Thread: Electricals - phew

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I have to poor boy everything, have never had a boughten harness or kit. I take a lot of wiring and connectors from parts cars so I have a good variety of colors and the good weather-pac connectors. I have never been very good at soldering so I like to use the un-insulated crimp connectors and terminals with heat shrink tubing and find it very suitable. I do use an old Thomas and Betts crimper that does a much better job than the combo striper/crimpers. I also design my own systems and use a NAPA application guide to find the component that does just what I want.
I personally like to use wire loom for my wires to run inside of, It makes a lot more factory looking job. The rubber lined metal holders are good. I also use the factory style plastic ones that snap in. I don't know where I got them but I had some zip ties with a mounting hole in the end too.
Zip ties vary greatly in quality and those cheap Allied ones from Sam/s or Costco are junk. If you can find 3M ones they are the best. Here is an item that you get what you pay for.