Painless Wiring Harnesses

[phunky_monkey]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone here has had any experience with Painless Wiring harnesses?

http://www.painlessperformance.com/

The more I strip out of my car, the more useless loom is revealed, it's driving me nuts! Seems like a good solution to my wiring nightmare

Cheers

Dane

[Boss-zilla]

I have not had any experience with these guys but i am thinking of doing this to my track car.

As i see it i have two options:

- keep the standed looms but remove all un-used wires or

- make a complete new loom out of teflon-coted wires (as i can get this very cheap) which saves about 80% in weight compared to the same amount in normal wire.

I will look into it more once the car is striped completely for the cage and respray.

Cheers

Ross

[phunky_monkey]

There just seems to be too many wires to dick around with on the standard loom, with ABS, foglights, dash etc which I have no need for anymore. There is so much wiring in there that it looks cheaper just to start with a pre fabbed loom and modify it to suit.

This one looks like a good option as it's got everything that I need

[Boss-zilla]

Ill be weighing mine before and after to see the difference which will be interesting.

I am thinking that once i have done mine i will start to sell pre-fab looms that remove all the crap, possible a plug and plag item but that wont be till the end of the year at this stage.

I am happy to help anyone with these looms but for you at this stage i wont be in Victoria for more than a week at a time untill next year.

Cheers

Ross

[phunky_monkey]

That's a shame Ross as that'd be great! I really think you'd have a market for some pre-fabbed looms as they're just not available, and people want stupid money for custom ones, if they can be bothered...

A guy in Canada put one in his s14, and had a 23lb weight reduction over the stock loom

[Boss-zilla]

From memory you are right its about 10kg saving using normal wire.

So for example if a standed loom weight is 25kg, by removing all the crap it will be reduced to 10-15kg but if you make one out of the teflon it would be around 5-8kg.

It has been something i have been thinking about for a while but i am very time poor at the moment because of work so i take ages to do anything.

At this moment i am getting prices on the teflon wire from a company over here, hopefully wont to be too bad as ill buy all thier off-cuts (mind you most 'off-cuts' would be about 10m long).

If i could get my hands on the complete loom i would be able to make something, hang on i know someone who has one *runs to the phone*

[phunky_monkey]

I just got a painless kit from the states, won it on ebay, so I'll keep you updated if you want.

[Boss-zilla]

would be good to know just for interest sake

[Angus Smart]

my brother wishes he used one when he did his old galant rally car up..

they look quiet good really!

[benm]

What page number in the online catalogue are you looking at for these harness?

[phunky_monkey]

This is the kit I got: http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcata...archField=50003

and this is the page you'd want, it's under drag racing: http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcata...assis+Harnesses

[spannerx]

This is the kit I got: http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcata...archField=50003

and this is the page you'd want, it's under drag racing: http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcata...assis+Harnesses

Mate you can get a race car harness in australia i;ve just stripped every wire in my R33 track car, next week there;s a electrician who only fit;s out track cars coming over to run a basic loom will only have starter button , fan, brake lights and the wiring around engine which is quick release at the firewall .

[phunky_monkey]

Hey mate, what state are you in? And what sort of cost do you think it will be?

[spannerx]

Hey mate, what state are you in? And what sort of cost do you think it will be?

phunky monkey i;m in brisbane and ican pass on contact number he will be doing my car next week if you can give me your car details it will speed the process.

George.

[battery]

sound interesting!

still if i was to do this i'd start from scratch but it would take farken ages!!

[phunky_monkey]

Hey George, sent you a PM

[Adz]

Mate I have to do the same thing.

Im going to get Andrew to draw up a loom and make it from scratch.

[Boss-zilla]

sound interesting!

still if i was to do this i'd start from scratch but it would take farken ages!!

My car is not a daily so it does not matter if its sits in the shed apart for a while. So far this year its been drivable for less than a month.

Best way to do the new loom is use your old one, remove all the un used wires then use that as a template for the new loom, that way you have all the correct lengths and you can make it out of the car.

[phunky_monkey]

Mate I have to do the same thing.

Im going to get Andrew to draw up a loom and make it from scratch.

You may be better using one of these painless looms man, I think it'll work out cheaper than making it entirely from scratch. Andrew can take a look at this one when it arrives and see if it's suitable. I spoke with Sam on it, and he said it was exactly what I'd be after

[benm]

I got quoted $3k to make a custom loom from scratch with the factory loom and wiring diagram available as a guide and this is with my car 100% stripped so they wouldn't even have to remove any interior or anything.