Hi, im new to honda-tech.

Anyone know of a good place where they tuck in the engine bay wires and all that good stuff, by san jose, ca.

What is the bad thing about tucking in the wires.

Thanks for looking.

 

bad thing about tucking... if you need to do some fix some wiring that you tucked. it would be a hassle.

 

Like the poster above said, if you tuck the wiring into hard to reach places, it'll make doing maintainence that much harder, especially if you need to do any electrical diagnosis. Also, modifying the wiring harness can be a bad idea, especially if you aren't doing in the correct way (soldering, heat shrinking, and di-electric grease). Also, something I just learned while in automotive eletrical training class - changing the routing of the wiring harness can cause certain devices to induce a current into a circuit. This can be very bad because some circuits are ground side circuits which are not supposed to recieve power, and if they do, the circuit will not function correctly. I won't try to get too far into this because electrical can get pretty complicated, but those are the basic reasons why it probably isn't a good idea to start messing with your wiring harnesses.

 

Especially because it can get pretty tight and messy. Someone on HT balled up the harness and other stuff and packed it in around the glovebox. It scared me to look at it as I hate to even trace a cord behind my entertainment center.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by A_Rotary_Guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Also, something I just learned while in automotive eletrical training class - changing the routing of the wiring harness can cause certain devices to induce a current into a circuit. This can be very bad because some circuits are ground side circuits which are not supposed to recieve power, and if they do, the circuit will not function correctly.</TD></TR></TABLE>Didnt think of this

 

Haha, yea. It was something that I never thought of either until I took the class. But obviously when you think about it it's a very good reason to not start re-routing the wiring harness to different places on the car.

 

i recently did a wire tuck on my eg and i have haad no electrical problems since. you just gotta make sure u do it right and take your time. and in the end your engine bay looks that much cleaner

 

ef8kid aka chasebays is ur man, tucks are crazy clean but u know $$$$

 

Chase is cheap as hell dude.

 

its not hard, it really is something you can do on your own. Just read a couple DIY here on ht. It does look alot better wired tucked. But i did have to replace my head gasket on my tucked bay, and it did make the job a little harder then it had to be with all the wires tucked.

 

I think that enough people have done wire tucks to their hondas without any electical problems that it should be ok. If you screw it up yes you will have problems. IF you take your time, check your connections and do it right you will be fine and it will look great.

 

pm EF8KID he will come tuck it. he owns http://www.chasebaysonline.com

btw: if you do the tuck correct you wont ever have any wiring issues. So hush up with the talk about it being harder to fix electrical problems when wires are moved. If you know what your doing you will be fine, if not.. good luck and we will be seeing a post that says. "Did wire tuck now car wont start,or headlights dont work"

 

I agree, if you do it correctly you won't have problems, but 99.9% of the people on here doing work on their cars aren't exactly auto technicians. I've seen way too many people expletive their cars up because they thought they knew how to wire. Just the other day I had to re-wire a S-10 Xtreme that some guy tried to wire an alarm into. Boy was that a mess. :/ But I am telling you right now, make sure that you aren't routing those wires close to any electrical loads because it's a known fact that they can induce a current into a circuit. It's not like manufacturers just run the wiring where they want to. It's a planned out process. Also, if you end of having any electrical problems and have a tucked harness, it's going to be much harder to diagnose.

 

Dont be a *****. Tuck your wires!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by addsmack &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dont be a *****. Tuck your wires!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>ROFL