wiring harness

i aint posted much on here yet but i need some help in deciding on a wiring harness to purchace.

im 17 and have a '55 chevy belair g***er
i have never wired a car before and those ez and painless kits sound perty easy.

i dont have much to run...starter,ignition,lites,signals,horn,radio and such. just wanted some input

 

...go with Rebel and he's an alliance vendor
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211648&highlight=rebel

-marty

 

I used EZ they can be had for cheap and work very well. They sell them on ebay.

 

Never used Rebel, but if you've never wired a car before, and don't have much understanding of automotive circuits in general, the instructions on both EZ and Painless will take a lot of head-scratching to figure them out.

I've been most impressed by American Autowire as far as making it easy for a retard like me to install... but they certainly ain't cheap. Ron Francis is definitely the easiest, but they make things more complicated within their product to make it easier for you to just be able to route orange wire number 57 to orange terminal #57. Net result is a product that's very easy to install, and probably won't need troubleshooting, but if you DO ever need to troubleshoot, there's a lot more possibilities for something to go wrong... making it that much harder to figure out where the bad connection is. (RF is also the biggest Money.)

For my Fleetline, I'll probably try out Rebel... heard good things about them.

 

thanks alot

 

i used a rebel 8 circuit for my T bucket. it was my first complete wiring job as well. i had good results with the rebel kit, and will buy my next kit from them as well. i'm not sure if theyre still like this, but all the diagrams in the instruction manual were hand drawn....a little hard to read at times. i went to painless and got the PDF for their 8 circuit kit, printed it out, and between the two instruction sheets, some head scratching, and a little common sense i got it wired with no issues. my biggest piece of advice is dont look at the whole project, wire individual sections at a time. like engine, then front lights, then instrument panel, and so on. just get in there and do it! best of luck!

 

Got a Painless in the 46 & one in the 69 pickup. Not cheap, but quality stuff & easy enough to install. Whatever you choose to go with....read the instructions, & take your time.

 

Bob D is exactly right. The difference between a wiring job that works ok, and one that is excellent is about three hours worth of study and planning. Where does the panel go? How do the wires get routed? What method to hold and organize (clamps, zip ties, slit conduit, etc.)? Is this going to be accessible if I need to repair or modify it? A '55 Chevy set up like a Gas cl*** car won't need too sophisticated a setup, but planning is a graded item. If you pay attention to the details and plan ahead, you will come out with a nice setup.

 

As a colorblind fella, my buddies think I'm insane for doing my own wiring. I've used the EZ kits in the past (5 cars wired, no problems). Now that I found the HAMB, I'll try Rebel for the next kit, as I understand they too are labeled every few inches. Good luck!

 

EZ is cheap, but good quality. Tradeoff is instructions, not much of em. I use them a lot, done maybe 15 or so cars with em...but again I love wiring.

 

I will just throw this out there, I have a brand new still in the box Painless 18 circuit that I am never going to use. Retail is around $600.00 but I got a deal on it and will sell it for $275.00 plus shipping.
I have used these before at my day job and they are nice.
Shoot me a PM if your intersted.

 

I've used the 160.00 speedway mini fuse kit twice now. worked real good for me just the basic **** you need.

 

I used painless. Just read and read then wire it it is easy if you read the book.

 

21 Circut Haywire is like $189 if I remember correctly. After you purchase it, Got a question..... cell them up! Very helpful, GREAT Product!