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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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I got a lot of wires running around and I am looking to clean them up a bit. These will be under the hood. The sizing and such I will have to measure but any one know a good place to buy this stuff? I will also need a couple T-fitting loom connectors for a couple areas. I just want it in black. Thanks.

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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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ANY parts stores, hell even Wal-Mart has wire loom AND t-clips.

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jegs sells a big pack of various sizes for fairly cheap also
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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After you put it on do with !wire loom mod.
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After you put it on do with !wire loom mod.
I would love to do that mod with running the wires under the fender but I am not big on drilling holes in my car. It would look the best and it may happen eventually. For now, I just would rather see a piece of loom than the multi-colored wires wrapped in electrical tape. The nitrous system is the main cause of the wiring mess.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
I would love to do that mod with running the wires under the fender but I am not big on drilling holes in my car. It would look the best and it may happen eventually. For now, I just would rather see a piece of loom than the multi-colored wires wrapped in electrical tape. The nitrous system is the main cause of the wiring mess.
Gotcha. I wanna do the !wire mod too but i'm the same way about drilling holes in my car. I'll probably do it when I get all my under the hood dress up things I got comin to my door.
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anyone mind throwing me a link? All I see on Jegs and Summit are a bunch of spark plug wire looms.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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I just bought some at a Harbor Freight store....
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http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...voluted+tubing

the tech name for it is convoluted tubing
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Originally Posted by Phoenix 5.7
http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...voluted+tubing

the tech name for it is convoluted tubing
Perfect. I was missing the proper tech name which made the search obviously much more difficult. Thank you.

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i prefer the smooth non split loom, i cant find any online though
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Just dont go crazy with it. Or use any other color besides black.
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Just dont go crazy with it. Or use any other color besides black.
Yea thats the plan. I am not a big fan of the colored loom and would prefer to see now wires but that will be a project down the road. I hate running wires as it is, let alone do it really neatly.

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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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i have about 150 ft of 1 inch black wire conduit. if you want some, let me know.
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