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Old 04-26-10 | 01:10 PM
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I followed this and some other people's suggestions. It worked out well. It's not too hard, just a bit tedious. I remove the tubing at that y-split near the washer fluid, that gave me slack. I then pull it all through. I left some of the tubing on, the hood closes, but not well. I'll probably end up removing the tubing and just taping it up a lot. I had to squeeze the washer fluid filler but in place, but it bolted it, a little crooked, but it doesn't really matter as it's inside the tank.
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Originally Posted by Vincent123
Just did this today, this thread made it really easy to do. The only hard part was unplugging the wires, pain in the ***.

for the guys who did this, did u leave the fender liner off or put it back in?
Like the other guy said it depends on how bad your rubbing. but i found out the occasional rubbing will eventually have you messing with it again. i put the front back that blocks the reservoir and then cut out the part up top that rubbed and put the remaining back in the rear. i did this on both sides. so it looks factory because you cant see up top anyhow. i went ahead and did this on both sides. so i wouldnt have to mess with that side eventually

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Old 05-20-10 | 03:01 PM
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ohh yeah i need this
Old 05-20-10 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Vincent123
Just did this today, this thread made it really easy to do. The only hard part was unplugging the wires, pain in the ***.

for the guys who did this, did u leave the fender liner off or put it back in?
Put it back on. Why would you leave it off and expose your harness where it enters the cabin, etc to all the debris and water your tires pick up off of the road?
Old 06-03-10 | 10:00 PM
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I was wondering if I just siliconed the whole area in the wheel well where the wires go, would this be good enough or put the inner liner back in?

Anyone with and without the inner liner gone or back in place? Thoughts?
Old 06-03-10 | 10:14 PM
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I need to do this before I lower my car. What a thought!!! :P
Old 06-04-10 | 05:34 PM
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Has anyone relocated the airbag harness or the hood cable?

If so, how? and did you still rub this yellow wire?
Old 06-04-10 | 05:52 PM
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^ i just tucked it up as high as i could with zipties, my suspension doesnt compress much so its not touching
Old 06-05-10 | 06:47 AM
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Excelent writ up. Step by step.
Old 07-01-10 | 06:28 PM
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this is exacly what i did last night since i don't know how to unplug the other wire that goes inside the floor.

this way is so much easier and works as good, and no wire loom showing on the engine bay, which looks neater.

Originally Posted by SpuGen
I tried to do this, but I couldn't get to the harness plugs since my Compustar Brain was in the way. I wasn't gonna bother to take it out and redo it.
So I did this instead.

Alot of zipties and a random metal brace welded on the lip. Sanded and painted. Tucked, and ziptied. Doesn't rub.

Pics are front to back.
Car was jacked up so you can see. and for working room.




Old 07-05-10 | 11:05 PM
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I did the same thing. I wish the OP would show which connectors to remove from the fuse block. Its cramped in there.
Old 08-06-10 | 06:25 PM
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I just did this too since I'm itching to do something to my car... but I'm broke and seeing this will need to be done sooner or later....

I didn't run my harness through the engine bay, but tucked up higher like a few other guys did. Although, I did still unplug the harnesses from the fuse block...

For those that need to know, the 4 plugs you need to unplug....

-When you're looking at the fuse block you need to unplug the big green plug closest to the firewall.
-To the left of that you'll see the airbag harness (the harness with the yellow loom), unplug the big white plug above it, and a smaller white plug to the left of it.
-The last plug actually runs under the carpet. If you peel back the carpet (there are two clips holding them in on the left right by the door, mine just popped out), you'll see a white plastic cover. Unplug the light green connector.
Old 08-09-10 | 12:04 PM
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So its personal preference on whether you tuck up the harness or run it through the engine bay correct? Not one is necessarily better than the other?
Old 08-09-10 | 04:42 PM
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just did mine this weekend wasnt too bad once I figured out how to disconnect the big plug, tucked the yellow wires and cable up high with zipties
Old 08-09-10 | 07:31 PM
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How long does it take to do the relocation? Just so I know how much time to allocate to this when I out my springs and struts on.



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