Well im planning on wirring my car pretty soon. I am for the most part sold on ameriac autowire. Im just not sure what harness to go with. Its either the highway 22 or highway 15 kit. I will be running headlights,tail lights,hazards,turn signals,electric fan,gauges w/lights, electric gauges,dome lights,door jamb switches,radio/amp/subs,glove box light,air ride,record player,light bar,liscense plate lights and a few other acc.... So my question is what harness should i go with?
I would say go with a Rebel Harness but that would be shameless. In all honesty do a search on here or give them a call and see which one would fit your needs. Todd
I have heard nothing but good about Rebel wire. I used EZ wiring 3 times but if I did it again I would do Rebel wire. I like to spend my money and support the guy's on here if possible.
I like the way that american autowire and ronfrancis have their blocks. How the wire has a clip and screws to it.
go with the bigger one to be on the safe side. iive got a ez wire mini 21 for one of my projects and would not have a problem buying a rebel wire for the next one. ive seen the units in person and the way there put together. nice stuff.
Talk to anyone on the 1952-56 Ford Social group that has used Rebel Wire and you will find the service after the sale is off the hook excellent! Help is as close as your phone,that counts for a lot these days, 100% USA made and a HAMB member,why buy anywhere else??
I have an EZ Wire kit in my 57, but when I do another one I will certainly go with the Rebel harness. Both are great quality, but I'll support the people who support the board
GO BIG! It's easier to not use a circut that to have to add one later. I've used two 18 circut harnesses and haven't needed them all, but I used more than I thought I would. I figured I'd use 13, and on one car I'm at 14 and on the other I'm going to be at 16, maybe 17. Go big and you'll be happy to have extra.
x2 on the bigger harness, no matter what brand you buy, there is very little difference between the price of the kit with fewer accessory circuits and the kit with more circuits than you need. That way, if you decide to add a few more electrical accessories, you won't be cobbling up your harness.
+1 on the bigger unit... i used a 22 circuit unit and just coiled up the unused circuits and wirenutted the ends then ziptied the coil under the dash. it is easy to coil wire up, not so easy to redo the harness and overloading a circuit is always a bad idea.
I put a Highwayy 22 in my elcamino and it has circuts for pretty much everything, hi beams, low beams, guages, elc fan, power door locks and windows it think, horn relay, courtesy lights, the whole nine yards. It was pretty simple to install and the directions and scematics are drawn out great. labeled and color coated wires that match the color coated schematic. If you are going with american auto wire do the 22 it was a pretty good kit for me. plus it comes with plenty of extra wire for each circuit and and all the connectors for the relative circuits are bagged up and placed with the wires so it is set up in groups. Lights, interior, dash, engine, etc. and it comes with new switches for ignition, lights and wipers.
Well the more I think about it I would really like to find a harness with original style wire (cloth covered) American autowire has the highway 15 nostalgia kit but they want $795. If im gonna pay that price I would like more circuits like the highway 22
Why couldn't you use the original headlight and ignition switch with the Rebel kit? $800 for a wire kit is ludicrous unless the wires are visible, and even then it's a lot.
Yes.nut.i.dont.want a pre assembled harness again. The american autowire harness has the clips where you just slide on the terminal and arent straight to the block like rebel,eazy or painless
Looks as though their on-line catalog for Ford only has '54 and before. But I would give them a call....it says that they are in the process of updating their Ford catalog, so maybe they have '55-'56 available, just not on-line.
Well I have never made my own harness and I dont know where to buy yardage of cloth covered wire. Or who sells a fuse block by itself like the american autowire block.
Well narragansett only does stock applications. Im running new moon gauges,air ride,electric fans,door poppers,stereo and all kinds of other stuff.
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