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Old 06-20-2016, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven32
I already had the harness, and it's much cheaper to have it redone and modified rather than buying a new stand-alone unit.
right on. i have the harness that came with my lq9. i'll be waiting to hear a review as to how yours is after dude mods it
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Originally Posted by FrossB
I just bought a new one myself but that was only because I was able to sell my existing harness and pcm for 150 bucks lol helped offset the cost a little bit
Even if I was to sell mine for 150 and buy something, it would still be about twice as much as having mine modified. Really tight on funds right now, otherwise I might just do that lol!
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Originally Posted by MoarPower
right on. i have the harness that came with my lq9. i'll be waiting to hear a review as to how yours is after dude mods it
I'm talking with a couple different people to see who will be doing it. I haven't sent it off yet, hoping to this week though.
Old 06-20-2016, 04:57 PM
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How much are they charging you for a rework? I think I paid 450 bucks for my complete new harness
Old 06-20-2016, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by FrossB
How much are they charging you for a rework? I think I paid 450 bucks for my complete new harness
around 200-250 for everything I need done.
Old 06-21-2016, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Steven32
I'm talking with a couple different people to see who will be doing it. I haven't sent it off yet, hoping to this week though.
ive seen a few people on craiglist. but i always get sketchy when i see ads on craigslist like that lol. Still debating if i want to spend double the money to get a new harness from PSI or have someone mod it to stand alone
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Originally Posted by MoarPower
ive seen a few people on craiglist. but i always get sketchy when i see ads on craigslist like that lol. Still debating if i want to spend double the money to get a new harness from PSI or have someone mod it to stand alone
Ya i hear you. I'm definitely not just using some joe blow lol. The two I'm looking at have a lot of good reviews and feedback.
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Originally Posted by Steven32
Ya i hear you. I'm definitely not just using some joe blow lol. The two I'm looking at have a lot of good reviews and feedback.
right on. well like i said - im interested to see how yours will turn out. keepin my eyes peeled
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Originally Posted by MoarPower
right on. well like i said - im interested to see how yours will turn out. keepin my eyes peeled
Me too! I should be sending it off tomorrow.
Only problem is going to be the turnaround time on getting it back. I don't know **** about wiring, and I'm sure I could try and do something myself, but knowing me I would do something wrong and I definitely don't have the time right now. So I'll just kick back and wait for it to be done.
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Originally Posted by Steven32
Me too! I should be sending it off tomorrow.
Only problem is going to be the turnaround time on getting it back. I don't know **** about wiring, and I'm sure I could try and do something myself, but knowing me I would do something wrong and I definitely don't have the time right now. So I'll just kick back and wait for it to be done.
totally understand. im in the same boat. i can do minor wiring but when i see people with open harnesses modifying them looking like a birds nest, it scares me lol. i have a buddy who build custom harnesses for (mainly) hondas but he has done a couple LS swaps in a couple 240sx's too so i may give him a call. who knows. im a little ways away before then lol
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Originally Posted by MoarPower
totally understand. im in the same boat. i can do minor wiring but when i see people with open harnesses modifying them looking like a birds nest, it scares me lol. i have a buddy who build custom harnesses for (mainly) hondas but he has done a couple LS swaps in a couple 240sx's too so i may give him a call. who knows. im a little ways away before then lol
That's how I am too.

I got the harness sent off today, so now we wait. There's a few minor little things we can do to the car in the meantime, but I'll definitely be anxious to get it back.
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IAT sensor for the harness has been added to the cold side.

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Old 09-09-2016, 12:31 PM
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Haven't had any updates for a little while. Been waiting on the wiring harness to get finished, and then once that's installed it will be towed over to my tuner.
I was told the harness should be finished within the next few days.

In the meantime, we got the 3 bar map sensor installed.

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Also while we're waiting, we're swapping out all of the regular rubber vacuum lines and catch can lines with nylon air brake tubing. The lines will be cleaner looking, and won't collapse with vacuum and wont burst because of the psi rating.

Here are some photos of the new fittings going on in preparation of the lines.

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Since the harness should be here soon, I should have more updates to go along with it.
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I can't believe that they haven't finished your harness yet.my buddy could've done it in one day.. I've been waiting on a update to hear the beast is running..
Old 09-09-2016, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1ChevyStang
I can't believe that they haven't finished your harness yet.my buddy could've done it in one day.. I've been waiting on a update to hear the beast is running..
I knew going in to it that there would be about an 8 week lead time. But there is a lot of extra **** I'm having them do to the harness while they have it. And I also have everything done at a great price.

Granted I hate waiting for something this long as I'm impatient, but at the same time it will be nice that the weather is starting to cool off some before I get the car running. 100+ degree weather with no AC is not going to be fun LOL!
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But once the harness is back in our possession, it's just a matter of routing everything and hooking it all up. Theoretically after that it should be good to go to the tuner so that he can fire it up and get it driving!

There's still a lot I want to do to the car, but I'm going to wait until it's running first and so that I can save up some cash. I have a Wolfe 6 point that still needs to go in, and then next on my list of mods is a transbrake from Jake's, boost leash controller w/ co2, and 2 step.
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looking good it's all in the detail!
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+1 for the nylon tubing but -1 for the quick connects. They tend to leak almost always so if you can switch em all to the type with the ferrule you will be much better off.
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Harness is being shipped back today! That took long enough...can't wait to get it in. Besides getting that installed, and making sure everything else is all buttoned up and ready to go, it's off to the tuner for the first startup!
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Can't wait to hear it fire.


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