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Max777 · 12-28-2009, 02:07 PM

As far as stripping out loads of wiring: I did that on my vert, and I greatly regreted it later, because after I took out some things like the top motors, and deleted the wiring, I could no longer use them anymore... I also found it a PITA to route the re-wrapped body harness back through the car because it no longer fit right... things were unsurprisingly too long in some spots, and didnt reach/ tuck properly anymore in other parts. Right now, on my TII build, I am avoiding cutting ANY wiring out if I can help it, aside from the engine harness....

A good example of what I mean is this:

Even through I've done so a bunch of times already, when I rebuilt my charging harness on the TII, it was STILL off and didn't quite fit right after I had new tape on it. This led me to unwrapping it it several times to redo some routing, which is not bad for a simple harness like this, but a royal pain for something that takes 30 min to remove and reinstall each time you need to redo parts of it.

My suggestion for the body harness is to get a cannon plug for the firewall if you plan to remove it at all.

12-28-2009, 02:07 PM	#118
Max777 Pirate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central IL Posts: 1,323 Rep Power: 19	As far as stripping out loads of wiring: I did that on my vert, and I greatly regreted it later, because after I took out some things like the top motors, and deleted the wiring, I could no longer use them anymore... I also found it a PITA to route the re-wrapped body harness back through the car because it no longer fit right... things were unsurprisingly too long in some spots, and didnt reach/ tuck properly anymore in other parts. Right now, on my TII build, I am avoiding cutting ANY wiring out if I can help it, aside from the engine harness.... A good example of what I mean is this: Even through I've done so a bunch of times already, when I rebuilt my charging harness on the TII, it was STILL off and didn't quite fit right after I had new tape on it. This led me to unwrapping it it several times to redo some routing, which is not bad for a simple harness like this, but a royal pain for something that takes 30 min to remove and reinstall each time you need to redo parts of it. My suggestion for the body harness is to get a cannon plug for the firewall if you plan to remove it at all. __________________ Rotaries:They are NOT that complicated!