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Old 03-16-10 | 08:46 PM
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I will pay someone in tampa to do this for me!
Old 03-16-10 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by zhillz
I will pay someone in tampa to do this for me!
he just wrote a very good diy, just do it yourself
Old 03-16-10 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by vinh
he just wrote a very good diy, just do it yourself
I tried this today and i couldnt get the damn fuse panel out to disconnect the harness.
Old 03-16-10 | 08:56 PM
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Well I've decided not to cut my harness now, so much for buying all the supplies haha.
Old 03-16-10 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by zhillz
I tried this today and i couldnt get the damn fuse panel out to disconnect the harness.
how low are you? If you aren't super low you don't have to disconnect the harness. Just take off the current casing/tape the harness is in so you can get more leverage from it and tug it up above the metal lip in the fender well. Once you get enough slack on it, just tape up the areas that you exposed and ziptie it up there. That's what i did and it's been fine for about 3 yrs.
Old 03-16-10 | 09:33 PM
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Thaks for the write up! I'm newly slammed and have already ripped out my airbag wiring...lol
Old 03-16-10 | 10:37 PM
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nice writeup. ive already had to redo about 10 wires due to this issue. ( If you break enough of these wires they will cause you interior lights to stay on without the key).
Old 03-16-10 | 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by zhillz
I tried this today and i couldnt get the damn fuse panel out to disconnect the harness.

Are you talking about in the foot well or engine bay

I didn't even have a fuse panel in the way in the foot well
and you don't have to remove the one in the engine bay

but the plugs in the footwell are a pain in the ***
Old 03-16-10 | 10:58 PM
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this is how i did it for myself and for TheKevin.

i thought this was much better than ben's way.
Old 03-16-10 | 11:44 PM
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i found out that i didnt really have to do that, i just removed the fender and moved the harness above the lip and used some brackets to hold it in place. While you are in there without the fender you should also relocate the hood cable.
Old 03-17-10 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Dustin2JZ
Are you talking about in the foot well or engine bay

I didn't even have a fuse panel in the way in the foot well
and you don't have to remove the one in the engine bay

but the plugs in the footwell are a pain in the ***
You unplug it from the fuse panel inside the car right? The DIY i was reading the guy said remove the (3) 10mm bolts and then unplug the fender harness from the BACK of the fuse panel? Are you guys unpluging them from inside the car without removing the panel?


Originally Posted by vinh
how low are you?
Im tucking oem 205/55/16

Originally Posted by jgdynamics
i found out that i didnt really have to do that, i just removed the fender and moved the harness above the lip and used some brackets to hold it in place. While you are in there without the fender you should also relocate the hood cable.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...elocation.html

This is what i did will this work?
Old 03-17-10 | 07:51 AM
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Great post! Subscribed.
Old 03-17-10 | 08:33 AM
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can the airbag wire be moved in the same fashion also?
Old 03-17-10 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by mktbully
can the airbag wire be moved in the same fashion also?
not sure but I dont know why not
Old 03-17-10 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by vinh
I didn't move it through the engine bay though, i simply tucked it higher in the fender well.
Originally Posted by jgdynamics
i found out that i didnt really have to do that, i just removed the fender and moved the harness above the lip and used some brackets to hold it in place. While you are in there without the fender you should also relocate the hood cable.
I did it the same way as these two. The tire is going to hit the frame before it'll touch the harness when tucked up higher, so there is nothing to worry about (unless you didn't secure it high enough).



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