hiding wiring?

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  1. GrantH

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    can anyone show some pictures of how you went about hiding all of your wiring on your 84-88 toyotas?
     
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    In case you didn't know, Some of the cheap knockoff HID systems out there (I admit, I have a pair) don't tell you that the polarity are built reversed. So if you buy a pair and swear you wired it up correctly and get a no worky situation, try reversing the polarity and they should turn on.
     
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    I think he means cleaning up the engine area to not see any wires and not HID lighting.
     
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    what does that have to do with this thread at all?
     
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    meh.....close enough. lol
     
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    :ROFL: i think he might have read it as H.I.D.ing wiring, instead of hiding wiring..lol
     
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    woops

    Misread... Sorry about about that:doah:
     
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    anyone have anything??
     
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    Tucking bays isn't easy for sure. There's a couple guys called Chase Bays that do primarily Honda B and K series tucks but they're not affraid of a challenge, they were going to tuck my R32. They also have a sweet brake booster delete I wanna try out on my Toyo. On a website called Japanese Nostalgic Car in the Toyo section there is a guy with a Corona coupe who did an alright job tucking his bay. Also probably be some good tips you could follow over at AZHT.net, the Honda guys are like pioneers of tucked and shaved bays.

    What I would suggest is to find a way to pull the harness apart and seperate it into sections, motor, lights, etc. Route the lights in the fender using clips and bring them around the front. Then bring the motor stuff out behind the motor and under the intake manifold. Then I bet you could take a majority of your sensors and such and relocate them under the dash on a custom panel. Get a Braille battery and mount it up behind the seat. About the only thing I think you won't get rid of is maybe the coil. But this is all my plan for the 76 but it may give you some dirrection.
     
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    thanks for the heads up on that man, should I just search for "wire tucking" or similar? The biggest problem I see may be the fuse box, as it seems to be fairly big.
     
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    Yeah that would be best to search. And also mounting the fusebox under the dash shouldn't be too bad, there may also be some things you can see to give you some ideas on remounting the fuse box.
     
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    easiest way is to tuck ur fuse box under ur front bumper area against the face plate. i did a wire tuck on my 90 toy and it took forever. i have a 22r so things were a bit easier.took me longer because i deleted all the wires i didnt need like emissions etc(hawaii dont have laws) and i added about 7 more extra groundsall throughout the truck my engine bay is ugly and dirty but there are no visable wires. only vacuum hoses because i havent gotten to the point where i wana finish removing all the other unnescesary stuff
     
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    can you please post pictures of yours? I have a weber so I have no vacuum lines and would like to have little or no wires in thebay.
     

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