What you think of putting the fuse box here? Going to have the wires going through the inner wing, up and round the wheel arch and out by the front crossmember.
Reason for doing this as i want a less cluttered engine bay and want to hide all the wiring.





In this last one you can see where i have marked the inner wing where the hole would go.



What you guys think about this idea?

 

similer to what i think im going to do with mine :P should save the old pannel from rusting again

 

Looks like it would fit nice the and dash would clear. After looking at your resto thread Conor gave my loom ago this afternoon (cutting out all MFI), was easy! I have nothing left though its mad lol! It amazed me how much crap you can get rid of lol!

 

Excellent idea Matt, and your the same as me and conor above in the way that our wiring looms are out of our bays at moment and we're all thinking of where to run the wiring etc to hide it.

Your ideas good, although i do wonder will you have to extend alot of the wiring i.e the wiring which goes across to the heater box, and even all the wiring that goes to the headlights etc where as its going to be running in inner wing and in and out of wings etc its taking a longer journey than its original fuse box starting point.

 

If only we all lived nearby to each other rather than opposite sides of the country, we could all help each other etc.

 

Yes your right mate a fair bit will need to be extended but i dont think that will cause to much hastle.

 

I know mate its mad isnt it, going to finish mine off tonight all i have left to do is the pink and green relays need cutting out. I think im going to putt my batt in the boot aswell. Get that out the way.

 

Yeh that would be alot easier!! Ill keep you 2 updated on how it goes but just going to do a trial fit to make sure its possible and worth it.

 

Thats fair enough if your confident with wiring etc. Im personally not lol.

 

You cutting the pink one out to? That fuel pump isnt it? How come you getting shot of that or do you not need it now?

Yeh im putting my batt in the boot too lol! Started cutting the batt tray out but its being abit of a bugger drilling out the spot welds!

 

Matt- if your doing a trial fit mate, could u see first if you could get away with not having to extend yeah? Im wondering if i may get away with not having to if i dont put my fuse box in the car yet i was going to drill a hole in the wing and have wiring go into the wing then out again by the front indicator.

 

Only cutting and soldering mate, practice on a bit of wire its easy.

 

I spent 24 hours of soldering and sleeving when i hid my loom, and thats with the fuse box still in place

 

Yeh i will see but i think some bits will need extending. Heater box wire and wipers i will put a small hole down by where the clutch cable come out but i think the wires may need to be extended there.

 

you will have to extend it

 

Im running cossie managemnt mate so the pump wires straight into my braided loom :P

 

I dont think mine will need that long lol, will only need a few wires hopefully, will see how it goes with the trial fit.

 

Ahh i see. Im going standalone management probs Link ECU so would i need the pump relay?

 

Dave can you put a pic up of your engine bay?

 

cheers mate, soldering iron on order then lol

Weird question, but how did u go about securing it in the wings? As im thinking if i run it there i can have the holes welded up in engine bay but obviously theres nonthing on other side inbetween the wings to secure clips to unless i use the original holes, which would then leave bolt heads visible in engine bay, if that makes sense.

 

you wont need the pink relay i dont think matt, Check just incase tho.

 

Cheers mate ill check that.

 

Mike im going to finish my loom off tonight so when your down for my b-day we can investigate more into this haha

 

Yeh i get what you mean. Could weld some stud in the inner wing, not really thought about that but cant see it being a problem.

 

Actually thats a good idea Matt, when i have the small bit of welding done on my car soon i'll get the guy to weld on a few 10mm screws on the inside of the wing.

Conor yeah can do mate, nice one.

 

thats where my fuse box is and the wires go out and run under the wing and through the cross member

 

You will have to show me when i come get one of them kits :P

or whack some pics up

 

Stu did you have any clearance issues with your foot on pedals or dash?

 

Yeah Stuart, did u take any pics when u did that? and did u have to extend the loom by much?

 

Stu's gonna wish he'd never replied to this thread lmao

 

mite be sum pics in my resto thread , ive got a welded in pedal box and a custom dash so cant help, the fuse box is mounted to the roll cage , jamsport did it and yes it need extended quite abit for the lights etc

 

It will take you at least that long, Matt. It's so, so time consuming. If your hiding all the wiring it will take even longer again. Not a job to taken lightly. Well worth doing though.

 

I dont think its going to be easy Muz, i like the way you have done yours but this way seems a little easier? May turn out not to be though lol!

 

pm'd matt

 

Replyed mate!

 

i must admit i hadnt thought about all the work needed to hide the loom etc. Kinda going off the idea already lmao.

 

done exactly the same with my moonstone one, many moons ago

 

people who done this then, is it just a case of cutting off the plug and soldering a bit of wire there to extend, or did u just run a new longer length of wire?

 

It's not really a hard job, just done go into it thinking, I'll move my Fusebox Sunday afternoon :Cry: it does take a long time, but when you sit down and think about it, it's not difficult.

I cut and soldered my loom to extend it, making sure the wire wasn't dry and dusty inside etc and was in good condition.

 

I guess there isnt that many wires to extend for the front is there, lights, fans, and couple of other plugs. Would ideally like to run it through the wing and then along inside the bottom box secton of the front panel.

Also been thinking-- you could relocate the horns to inside drivers side wheel arch, just behind front bumper where washer bottle is on other side, would be plenty of room wouldnt there to fit them there.