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My '94 Hunter Green “No Compromises" Build
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 434233" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>Well it wouldn't be me if I weren't changing courses right in the middle of projects. I was working on my headlight harness which was going to be wired intricately to my relay box with resistors to provide a bright daytime running light that dims with the lights being turned on. I got most of the way done with that project but was not happy with the way the wiring length fit the grille. Not to mention it was really "busy" with lots of wiring needed to perform each job. It was a real pain. Towards the end, I said screw it and bought a factory fog light supported headlight harness from eBay.</p><p></p><p>I got the new fog-light capable harness from eBay, hoping that I could go back to bone stock, do the little fix for the side markers and be done with it. This meant I was planning to hook up the stock headlight grounds, which are wires bolted to the grille with self tappers. Those holes wore out long ago, so I installed rivnuts.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]119523[/ATTACH][ATTACH]119524[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The harness arrived and it was all nasty. Most wires were heavily corroded and black under the insulation. Not wanting to fully refurbish that harness, I stopped messing with it. It's kind of disappointing. I wasn't expecting the best results ever, but I expected better than that. I took out most of my stock wiring harness in 2018 and it was very clean. I had practically no corrosion. I guess I keep hoping that things I buy off eBay will be in good shape, but they never are.</p><p></p><p>I decided to go back to the harness I installed a year ago. This is the one that I set up for an ignition DRL that is bright all the time. I ended up taking it apart and reworking it a bit with new diodes and resistors for the side markers. I put the parking lamps back to normal parking lamp function, no DRL. In doing this I was able to remove some wiring and make it a bit thinner. On this harness I had previously wired the grounds to my relay box, so that I don't have to bother with grounding to the grille. So now my riv-nuts are not needed. Oh well, I put bolts in them and will leave them alone. They can be future ground points if I ever need to wire something up. All the bulb sockets and headlight plugs on the final harness are brand new, so this harness should be my permanent one that lasts a lifetime.</p><p></p><p>Pics of the harness:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]119526[/ATTACH][ATTACH]119527[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]119528[/ATTACH][ATTACH]119529[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]119530[/ATTACH][ATTACH]119531[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]119532[/ATTACH][ATTACH]119533[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Video of operation</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]119534[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So the harness is done, the important circuits are relayed, the wiring is sized properly, and a lot of load is gotten rid of by being LED! I'm pumped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 434233, member: 18789"] Well it wouldn't be me if I weren't changing courses right in the middle of projects. I was working on my headlight harness which was going to be wired intricately to my relay box with resistors to provide a bright daytime running light that dims with the lights being turned on. I got most of the way done with that project but was not happy with the way the wiring length fit the grille. Not to mention it was really "busy" with lots of wiring needed to perform each job. It was a real pain. Towards the end, I said screw it and bought a factory fog light supported headlight harness from eBay. I got the new fog-light capable harness from eBay, hoping that I could go back to bone stock, do the little fix for the side markers and be done with it. This meant I was planning to hook up the stock headlight grounds, which are wires bolted to the grille with self tappers. Those holes wore out long ago, so I installed rivnuts. [ATTACH alt="IMG_3634.JPEG"]119523[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="IMG_3635.JPEG"]119524[/ATTACH] The harness arrived and it was all nasty. Most wires were heavily corroded and black under the insulation. Not wanting to fully refurbish that harness, I stopped messing with it. It's kind of disappointing. I wasn't expecting the best results ever, but I expected better than that. I took out most of my stock wiring harness in 2018 and it was very clean. I had practically no corrosion. I guess I keep hoping that things I buy off eBay will be in good shape, but they never are. I decided to go back to the harness I installed a year ago. This is the one that I set up for an ignition DRL that is bright all the time. I ended up taking it apart and reworking it a bit with new diodes and resistors for the side markers. I put the parking lamps back to normal parking lamp function, no DRL. In doing this I was able to remove some wiring and make it a bit thinner. On this harness I had previously wired the grounds to my relay box, so that I don't have to bother with grounding to the grille. So now my riv-nuts are not needed. Oh well, I put bolts in them and will leave them alone. They can be future ground points if I ever need to wire something up. All the bulb sockets and headlight plugs on the final harness are brand new, so this harness should be my permanent one that lasts a lifetime. Pics of the harness: [ATTACH alt="IMG_3690.jpeg"]119526[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="IMG_3698.jpeg"]119527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="IMG_3699.jpeg"]119528[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="IMG_3694.jpeg"]119529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="IMG_3695.jpeg"]119530[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="IMG_3693.jpeg"]119531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH alt="IMG_3692.jpeg"]119532[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="IMG_3691.jpeg"]119533[/ATTACH] Video of operation [ATTACH type="full"]119534[/ATTACH] So the harness is done, the important circuits are relayed, the wiring is sized properly, and a lot of load is gotten rid of by being LED! I'm pumped. [/QUOTE]
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