My Next Problem:, Headlight Wire Repair |
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My Next Problem:, Headlight Wire Repair |
914_7T3 |
Jan 12 2018, 08:05 PM
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Please forgive me, I'm new to all of this! Group: Members Posts: 1,847 Joined: 3-April 17 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 20,991 Region Association: Southern California |
My car was purchased with nonworking headlights. Switched over to H4s with the initial tune up and there was rust in the buckets and the shop spent some time looking at grounds etc.. and got everything up and going.
Now that the car has been stripped for paint, I have learned that I am dealing with frayed headlight wires. As you can see the shielding is stripped/melted and wires are a bit of a cluster F-ck. Passenger side is worse. What is the best way to deal with this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
mihai914 |
Jan 12 2018, 10:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None |
Good thinking on getting a tech to have a look because it may seem fine after a couple of inches but the damage can go further and is hidden under the shielding.
Definitely use some heat shrink tube on each wire and then you can tape it over to make it look stock. Staggering the splicing will help you not have a blob in the harness. A good place in my opinion to splice would be around the spare wheel area. You have plenty of access in case you need to redo a wire and it's not visible right away. Good to hear from a fellow teener owner from Montreal, send some nice weather over (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) |
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