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anothersickhatch · 10-26-2005, 01:14 AM

can anyone give a write-up for hiding all the wires in the engine bay of an EG? i.e. headlight wiring, engine harness wiring, etc.

any help would be appreciated.

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JDMlyfestyle · 10-26-2005, 01:34 AM

Bauley or Ricey do not move this please. Ive been getting way too many PM's on how i do the wiring on the engine bays.. BTW u guys are awesome mods

here is one i did this past summer for a HT member
Decided to help a fellow H-T member with his new car. and his filthy engine bay. came out 100x better than what it started with. Hid alot of wiring and rerouted the wiring. cleaned it up alot. Enjoy

This is what i removed
Ripped out the AC system. pump, condenser, lines ect. everythings gotta come out.
Heat shields on the exhaust manifold
intake resonator

Wiring that was re routed. No wires were shortened or lenghtened. when extending or shortening wiring you can effect the resistance in that line. and could affect how your engine performs

Passanger side Headlight, horn, turn signal, ground box harness was taken and ran in the inner fenderwell gound box was hooked up to the 10mm bolt that held on the intake resonator.

Driver side headlight turn signal ground box harness was ran through the fenderwell and held up with a open 10mm spot by the windshield washer fluid resivoir.

Distributor wiring was taken off the clip and hide under the intake manifold

Driver side harness was removed and tucked underneath the battery/fuse box. and no i did not extend any of the wiring.

Passanger side harness was removed off the clips and tucked in the corner under the Slave cylinder and zip tied down

Fuel injector wiring. the box was removed off of the injector harness. the heat shrink was removed off of the wires. becareful doing this not to cut the wires. and the clips were ran up through the gaps in the intake manifold runners.

Cleaning
removed battery and covered all electronics.... dizzy, alternator, Harness clips with bags and zip tied them.
Sprayed the entire engine bay, engine, firewall with simple green 75 SG/25 H20. let it sit for 5-10 mins and rinsed off with garden hose. dry the engine bay with shop towels or shop rags.

i used 2 cans of gunk for the engine and transmission for the heavy grease. do the same steps as i did with simple green.

Enjoy guys..

JDMLyfestyle

Here is what we had to start with.

Me workin on TJ's wiring

Almost Done

There now it looks 100x better

JDMlyfestyle · 10-26-2005, 01:35 AM

or you can go to the extreme.

Finally got around to installing my harness that i made. took 35 hours to make the harness

Painting bay Flat black.. it was turning PINK

Damn Hard Lines

Battery and fuse box.. where'd it go? I dunno

Fuel pressure gauge line. Throttle Linkage, Fuel Return, ANd HARDLINES!

new intake manifold on the way to get rid of those damn vaccum block offs

Take me to your leader... HID's warming up in the fogs straight custom did..lol

looks kind of mean to me

HARD!!!!!

kaiba · 10-26-2005, 06:45 AM

JDMlyfestle, who made that carbon fiber hood?

civexturbo · 10-26-2005, 01:00 PM

That is a lot of work and time, but the results speak for themselves. That is beautiful looking. I might have to do some work in my engine bay. I wonder how it would look done to a LS/VTEC turbo EG?

xCIVICx · 10-26-2005, 01:10 PM

dang where did they go?

-Gambit- · 10-26-2005, 01:13 PM

great write up

Soccerking3000 · 10-26-2005, 01:43 PM

jdmlifestylz and his damn HID's

where did you relocate the fuse box?, i'm guessing under the dash, and the batteries in the trunk/hatch area?

JDMlyfestyle · 10-26-2005, 01:48 PM

Fuse box is between the Blower box since i dont have a glove box.

Battery in the truck. Engine harness is now in the interior.

Lighting wires are ran through the fenderwell's

Soccerking3000 · 10-26-2005, 01:54 PM

i thought thats what you did, did you take pictures of your wiring harness? mine is currently out of the car with the engine and i am redoing it all and would like so input, did you extend/shorten any wires, used bulkhead connectors, et cetera, et cetera, i dont want to jack the thread but pm me if you care to share what you did, thanks man

SkoundrelUSA · 10-26-2005, 02:00 PM

Damn Jason, car is lookin smooth!

NVturbo · 10-26-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anothersickhatch

can anyone give a write-up for hiding all the wires in the engine bay of an EG? i.e. headlight wiring, engine harness wiring, etc.

any help would be appreciated.

What's your reason why you want to do this? Preference...car show? I was just curious to know.

Soccerking3000 · 10-26-2005, 02:04 PM

i'm assuming appearance there is no other reason, other than having a full out race car, which you would make a new harness pretty much anyways.

JDMlyfestyle · 10-26-2005, 03:58 PM

nope no pix of the harness. but it is the stock harness.. and i only lenghtened a few wires coolant temp switch
vtec pressure
CKP (this is shielded)

RedEK9 · 10-26-2005, 04:08 PM

for the DIY

JDMlyfestyle · 10-26-2005, 06:43 PM

Be careful when extending wires.. some have shielding on them.

sheilding is a form of protection.. its needed for sensitive wires that carry a signal.. o2, CYP ckp sensors are all sheiled.. if these are not shielded they could pick up electrical noise and give improper sensor readings

Soccerking3000 · 10-26-2005, 06:56 PM

right there are 3coming off the fizzy if i remember correctly and i am running a dedicated wideband with a narrowband output so no O2 sensor shielded wire, i have done alot of research

dorikingts · 10-26-2005, 07:13 PM

sweet, new weekend project, guess i'll be doing that this weekend along with putting the gsr motor in.

Setsuna F Seiei · 10-26-2005, 07:49 PM

now that's how cars should've come off the factory assembly line

ssrcx94 · 10-26-2005, 08:05 PM

does this work the same if i have ac

HickamHatch · 10-26-2005, 09:08 PM

badass.. props to you, my engine bay is black too..

JDM-EJ1 · 10-26-2005, 09:42 PM

I was just going to recommend to talk to JDMLifestyle.. Beat me to it! He's got the best write up on this!!

HBADGE · 10-26-2005, 11:40 PM

BUMP

xCIVICx · 10-27-2005, 12:35 AM

how much for one of these Custom 'JDMlyfestyle Engine Harnesses'?

JDMlyfestyle · 10-27-2005, 12:37 AM

Well i spent $200 on supplies.. 35 hours.. $13/hr do the math

10-26-2005, 01:34 AM	#2
JDMlyfestyle Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: CORNFIELDS, OW3N ME Posts: 10,156	Re: write-up for hiding engine bay wiring... (anothersickhatch) Bauley or Ricey do not move this please. Ive been getting way too many PM's on how i do the wiring on the engine bays.. BTW u guys are awesome mods here is one i did this past summer for a HT member Decided to help a fellow H-T member with his new car. and his filthy engine bay. came out 100x better than what it started with. Hid alot of wiring and rerouted the wiring. cleaned it up alot. Enjoy This is what i removed Ripped out the AC system. pump, condenser, lines ect. everythings gotta come out. Heat shields on the exhaust manifold intake resonator Wiring that was re routed. No wires were shortened or lenghtened. when extending or shortening wiring you can effect the resistance in that line. and could affect how your engine performs Passanger side Headlight, horn, turn signal, ground box harness was taken and ran in the inner fenderwell gound box was hooked up to the 10mm bolt that held on the intake resonator. Driver side headlight turn signal ground box harness was ran through the fenderwell and held up with a open 10mm spot by the windshield washer fluid resivoir. Distributor wiring was taken off the clip and hide under the intake manifold Driver side harness was removed and tucked underneath the battery/fuse box. and no i did not extend any of the wiring. Passanger side harness was removed off the clips and tucked in the corner under the Slave cylinder and zip tied down Fuel injector wiring. the box was removed off of the injector harness. the heat shrink was removed off of the wires. becareful doing this not to cut the wires. and the clips were ran up through the gaps in the intake manifold runners. Cleaning removed battery and covered all electronics.... dizzy, alternator, Harness clips with bags and zip tied them. Sprayed the entire engine bay, engine, firewall with simple green 75 SG/25 H20. let it sit for 5-10 mins and rinsed off with garden hose. dry the engine bay with shop towels or shop rags. i used 2 cans of gunk for the engine and transmission for the heavy grease. do the same steps as i did with simple green. Enjoy guys.. JDMLyfestyle Here is what we had to start with. Me workin on TJ's wiring Almost Done There now it looks 100x better

10-26-2005, 06:45 AM	#4
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10-26-2005, 01:10 PM	#6
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10-26-2005, 01:13 PM	#7
-Gambit- Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Las Vegas, u.s Posts: 16,728	Re: (JDMlyfestyle) great write up __________________ *ANTI-HEROS president* ---Ek Squad #5--- --how many little blue pills did your hatch take to get a erect ctr air brake wing??--

10-26-2005, 01:43 PM	#8
Soccerking3000 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Catching Rivers on Fire TWICE Posts: 6,272	Re: (-Gambit-) jdmlifestylz and his damn HID's where did you relocate the fuse box?, i'm guessing under the dash, and the batteries in the trunk/hatch area? __________________ BUY MY TURBO D16 STUFF http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1743695 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Garrett, Greddy, TIAL, APEX'I

10-26-2005, 01:35 AM	#3
JDMlyfestyle Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: CORNFIELDS, OW3N ME Posts: 10,156	or you can go to the extreme. Finally got around to installing my harness that i made. took 35 hours to make the harness Painting bay Flat black.. it was turning PINK Damn Hard Lines Battery and fuse box.. where'd it go? I dunno Fuel pressure gauge line. Throttle Linkage, Fuel Return, ANd HARDLINES! new intake manifold on the way to get rid of those damn vaccum block offs Take me to your leader... HID's warming up in the fogs straight custom did..lol looks kind of mean to me HARD!!!!!

10-26-2005, 01:00 PM	#5
civexturbo Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nevada, Ohio, U.S. Posts: 154	That is a lot of work and time, but the results speak for themselves. That is beautiful looking. I might have to do some work in my engine bay. I wonder how it would look done to a LS/VTEC turbo EG?

10-26-2005, 01:48 PM	#9
JDMlyfestyle Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: CORNFIELDS, OW3N ME Posts: 10,156	Fuse box is between the Blower box since i dont have a glove box. Battery in the truck. Engine harness is now in the interior. Lighting wires are ran through the fenderwell's

10-26-2005, 01:54 PM	#10
Soccerking3000 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Catching Rivers on Fire TWICE Posts: 6,272	Re: (JDMlyfestyle) i thought thats what you did, did you take pictures of your wiring harness? mine is currently out of the car with the engine and i am redoing it all and would like so input, did you extend/shorten any wires, used bulkhead connectors, et cetera, et cetera, i dont want to jack the thread but pm me if you care to share what you did, thanks man __________________ BUY MY TURBO D16 STUFF http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1743695 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Garrett, Greddy, TIAL, APEX'I

10-26-2005, 02:00 PM	#11
SkoundrelUSA Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Joisy, USA Posts: 6,716	Re: write-up for hiding engine bay wiring... (JDMlyfestyle) Damn Jason, car is lookin smooth! __________________ "So whats the deal with politics? I don't get it...Am I right people? "

10-26-2005, 02:04 PM	#13
Soccerking3000 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Catching Rivers on Fire TWICE Posts: 6,272	Re: write-up for hiding engine bay wiring... (NVturbo) i'm assuming appearance there is no other reason, other than having a full out race car, which you would make a new harness pretty much anyways. __________________ BUY MY TURBO D16 STUFF http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1743695 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Garrett, Greddy, TIAL, APEX'I

10-26-2005, 03:58 PM	#14
JDMlyfestyle Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: CORNFIELDS, OW3N ME Posts: 10,156	nope no pix of the harness. but it is the stock harness.. and i only lenghtened a few wires coolant temp switch vtec pressure CKP (this is shielded)

10-26-2005, 04:08 PM	#15
RedEK9 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Indio 760, ca, us Posts: 4,073	Re: (JDMlyfestyle) for the DIY __________________ EK Squad Member #68/Team Mischief

10-26-2005, 06:43 PM	#16
JDMlyfestyle Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: CORNFIELDS, OW3N ME Posts: 10,156	Be careful when extending wires.. some have shielding on them. sheilding is a form of protection.. its needed for sensitive wires that carry a signal.. o2, CYP ckp sensors are all sheiled.. if these are not shielded they could pick up electrical noise and give improper sensor readings

10-26-2005, 06:56 PM	#17
Soccerking3000 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Catching Rivers on Fire TWICE Posts: 6,272	Re: (JDMlyfestyle) right there are 3coming off the fizzy if i remember correctly and i am running a dedicated wideband with a narrowband output so no O2 sensor shielded wire, i have done alot of research __________________ BUY MY TURBO D16 STUFF http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1743695 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Garrett, Greddy, TIAL, APEX'I

10-26-2005, 07:13 PM	#18
dorikingts Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: OP, KS, USA Posts: 109	sweet, new weekend project, guess i'll be doing that this weekend along with putting the gsr motor in.

10-26-2005, 08:05 PM	#20
ssrcx94 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: C.C, TX, us Posts: 243	does this work the same if i have ac __________________ members i've sold to: mulletov, GSR95DXHATCH92

10-26-2005, 09:08 PM	#21
HickamHatch Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Eight ONE Seven, TX Posts: 1,392	badass.. props to you, my engine bay is black too.. __________________ http://www.hondamarketplace.com/show....php?t=2589400 K20a2 parts, B-series parts, Full-Race ramhorn, 1000cc Inj, 50mm BOV, LOTS OF SHIT!!!

10-26-2005, 09:42 PM	#22
JDM-EJ1 No pain, no gain. Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,073	Re: (JDMlyfestyle) I was just going to recommend to talk to JDMLifestyle.. Beat me to it! He's got the best write up on this!! __________________ Positive thoughts, become positive things. -Michael Parker

10-26-2005, 11:40 PM	#23
HBADGE Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 654	Re: (JDM-EJ1) BUMP

10-27-2005, 12:35 AM	#24
xCIVICx Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Burlington, Vermont, USA Posts: 618	Re: (HBADGE) how much for one of these Custom 'JDMlyfestyle Engine Harnesses'? __________________ TURBAS ARE THE NEW BLING! FOR SALE: B-SERIES LOG STYLE TURBO MANIFOLD & 3 INCH DOWN PIPE , garrett t3 turbo(ALL FOR $300!)

10-27-2005, 12:37 AM	#25
JDMlyfestyle Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: CORNFIELDS, OW3N ME Posts: 10,156	Well i spent $200 on supplies.. 35 hours.. $13/hr do the math

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