Ruckus46Gt

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So did the wire mod a year ago and someone this week it came loose and today i was driving and car died. Started looking around and low and behold it dropped and rode the tire for a little and burnt the green wire, an orange wire and bunch others are frayed but didn't break. I had to get it towed to a place, have a feeling i'm going to get raped and they are going to make me get a entire new harness any ideas on costs or would it tech be safe to just splice and repair a few wires.

Irish350

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soldier and heat wrap will be as strong as it was and almost as well insulated. When youre done make sure you secure the wheel well/wires better

caseypryan

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damn now I'm not doing the wire mod..I don't ever want to risk that happening.

wowsers

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did you extend the wires when you did it originally? mine dont have enough play in them to worry about ever hitting the tire. and if they do come loose the fender liner will still be there to protect them.

samson_420

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Hmmmm. . . . I did mine too, and mine were really tight. They would not rub, on the tire I think even if they came out from the plastic wheel well liner.


As far as the wires that are fucked now. You can just solder and splice and you will be just fine. Like mentioned above, heat shrink them and it will be as weather resistant as they were before.

black_sheep454

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That sucks man, just splice it back together and they will be fine

Shockwave179

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Another reason not to do this..

97ramsst

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Whatever....done RIGHT its one of the best appearance mods you can do under the hood. And its free. With 100s of cars done on here alone this is the first problem I have ever heard of like this with it.

As stated above I dont know how this could have even happened...the wires on mine were too short to rub the tire even if they werent secured.

Ruckus46Gt

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wires are not extended, car is lowered, and its been fine for 3 years. Somehow the tabs used to hold it up broke and dropped the wire on the tire. Also to not the inner fender on my car is not there, it was damaged a while back

wowsers

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well i guess you know now, but id never do the wire mod without an inner fender. should be an easy fix though.

SIK02SS

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agreed. 6LE and I did ours at the same time last year and mines just fine and is very tightly secured

97ramsst

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There you go....

6LITEREATER

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At George Pennacchio's house none the less !!!

SIK02SS

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i was just thinking that too

SparkyJJO

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The thing that I've been concerned about with this is water. Under the hood it won't get too much (yeah a little but still fairly dry under there). In the wheel well there is a LOT more water getting thrown around.

SIK02SS

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Mark and I used nearly a whole roll of electrical tape on our wiring

it's not going anywhere, nor is it going to get very wet

you can also get the plastic shrouds to wrap around all of the wiring and tape it off as well, if done right it will most certainly keep it all dry

00FlowCamaro

OP, did you use velcro to help secure the wires to the top of wheel well? I remember seeing a write up for this and he used velcro. Seemed like if the tabs ever broke that it would still be secured on top of the wheel well.

SIK02SS

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he didn't have a wheel well liner on

Ruckus46Gt

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yup did not have a inner fender it got cracked and was rubbing on the top of the tire and fell out. They dont take much abuse if y ou come down hard and the wheel hits the fender

Irish350

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so it may seem like an obvious mistake, but its a totally legit reason for it to be broken, haha.