so... i promised pictures, but today was the first day in nearly 2 weeks, and i worked pretty much up til dusk. so unfortunately, yall gonna need to wait til tomorrow to see this stufF!!!
however, i got the ABS harness done, i got my grounds DONE, i got the entire right side harness DONE. im gonna have to drill a whole or two to make space to run some zip ties just to keep the bulk of the wires against the inner fender well, just to protect them from hitting the wheel. other than that, everything is secured. the headlight wiring was pretty easy, although it got confusing at times, it still worked out great. i really need to jump the car and get some power so i can test stuff as i go, although, since im only cutting and extending wires, and im using crimp connectors and doing it all very carefully, im not worried about anything being shorted etc. only thing im concerned is if my grounds are good enough. i upgraded nearly all the ground wires for the lights and other stuff from like the original 20 gauge factory, to like 16/18 gauge, so im hoping that will be a good way to make sure my grounds are adequate. as far as the left harness, im not worried about that too much. there is no abs equipment on that side, so there will be mainly just the headlights to do, and to route the wiring the same way i did on the driver side. right now, im very very pleased with the results, although there are a few little things here and there that i wanna tweak. pretty much, now that this is half done, the wires on the driver side, are easily accessible, without having to splice open giant harnesses. also, i made sure to make it obvious where the connections in the wire are, and to keep them in a central location, so if ever anything does short, or there is a connection problem, i can find it or if all else fails, just run another wire from the stock harness wiring. there is still a lot to be done, and right now, there is one plug which i have yet to work out what it goes to, although i have a feeling its from my cruise control, which i no longer have installed, so providing i make sure of that, ill just snip it off and bundle the excess wiring to the harness. other than that, its all lookin squeeky clean in there. there is still more stuff to be done, and i anticipate another 2 days or so before i can say its completed, but im optomistic that with an early start tomorrow, ill get a lot more done then in the 4 hours i worked on it tonight.
i think most likely, im gonna need more wire, and more electrical tape. i bought a spool of 100 feet tonight, and its going fast! im sure ill be fine though, ive got lots of cuttings that will be fine for several of the extensions.
one thing im still not 100% happy with, is the general amount of stuff in the bay. i know its still WIP, but im really looking into getting rid of more junk. i dont know what else i can take out, or move around, but im gonna work on that. i also bought some polishing compound, a new buffing wheel and a steel brush wheel for my drill, so im gonna be polishing up the manifold, and maybe some other stuff that isnt already polished up. the turbo and the manifold need to be repolished anyway, so most likely, when this is all said and done, the bay is gonna look spotless!!!
i cant wait, and i promise, i will have photos tomorrow, before the sun sets