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wiring loom costs

blakep82 - 10/1/12 at 08:17 PM

whats a general guide for the cost of a wiring loom?
getting to that stage, but trying to work out if i can really afford it just now...
would need ignition system, lights, dash, main battery cables etc all done.
still need to decide exaclty what i'll do with some parts, though. horn buttons, indicators etc. still got 1 gauge to decide on.
fuel gauge - low level warning lamp, 5 bar LED dispaly, or a 52mm gauge? and then the sender...
immobiliser,need to get that in there too.
headlight enclosures...

any guesses at rough prices? i know the guy i'm going to use, but before i bother him asking, just want to get a figure in my mind first

daniel mason - 10/1/12 at 08:27 PM

id do it myself with 7 core trailer flex mate. probably not as tidy as a pre made loom but cheap and reasonably straight forward to do. i was worried about doing it also but did it all myself,step by step and it all woks as it should. if you need any info on certain bits,feel free to ask. the only thing i struggled slightly with was the savage hazzard switdch wiring,but i found a thread on here somewhere with pinouts and it was easy!

trextr7monkey - 10/1/12 at 08:28 PM

Blake sending u a u2u with details of cunning cash based scheme that radically reduces cost which I can't air on here in case some one from HM Tax office is reading
atb
Mike

blakep82 - 10/1/12 at 08:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
Blake sending u a u2u with details of cunning cash based scheme that radically reduces cost which I can't air on here in case some one from HM Tax office is reading
atb
Mike

i hope its a pyramid scheme

i'm a sucker for a pyramid scheme!

daniel, i have considered doing it myself, i did start a few years ago, making up bundles of cables and stuff, but getting very confused, and its probably going to take me a very long time to get it done.

this is who i'm thinking of. known him for years from knockhill, and would be much happier knowing someone with loads of experience has done it right
http://www.worldofwiring.co.uk/

[Edited on 10/1/12 by blakep82]

RK - 11/1/12 at 12:23 AM

I did most of mine one wire at a time. Don't recommend it. I do recommend the trailer wires though. Not exactly light, but life is short and the other way takes a hundred years. Always wonder whether I should have bought one premade.

blakep82 - 11/1/12 at 12:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by RK
I did most of mine one wire at a time. Don't recommend it. I do recommend the trailer wires though. Not exactly light, but life is short and the other way takes a hundred years. Always wonder whether I should have bought one premade.

i'm 9 years into this build already, i don't have another 100 years to waste

given the indications on prices i've been sent for pre made looms from various places (again, thank you everyone!), its definitely the way forward, and not as expensive as i thought it would have been!

RK - 11/1/12 at 12:46 AM

I know how frustrating this can get, but sitting there with a piece of plywood laying out wires, and then forgetting two or three at the end had no appeal whatsoever. Sometimes you need to be pushed along. I know a few people on here that got me moving along when I was waffling about things, that I couldn't have done without.

blakep82 - 11/1/12 at 12:52 AM

i'd spent too long trying to do everything myself, when in a lot of cases i should be getting some stuff done by other people to help things move along. for the price guides i've been given, i don't think i could do it cheaper myself, never mind as quick

RK - 11/1/12 at 01:01 AM

I think it's only smart to not to beat yourself up because you can do it yourself. And obviously you could do it if you wanted. Life is too short. I have never regretted getting outside help. I wish I'd had more of it!

When my parents died many years ago, there were still the one inch bits of string, and the non-functional ball point pens, in the kitchen drawer, that we were never allowed to throw away. That's a hard mindset to get out of, but part of the experience, or so I tell myself.