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Having rewired a car, i'd say go for it, its not as hard as it sounds. after you do it once you will be able to rewire a car in a day.
You will also be able to troubleshoot an electrical problem when it comes up.
I used EZ wiring, not painless.

suki243 said:

Having rewired a car, i'd say go for it, its not as hard as it sounds. after you do it once you will be able to rewire a car in a day.
You will also be able to troubleshoot an electrical problem when it comes up.
I used EZ wiring, not painless.

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I just used the Kick EZ from The Hoffman Group (the box said 'keep it clean' wiring but when i got if off of ebay it was 'ez2wire' . cost me about 170 shipped, bought about $50 worth of expandable wire sleeving and some connectors, and about $20 on a headlight relay setup, just finished it this past weekend. Everything works great, 21 circuit setup that beats the hell out of stock. and the pricing sure beats the hell out of painless. the only problems i ran into were wiring up the ignition and headlight switches (since the harness is gm spec) but a little cross-referencing between the harness schematics and schematics from painless made everything come together nicely.

I put a new set up in a Chevelle I had. Wouldn't use the standard EVah again except in anything that I may consider collectable. EZ, Painless both decent products. Go for it!

i figure i spent about 40 total hours on the project, it can get tedious crimping and soldering and heat shrinking and harness wrapping and routing and... well you get the idea. It was a really fun/ rewarding project and totally worth the work. www.partsexpress.com has really awesome prices on things like connectors, techflex expandable braiding (makes everything look so freakin' nice when you're done ) relays and fuses and whatnot. like i said i just finished mine so if you need any help just ask, while it's still fresh in my mind...

It depends on your abilities. Just don't cut corners, do it once and the right way. Whenever passing wires through a metal barrier use a grommet of some kind to prevent from the wires getting all cut up. Use sleeves to keep it tidy in case you need quick access. Mount the fusebox in an accessible area. I'd also buy a fuse tester light. Mine came with a set of fuses that I bought. It's a lot easier to replace them.

A good crimper is always helpful. You'll need a few wire splicers, and wire connectors. Maybe get a big variety pack. Spades are also necessary. May also want to consider buying a switch for an ignition or battery kill switch.

Then when you're done wiring it up, there are a few different ways you can test if there any bad wires or leaks. It came up in one of my old threads, i'll try and pull it up for you.