Good source for wiring?
Good source for wiring? Any good places to order 5’-25’ of different color wire? I need to extend wires for the drive by wire pedal plug and OBD port and trying to stay with the stock colors.
On The Tree
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For one or two connectors like that, I personally prefer to grab the connector with as much wire as I can separate from a "pull it yourself" parts yard. There are two advantages to this:
- You get the correct wire sizes and colors
- You have only a single splice in each wire instead of two splices (at each end of the piece you add)
Thanks, I try to grab stuff from the u-pull it yard most of the time but if I can just order a few deals of wire I’d rather do that than hunt for the longest connector. I’m getting lazy with some ****, lol.
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For automotive use, you want stranded automotive "primary wire." Napa usually has the best assortment locally for me. You can also get it at O'Reilly and other auto parts places, usually the Dorman brand. Online you can get it from RockAuto as well. I also ordered some online from a decent source a couple years back for a special harness I was doing for someone. I'll check my online banking and PayPal history and see if I can find that source for you.
Electrical supply places tend to have house wiring, not automotive wiring.
Update, the place I got some automotive wiring from for that project was Wiring Products Ltd. https://wiringproducts.com/collections/automotive-wire I'm fairly picky about wiring in general, and their wire was at least as good as OE wiring.
Electrical supply places tend to have house wiring, not automotive wiring.
Update, the place I got some automotive wiring from for that project was Wiring Products Ltd. https://wiringproducts.com/collections/automotive-wire I'm fairly picky about wiring in general, and their wire was at least as good as OE wiring.
Last edited by Racer-X-; Dec 27, 2021 at 12:59 PM.
I got most of my automotive GXL wiring from here: https://www.wirebarn.com/GXL-HIGH-TE...-WIRE_c_4.html
On The Tree
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Hmmmmmmm, but all I can say is if you need GXL rated wiring for your OBD-II port and your accelerator pedal harness, I think you have other serious (thermal) issues. I certainly don't want to drive or ride in your car if you need wire of that spec in those areas.
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The junkyard is cheapest and most factory, but I bought a big array of different gauges and colors on Amazon (stranded copper). It's really nice to just grab a roll of the right gauge and color.
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Wiring ages,, Pulling 10+ year old wire out of a junkyard may not be better just cause its "OEM" especially in the engine bay.
Of course I'm working on a 1994, so there is that. Most of the stuff my vintage is hard as a rock.
Painless kits turn out to be not too bad price wise if you price out all the wire,
connectors and tools to properly crimp all the finicky connectors on a car..
I have about 400 bucks in wire/connectors/tools on my swap.
I thought just using my stock harness and matching what I needed to my terminator max would be cheaper and less work. Not.
If I had to do it over,, I'd buy a harness kit from Painless.
Of course I'm working on a 1994, so there is that. Most of the stuff my vintage is hard as a rock.
Painless kits turn out to be not too bad price wise if you price out all the wire,
connectors and tools to properly crimp all the finicky connectors on a car..
I have about 400 bucks in wire/connectors/tools on my swap.
I thought just using my stock harness and matching what I needed to my terminator max would be cheaper and less work. Not.
If I had to do it over,, I'd buy a harness kit from Painless.
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DIYAutotune.com also sells lengths of TXL wire bundles.
Here's one for example: https://www.diyautotune.com/product/...g-bundle-long/
Here's one for example: https://www.diyautotune.com/product/...g-bundle-long/
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I got most of my automotive GXL wiring from here: https://www.wirebarn.com/GXL-HIGH-TE...-WIRE_c_4.html
Del City is lower price than Wire Barn but you have to buy 100 foot at a shot. I confirmed wire is made in USA. Only offered in solid colors but a good selection of colors.
https://www.delcity.net/
Allied Wire and Cable has wire with tracer colors. If you're patient then you might be able to get it cheap from their project scraps. Their idea of scraps can be 300 feet so that's a lot of wire to guys like us.
https://www.awcwire.com/
https://www.delcity.net/
Allied Wire and Cable has wire with tracer colors. If you're patient then you might be able to get it cheap from their project scraps. Their idea of scraps can be 300 feet so that's a lot of wire to guys like us.
https://www.awcwire.com/
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