Custom wiring harness

[cheappower82]

Just curious if any of you have used and of the Painless Wiring products. I'm toying around with the idea of gutting out most, if not all, of the existing wiring.

It all started with my last project: installing the front feed intake. I had to relocate the battery to the hatch area; not a big feat, just a few extra cables.

For some reason, I now have an interupted 12V+ supply to Megasquirt. The unit irradically turns on and off. Linuxman51 ran a 16ga wire straight from the battery and the car ran normal; go figure.

Anyways, after trying many different things to eliminate my 'current issue', I gave up. Now I'm thinking of starting with fresh wiring all around. It's not a bad idea for a 'race car' (looks like the car will be getting more track action than actual street time). There are also other lighting and accessory power issues I've been battling, just for further justification of this wiring project.

Some improvements are as follows: placing relays closer to more applicable positions (i.e: FP relay near the fuel cell and battery, ign. relay near MSD box, etc.). After adding some of the more power demanding components, maybe heavier gauge wiring can help the performance of these items.

What I want/need to know, are these Painless Kits really painless or just another PITA

DS

[flyingbrick]

The only experience I've had with painless is when I installed an auxillary fuse box in my car. Everything was clearly labeled and everything was included. I have friends who've built race cars and they swear by them.

[cheappower82]

I'm thinking of getting the basic fusebox/relay panel and running the wires as I need them. They've got many different kits to choose from; I just can't decide which to grab.

Nice looking celica, btw

[flyingbrick]

Grab one with as many circuits as you can afford. I was gonna get a 4 circuit box because I only had three things to hook up but ended up getting a 7 circuit. Now they're all full.LOL

[SupraWes]

I did an 85 dodge van with one, other than the poor factory wiring diagrams we were trying to follow the Painless stuff was great, still working good 3 or so years later. Eveything was labelled very well and they gave you plenty of material to work with and we were using the one that was supposed to be for cars only.

[lacrssgus14]

I will be re-wiring my entire car with the Painless remote mount 14 circuit kit. Will only require 3-4 extra circuits to make it all work like factory, and the fuse panel can be moved to the trunk. So far my experience with painless has been great and almost too easy, i was able to do most stuff without the diagrams.

[Supra_devil]

everything i used from them was nicely done, well labeled, good instructions.

only problem i had was a sealed relay that didn't seal so well, water got in within a couple days and it didn't work properly ever again.

[Jard]

This discussion is quite interesting and strikes my attention. Alot of people I have talked to have always had a different opinion of what is best to do in reference to what they wanted to do to their car. One of my biggest pita issues on my Supra is my wiring. I am willing to admit my attention span is worse than a 4 grader without his pills. I like the fact that something has been made for guys like me. Where do you get this? Is there a link possibly? Just looking for more information on this. Thank you.

[NashMan]

if i ever have to do this i pick up a kit there end less thingys you can do with them as in hooking up stuff ect every other compnay is have sean are over priced for what they are or fimsy

[cheappower82]

Is there a link possibly? Just looking for more information on this.

Painless Website (http://www.painlessperformance.com/)