Rewiring An Entire Vehicle....

[nice 28]

Just wondering if anyone knew how much it would cost to rewire a whole vehicle?

Would it be hard if i was to do it all myself.

Cheers

[R31Nismoid]

Do you have any idea about wiring cars?

If not, dont attempt yourself... and its not cheap.

Your not talking $500 here. There is a lot of mucking around involved

[nice 28]

I don't have any idea about rewiring vehicles myself, but i won't be doing this by myself.

My mate will also be helping out (or doing most of the work should i say, he's a mechanic)

Judging by your post it's not as simple as ripping out the seats, carpet, door trims etc. and just changing the wires.

Is it anything like doing an audio install, or is it totally different?

And how much would i be looking at to get this done professionaly? 1k?? or am i dreaming?

Also would the wires themselves be expensive if i was to do it myself??

Sorry for all the questions, but i like to research before I tackle anything.

Cheers,

[R31Nismoid]

Well if you have to totally re-wire. Its dash out.

Half the stuff you cant get too without stripping the car down, also depends on what car your talking about, whats wrong etc etc

You'll be looking at well over 1k for a pro. Probably 1.5-2k as its a job no-one wants to do.

Just buy a car that doesnt have electrical problems (i assume thats why you wannt know?)

[SKYBEE]

why does it need a rewire what is its fault?

is it just a burnt wire or things not working???

[Mean_R34]

A mate had an on Ford Zephyr prob 10 yrs ago and paid $1,500 for a full re-wire!

That was 10yrs ago, and I suspect the car you ant to re-wire is far more modern than a 60's car and has a lot more gadgets.

Edited March 31, 2007 by Mean_R34

[Dahtone Racing]

i do this type of thing as part of my job

price wise theres a few things to consider

1. depends on what car it is

2. depends on how far you wanna go with the car

3. depends on why you wanna do it

4. depends on how you want it done

5. depends on who strips and fits everything back in the car

thats just the start

i just did a Honda S2000 2 weeks ago

moved and hid all the wiring in the engine bay and moved all the ugly modules and shit from the engine bay

moved heaps of shit around inside the car as well

its not a cheap job because of the time it takes

[nice 28]

Ok well the car is a my98 WRX.

I haven't bought the car yet or anything but im just contemplating a purchase.

If i was to get it, i don't want anything special done to the car, like no hidden wiring etc. would just want a nice clean result.

Could you give me an estimate if

a) i was to strip and fit everything back in the car

b) if a professinal was to do that.

What would need to be removed to do this?

Obviously seats carpet etc.

and I'm guessing the dash aswell??

door trims?

[R31Nismoid]

Why does it need a re-wire?

Was it in a fire or something?

[Dahtone Racing]

if you just want it to be neatened up dont bother touching the interior harness cause you cant see any of it and they are pretty good from factory

only thing will be the engine bay harness but unless you have heavily modified the motor theres not much you can do with a WRX engine bay

[nice 28]

It's been water damaged.

Anyway not to worry I think the car has sold.

Cheers for all your replies.