got bored tongiht at decided id try to relocate my fuse boxes somehow. worked out erfect, now i just have to make a cover to hide the big mess of wires, which wont be too hard. i also removed the battery and will relocate it to the trunk tomorrow. so now nothin is going to be on either side of the radiator. should look pretty sweet once i get everything repainted. hopefully before f-body beachweek, im gonna weld al the holes shut, smooth everything out, and repaint the bay.

pull the fuse boxes up, and they rest in this tray.


the tray clips into this little bracket that is spot welded to the car, gotta drill it out..


stuffed the fuse boxes down into a pre-existing hole...they barely fit


heres how it looks like from underneath, i can still easily access and change the fuses if need be.



heres the template i made so i can get a cover cut to hide all the wires...


battery pulled, cover in place...


once i get everything fillled in a repainted, she should be a show stoppaaaa!

 

I like that idea a lot, I was going to relocate it and did not even think about hiding them in that hole where the AIR was. Good idea, post pics of the final product.
David

 

i considered doing that, but decided against it because of the wires.

so you are repainting the engine bay, what about that signature. i assume its scott settlemire.

 

the engine bay is already base/cleared, when i repaint ill just go right over the sig. he was hammered when he signed it i think and its all smeared and **** anyways, looks real shitty .

 

How did you mount the fuse boxes or are they just hanging there?

 

looks Clean

 

i put mine down there as well. i made the hole larger in mine so it could still access them from the top.

 

so how hard would it be to change out a fuse? or is it still easy to get access to?

 

cool idea

 

Awesome Man! This is what i love about this site, the Ingenuity of the members! Good Work!

 

the boxes arent mounted, theyre just hanging. when you see how stiff all this wiring is, youll see that leaveing them hanging is just fine, they arent going anywhere or moving much. the fuses are easy to acess....its in the same compartment you open up to change out your fog lights, and the boxes are facing down so its easy to get to the fuses.

what i didnt think about is water from when i wash my engine bay. usually this wiring doesnt get wet bc its protected by the topide of the fuse boxes. now that the boxes are upside down, water may get on the wiring....this gonna hurt anything? maybe LS2bait can chime in on this one, id appreciate it.

 

looks good, great job!!

 

Makes the engine look clean...

 

Wow great idea, this along with the !wire mod would really clean up the engine bay.

 

i would love to do this, but my turbo piping goes right though there

 

i wash my junk 3 times a week and have had that done for well over a yr and no issues yet. also been caught in some nasty rain storms with no issues. i made a bracket for mine though as i was scared of the wires coming loose.

 

kyle we got to do something about that air lid . make it better and differant . USED and ABUSED in a cool font !!

 

haha tim i actually bought that brand new. cant paint it silver, lower airbox already is silver. its alreadu black. no other colors would look good!

 

Great idea, im sure alot of people are going to do this as well to clean things up.
-Joel

 

how long did it take you to get where your at right now?