Roger - there are plastic versions of those looms as well plus these door jamb contacts http://www.yearwood.com/index.cfm/pa...rod/prd346.htm

Usually you can run your wiring, assuming you don't have a hidden channel fanned out along the floor, with the middle of the floorboard being the best since you wont be walking/stomping there. If you have a console, that too will protect the wires. The upholsterer will get really upset if he has to try to hide a big bundle of wires in his carpeting project. I have mine running mostly under the carpet and fanned, with others along each rocker. None are in the foot space. Since my AAW module is behind the passenger seat, it became a real study in frustration to make the wiring neat and protected. If I recall, I had 27 individual wires before the speakers and the cruise control were installed. These added another 7 or 8. My original plan was to run it in a conduit to the console - that lasted until the wire bundle got too big and the console was shelved to a later date. Of course, there are a bunch more for the speedometer, tranny temp gauge, several grounds and the starter under the car.

You never realize how many wires there really are to electrify a home built car until you do it - and this wasn't even my first