Re-wiring the car. Who's wiring kit?

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Joeychgo said:
seems sensible to me
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I got my new light socket terminal ends from ron francis. i think a box of 50 was like 8 bucks. I just took my sockets apart and cleaned em up and installed new wires all way to the light socket with new ends. my lights are way brighter then stock. I also used a ground wire from each socket to the body.
 
younggun2.0 said:
I got my new light socket terminal ends from ron francis. i think a box of 50 was like 8 bucks. I just took my sockets apart and cleaned em up and installed new wires all way to the light socket with new ends. my lights are way brighter then stock. I also used a ground wire from each socket to the body.
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This is the way I did mine too. Very bright compared to stock.
 
72BBS my friend, it's kinda pricy, but Classic Instruments, maybe RF, sell led replacements for the bulbs if your interested. I had to use them in my coupe because I couldn't get enough brightness out of stock bulbs (long story).
 
Tincup said:
I used American Auto in my dart, very happy with it. One thing to consider, is running a separate ground wire instead of grounding to the body. Almost all electrical issues are a result of bad grounds. I used a heavy (8 ga.) wire, start at the rt front headlight and splice in all your grounds all the way back to the fuse box. Do the same for the back.
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Tin Cup,

Did you do this for all the grounds?
What did you do for all the Hot wires? Also 8 Gauge?
What gauge power wire did you run to the fue box?

I just picked up an old new (NOS?) Ron Francis hot rod fuse panel with no wiring at all. I got it for $55. so I thought I would give it a go wiring the car since my existing panel has five whole fuses, and a burned spot like something went wrong. I keep finding twisted and taped wires that come apart in my hands.

Thanks.

Mike
 
I have the American auto wire kit for sale 250 plus shipping. Its the power plus 20 kit number 510008. Let me know.
 
Is wired my car with a Ron Francis Express kit made for my car. I'm very happy with it. One thing I'd recommend is put all your grounds in one central location. That way you won't have to go searching. I only used 4 wires for the ignition switch.
 
I was doing some research recently. I called Ron Francis and had to leave a message. Never called back. Cross them off the list.
 
srduster340 said:
Is wired my car with a Ron Francis Express kit made for my car. I'm very happy with it. One thing I'd recommend is put all your grounds in one central location. That way you won't have to go searching. I only used 4 wires for the ignition switch.
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Thank you for the advice srDuster340! I plan on grounding the heck out of it. I will try and secure good grounding areas and connect the ground wires to each other.

Mike
 
CichliDart said:
Tin Cup,

Did you do this for all the grounds?
What did you do for all the Hot wires? Also 8 Gauge?
What gauge power wire did you run to the fue box?

I just picked up an old new (NOS?) Ron Francis hot rod fuse panel with no wiring at all. I got it for $55. so I thought I would give it a go wiring the car since my existing panel has five whole fuses, and a burned spot like something went wrong. I keep finding twisted and taped wires that come apart in my hands.

Thanks.

Mike
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Hey Mike, All my grounds are done the same way. Run two 8 gauge wires, one front and one back, then just tie all your grounds( lights, etc ) to that wire. Ground the two 8 gauge somewhere to the firewall, and also tie that to the engine block. Ground your battery to the engine block. You can also put a terminal strip under the dash, jump all the terminals together, then ground that to the the same place on the firewall. Now you can tie all your small grounds ( radio, gauges, etc. ) to the terminal strip. Use at least 8 gauge for your main power feed to the fuse box. See if you can download the wiring diagram from RF.
 
Tincup said:
Hey Mike, All my grounds are done the same way. Run two 8 gauge wires, one front and one back, then just tie all your grounds( lights, etc ) to that wire. Ground the two 8 gauge somewhere to the firewall, and also tie that to the engine block. Ground your battery to the engine block. You can also put a terminal strip under the dash, jump all the terminals together, then ground that to the the same place on the firewall. Now you can tie all your small grounds ( radio, gauges, etc. ) to the terminal strip. Use at least 8 gauge for your main power feed to the fuse box. See if you can download the wiring diagram from RF.
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Great information Tin Cup.
I am printing this and putting it in my box of wiring parts. Need to get some more ground wire and a terminal strip for the dash.
I think I am also going to incorporate the MAD upgrade at the same time.
I need to contact RF about the wiring harness and a couple other things.


Thanks for all the advice and love your car!

Mike
 
I'm in the same boat.. just need ground wire (all guages) and a terminal strip for the dash area.

Anyone know of a decent place to buy the wire and such?

Riddler
 
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