I've got my fall break from college this weekend and I'm planning on doing some stuff to my CD5 (redoing headlights and some other stuff, and I figure if the bumper is off I might as well try a wire tuck, I know people put the fuse box in the glove box? And run headlight cables through the fenders, anyone else have any suggestions or help? It's the DX in sig so no ABS but I do have and would like to keep PS and AC

 

ya ive been wanting to do this to, and alot of people say its easy but i never see any type of write ups or nothing.. but bump for an answer.

 

Yeah I searched in Appearance/Cosmetic and the Accord forums with no luck, lots of EK's and DC's but no CD's

 

i think its is the same basic principal no matter what car you are doing it on. not that this helps you any just my .02 We all run pretty much the same harnesses (injectors, map, headlight, fuse box etc.) so its really the same for every car, the only difference might be which exact wires you need to change.

 

im not sure what his name is but there was someone that did it

 

Yeah, I haven't messed with too too much electrical wise in the accord before, but I was planning on possibly moving the fuse box, battery, headlight cables, cleaning up the distributor, etc. Was curious to see what other people had done, I've seen fuse box in the glove box? Stuff like that. So I'll probably tinker with it this weekend.

Headlights to the fender
Battery maybe to trunk?
Fuse box into glove box?
Clean up distributor

I'll see what else I come up with. Also gonna try to tackle getting some disc brakes for the rear.

 

if u get it done u should post some pics and stuff, i wouldnt mind tackling it also. just im a picture person lol i gotta see pics to see how its done and stuff.

 

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tONE.steR

 

Alrighty, car's in my garage drying off a bit, I'll let you guys know if I'm able to come up with anything

 

Update:

Battery and tray = out
Headlights = through fender wells
Fuse box and cables = loose (trying to figure out best way to do it)


I do have a question for you all on two things,

1) Radiator Overflow tank (think that's what it is) anyone see any problems with me mounting it in front of the radiator (think I saw someone in a civic do that)

2) On my driver side headlight harness there were 2 extra plugs terminated onto the radiator, I say terminated because they were connected to plugs without anything connected to them, anyone see any problems leaving these un hooked?

 

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rhdune16

 

not shabby at all, going from that pic i may leave the fuse box inside the engine compartment

 

Nice

 

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Those might be the ones for your fans.... good luck after removing them...

 

Ah nope, I saw both of those, it's got 4 plugs right next to radiator

2 to the fans and these 2 don't connect to anything. Not dumb enough to unplug the fans haha


And I'm done for tonight, got a cable run from front through firewall to back seat area where i'll be putting in a fuse box and fuse and then off to the trunk for battery! the left side looks really good, I haven't decided yet if I'm putting the fuse box inside or not, after looking at it, it looks simple enough but I may just leave it under the hood for simplicity.

 

should def post pics when your done or of your progress

 

thinking of doing a wire tuck ayy, i would say go for it, ill tell you something before you do it, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE WIRING COLOR, here are some pics of my wire tuck on my CD7 accord coupester, if you need any help or just more info just hit me up!!!

 

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Nice tuck but it can't be good running your car without an intake

 

OOoo very nice tuck in the CD7, I'm thinking I'm going to leave the fuse box in the engine bay, and I'm actually wrapping up stuff now. I guess for the most part it was a battery relocation and tucking in a few wires. I started to move the fuse box and realized that without actually going in there and soldering extensions it'd be a major headache. Also looks like you've got a manual without AC? I've got automatic with AC I can only remove but so much. I've been thinking about looping the power steering to remove some components. Friend with an ITR bought a custom kit from a forum member to do it. I think it's like 5 whp added AND it's not completely removed PS. Sounded like a good idea.

 

ya looks nice man, i need to do this. wanna do it so bad

 

on no the intake was just taken off becaue i was working on the car, but yeah dude, goodluck on your wire tuck, and to anybody else who is thinking of doing it.

 

how long it take u to tuck that jdmCD7accord

 

i know hrd.cord had his done when he still had his accord. someone try digging up picks

 

the wire tuck i would say took me about 1 week to do it, just took out the harness and started from there, extended wires that need to be extended and the main harness was put underneath the dash, took out all of the ac components.

 

How'd you tuck in the front head lights? i knwo on my 97 its taped up with other wires adn stuff and i was wondering if i just take the tape off and follow where the wires are or what.. or did u just cut the wires and ran new ones? and do they make kits for longer cables for battries to relocate?

also for the cruise control where exactly is that so i can take it out, i dont use it lol


Modified by Honda_Accord at 2:56 PM 10/12/2006