update!!!! well today i started at 11 after skool...and ended at 5 lmao...i still have alot of cleanup to do plus tucking a lil more wires and wraping some wires as well...heres some piks

took apart the fuse box

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this wire u see coming from the fender is comin from the inside of the car and goes all the way to the other side so theirs noway to disconnect it and re run it...but u can hardly notice it =) and that red cap covers my windsheild washer fluid tank so it dont leank...i will be smoothing it out and painting it black to blend in..


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Looks good bro, keep the pics coming. I'd hate to have the fuse box all out like that...geees, looks like its coming along nice for you though.

 

thankx...heres a pik of it all cleaned up and done....sry for the pik so small idk why it is

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that looks awesome, i'm so copying you....

 

I think it is a good idea (wire tuck) for those who have the time. I have more interest in turning my Maxima into a all wheel vehicle.

 

I need more pics, you need to get closer up and further away lol and hold camera steady so it's not blurry, i'm so doing this....Your engine bay looks sexy... The white cover and blue filter, Me likey...

 

^^ haha thanks/...will get better piks when im done with my battery relocation

 

got my battery wire to relocate it into the trunk!...update soon =)

 

god bless your patience...good luck though cant wait to see finished product

 

good job man looks good, not sure why everyone has to question why your doing this tho. anything to make the car look better is worth it to me

 

any more updates?

 

i usually hate newbie bumps but this is a worthy one...any updates?

 

This does interest me although I'd never actually do it, its fun to look at

 

put everything back into stock spots... it was awsome for months ..had it tightly rapped so no water wwould get into it...but some how moisture got into everything and i hadda replace almost all my relays lol fun while it lasted...

 

So sad. Relocate to the cabin.
Maybe glove box?
Extend wires with butt connectors with heat shrink pre attached. One wire at a time. Soft of like the network cab I am redoing.

 

HAHA. Just thought about that. I am doing a wire tuck in a server room. Just put in a raised floor. Id thread jack and post pics but Id get fired.

 

i thought about doing it all over again and brining it into the cabin or finding another way to keep moisture out lol im 50/50 with it

 

If you got the time do it up. I recommend heat shrink galor.

 

Here is a under the dash fusebox I did on my VQ 240sx...

 

Disregard my newb status 2 posts haha...but +1 for wire tucking...clean engine bays are always nice...even if no one but yourself sees it...plus if you do it yourself more power to you

 

I wanna do this Eventually it looks so clean

 

Very nice.

 

im going to takle it again soon

 

so im not trying to thread jack in any way but i have a question because i was thinking about doing this and was looking in my engine bay today and it seems like alot of the wires are already tucked away ... i could be wrong because i dont know much about this but could someone let me know heres a pic .. (dont mind the filthyness)

 

^^ that bay needs alottt of TLC lol and i see no wires tucked

 

lol i know im going to give it a major detail when it gets nice and hopefully by mid summer i can have it looking fresh .. but thanks, is there a write up youve been following or have you just been doing your own thing ?

 

I thought I saw scotch locks there, did I ACTUALLY see scotch locks?

 

Here's a good thread about tucking a few things:

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...yone-done.html


And this thread will keep you busy for a while:

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...ok-pretty.html


And this one, if you're into shiny nuts & bolts:

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...uts-bolts.html


I don't understand the plan with that engine bay. It like you wrapped the engine cover in CF vinyl, and everything else in dirt & rust.

The OP's "tuck" turned into an unfortunate fail because of moisture and corrosion. Real shame, too. It's a fascinating idea.

 

It's been done on a couple 4th gens. Don't ask me who, I can't remember that was over 5 years ago.

Here's my .02 on this topic:

If done properly it's something to consider, mainly for a show car. Doing it properly however, consists of more time/patience than you even want to know about. It's different when you do it during a full build (engine, etc) then you're into it anyways so it's not A lot more work. Doing a proper tuck on a stock V6 FWD is not a fun job any way you cut it. Not to mention, the steel under the wiring doesn't look all that pretty, it's not smooth, it's jagged, it's a mess. To make it look 'clean' like you'd want, you have to do steel/body work plus paint. Otherwise you're just moving wiring to expose uglier looking components, leaving the engine bay looking 'bare'.

I think it's a foolish Idea for a DD, you're just going to cause issues down the road tampering with that wiring, our cars have enough electrical issues as it is, I for one am not going to go out of my way to drastically decrease the reliability of it further.

Again, just my .02 for anyone considering taking this on.

 

did my own thing

 

to be honest i probably wont end up doing a full wire tuck after reading all this but i am working on a major tlc for my engine bay i just bought the car and it was bad when i bought it and didnt get better with all the snow we just had here in new england giving this is my DD, but i am going to be doing alot of work to have it looking 100 times better this upcoming spring/summer .. thanks for the advice

 

Ha ha. Poor guy.

By that you mean, you did it to yourself.

 

Epic fail

 

hey now dont hate on deleted power steering.......its a plus in my books

 

Wow, just wow

 

Thats the coolest thing ever!