lot's of times there can be resistance in the connection causing dim lights or even heat-up and melt.

Painless Wiring needs to make a profit too, so I won't take away from thier business...go ahead and get those new wires and tell us how much better the car runs. Chances are it will all be in your imagination. The reason I say this is because you haven't pointed out any specific electrical problem in your car.

 

Roger that

 

seeing how this whole thing relates to my 1986 firebird which is fuel injected, it has a computer. Also take into consideration that its the only ****ing car I'm driving IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!