yet another successful !WIRE mod....LOVE HOW IT LOOKS!!!
Check out the pics! Also, I picked up a lil can of Bondo at Advanced and went ahead and filled in the left over holes...that came out perfectly too...
now on to glossy red paint!
comments or questions welcome!

 

looks good, now finish it up and not many people will know what you did

 

did you put a gromit on the hole where the wires go through. just a thought to protect the wires.

 

did you have to cut the wires? thats the only thing holding me back from doing this.

 

Looks good, nice job.

 

Pretty nice work.

Are you going to clearcoat both of the fenders? ~Joshua

 

One thing not explicity covered in the tutorial has me wondering...what about the power dist. block? Where did it go? What about grounding the wires? It's all gone, where are your new points? Thanks

 

power distribution is on the drivers side on ls1 cars. im assuming he just relocated the grounds. i thought of doing this as well.

 

heres my little bondo

 

Bondo is NOT what you use to fill holes. It's gonna shrink and crack and fall out in a few months. It's made to fill small imperfections on a surface. WELD the holes shut!

 

Lucky- You did an awesome job!!! But why didn't you relocate those wires between the sheet metal and plastic inner fender?

Shame to clutter up the nice work. ~Joshua

 

Looks nice now get it painted and post more pictures!

I have filled non structural, small holes in metal with bondo for years and never had one crack. Yes, welding is better but not all of us have access to a welder or the skill needed to weld properly not to mention the amount of work to grind the welds down flush. Put a welder in the hands of a novice and he will likely have BIGGER holes than when he first started.

 

That made me laugh for some reason. Prolly reminds me of a kid trying to arc weld 1/8 stainless in welding class with the welder all the way up lol. He cut threw the ****** table.

 

OK here are some answers to EVERYONES posts, and thanks for the comments,,,

As far as using Bondo to fill holes, I agree that it shrinks...cracks, etc...these holes however are MINUTE, and when mixing the Bondo I added extra hardener, its solid as hell...i feathered it out with some 400 sand paper..if my eyes were closed, I wouldnt be able to tell where the metal stops and where the Bondo starts...I thought about welding, as i have some experience wleding with my arc welder..but ehhh, well try this first....

As far as cutting wires, I DID NOT CUT ONE SINGLE WIRE.....you simply diconnect the wire connectors, put one half through your new hole you drill and bring the other half (the front most half of the harness) and feed it through a stock space that is between the fender and frame(about 10 square inches or room)

As far as where the wires sit, look at t he pics, I used some HEAVY DUTY velcro and zip ties to keep it firmly planted up against the wheel well...IT AINT GOING ANYWHERE..i double wrapped the harness with electric tape, zipped it up and velcro'd it...i then reinstalled the wheel well cover, cant even tell there is anything there...seriously!!

As far as my GROUNDs are concered, thats really up to you where you want to relocate them...there are a number if bolt heads and nuts in the proximity of these two wires to hook them up...i actually fastened them to an already exiting bolt and nut near the rear of the turn signal, just like the HOW TO said..again its up to you AND IS OPTIONAL!!

Guys, I will be honest, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO DO THIS MOD...some mods may seem intimidating...this is not..it is one of those things where you just take your time, and thats it...

Sorry about the EPIC...any questions are welcomed!
THANKS

 

I will, but it is not neccesary if you dont want to, I will for cosmetic reasons...I want it to look like it supposed to go in the wheel well!

When I drilled the hole, I took a small file and filed the inside of the hole, its actually as smooth as a babys ***, PLUS the stock wiring sleeve protect the fragile wires...so im double TRIPLE safe with a grommet...

Godo idea anyHOW!

 

First time I tried filling in a small hole my whole kept getting bigger. I'm guessing I had it set too high as well. Second time I tried it was better but I had to grind for like a week. Welding takes skill and I think this guy will be fine with those tiny *** holes and Bondo.

 

Ive never had a problem with welding since day one, although I did have a instructer telling me what to do. I can gas weld pretty good, and arc decent. Im by no means a great welder, but none of my welds have ever failed. I have a stock short stick cut down that I gave to a guy and he has been powershifting on it for some time now and no problems.. That being said, I'd of mixed up some jb quick

 

Now be sure to do the hood latch mod along with !AIR if you haven't already.

 

did the !air with my header swap...

umm what is the hood latch relocation mod???

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/309397-hood-latch-cable-relocation.html

It's in the "hall of fame" sticky at the top of the page.