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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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someone that has done one, and still works on your car. is it worth it to do a wire tuck. i mean, i only have a stock d15b7 soit's not like i'm lifting up my hood goin oh take a look at this sweet as setup i got goin on. so is it really worth it, will it make it a pain in the *** to work on in the future?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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If you have the time I'd say its worth it. I hate wires and **** everywhere. My bay looks like ****.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 11:08 AM
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Heres mine:





Its all personal opinion. My opinion its TOTALLY worth it. Mine is a little extreme, it kind of snow balled on a bored day but i dont regret it. Wire tucks are good for a few things:

1. You know where everything goes and exactly how its wired.
2. Great learning experience
3. 99% of the time you would take pride in how it looks afterwards (unless if your like me and its never bloody done because you always want to change something )
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 11:12 AM
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damn, now I really wanna do mine lol. I have a MSD box though so no matter what I do it'll still look like ****.
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 11:12 AM
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i dont' have one, but i am going to be doing one in the next couple of months. i wanna do it since my car isn't flashy or anything, i just wanna make it look clean. imo it's worth it. makes your car look a hell of a lot better and you aren't spending too much
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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very worth it
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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If you got the time, it is a great way to make the engine bay look more exotic and fancy. And if you have plans for major engine work or a swap, do it then!
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:17 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Heres mine:





Its all personal opinion. My opinion its TOTALLY worth it. Mine is a little extreme, it kind of snow balled on a bored day but i dont regret it. Wire tucks are good for a few things:

1. You know where everything goes and exactly how its wired.
2. Great learning experience
3. 99% of the time you would take pride in how it looks afterwards (unless if your like me and its never bloody done because you always want to change something )</TD></TR></TABLE>

did you did that with the motor in the car or out? if the motor was in, how hard was it?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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looks nice just one question where do all the wires go?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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damn that looks nice. Never even heard of anyone doing this until now. How do you tuck all those and were?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92egSnatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks nice just one question where do all the wires go? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Inside the cabin straight to the ecu.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philosofy1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

did you did that with the motor in the car or out? if the motor was in, how hard was it?
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All the shaving was done with motor out, all the wiring and SS routing was in car. Level of difficulty is in the eye of the beholder
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
All the shaving was done with motor out, all the wiring and SS routing was in car. Level of difficulty is in the eye of the beholder </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, i get alittle nervous when it comes to wires .
but that is something i want to do. i recently picked up a floor harness at a local yard. i'm kind of itching to do it, but my motor will be in the bay.

how long did it take you?
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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looks really good luserkid. I dont think ive ever seen your bay. here is mine, not as crazy like luserkids with the brake line tuck/shave job.
I think a wiretuck is worth the time and a little effort



Modified by -Gambit- at 1:57 PM 4/11/2008
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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some one should do a write up on how to do a good tuck seeing as i and probly anlot of other ppl have no idea where to start
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 01:02 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philosofy1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
how long did it take you? </TD></TR></TABLE>

For all you see there took me about a year and half to 2 years of work. But for my harness alone took me about a 2 weeks (about 2 hours a day) for the test fitting, then another week for final fitting. I was a profectionist when it came to that.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by -Gambit- &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks really good luserkid. I dont think ive ever seen your bay. here is mine, not as crazy like luserkids with the brake line tuck/shave job.
I think a wiretuck is worth the time and a little effort </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, yea i havent posted my bay because its not finished yet. Im hoping to make my build thread soon after i take it to the track. My fuel pump gave me the finger after a 500hp pull so now i have to wait on a new pump. But your bay looks really good, when i first did mine i painted the brake lines as well, it blends in nicely


Sadly to say theres no way to do a write up on wire tucks becuase its personal perference. To get started theres alot of info on this thread:

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1693934
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 01:10 PM
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thanks for the link also do you think it would be harder for a theif to steal your car if you had an alarm and a good tuck
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Old Apr 11, 2008 | 01:55 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1693934</TD></TR></TABLE>
that's a kick *** link Thanks
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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I'd say, go for it. If you have time.
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 06:28 AM
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well when you have a short in you wireing and your tryin to search for yuor gonna have to rip it all out. anyways if it aint a show car i wouldnt do it. but its your call
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 06:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by killmeamerika &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well when you have a short in you wireing and your tryin to search for yuor gonna have to rip it all out. anyways if it aint a show car i wouldnt do it. but its your call</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats only if you dont do it right. Next wrap before a test, thats just dumb. You test first then wrap at the very end.
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