Rewiring a car is fairly easy as long as you understand how to run circuits, crimp, solder, and can read a wiring schematic. But before you start be honest with yourself and ask yourself a question "Can I rewire a car on my own, or I'm I more of a plug and play type of person". If you are a do it yourself type then I would go with a Painless wiring kit and save allot of money; complete kits cost about $400, but it takes time to do. Think of it as it save money but it will cost me time; what is your time worth? To completely wire a car using a Painless kit takes about 30+ hours to do from layout to testing. Now if you're more of a plug and play type of person then go with a kit from M&H or one of the wiring companies that make complete assembled kits. All you have to do is remove one harness and plug in the new one. These kits show you everything in pictures and it's very easy to do but it works the other way meaning it saves you allot of time, but costs allot of money and don't be surprised if the cost exceeds $1200 if you have to replace everything. Some harnesses alone cost over $400 and that's just for one harness and most cars have four. As you can tell I went with the Painless kit because I didn't want to spend allot of money on a plug and play kits and I wanted an upgraded fuse block with new style fuses. Also I've done allot of wiring so it was kind of fun for me and I know I did it myself so if I need to add a circuit I can. Just remember to do one circuit at a time and don't rush is thekey. Either way getting new wiring gives me peace of mind knowing I'm not running forty year old wiring which is a big plus for me.
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Last edited by rak1; 01-11-2010 at 05:24 PM.
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