FAIL! CHEAPEST Wiring Harness On AMAZON - DON'T Buy This Junk!

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

I got lucky with my Painless Performance kit for my bus. I reached out to them and asked for the $800 kit and I would do an install video and they agreed. They sent me shirts and banners and all but never asked anything from me other than showing me install it. Score!

[@shawnl5634]

Oh u saved I bus right I think I recalled ur name

[@CountryBoyGasGarage]

@@shawnl5634 yes!

[@mikepoint4717]

Electrical is by far my favourite either on a boat , car or truck . It’s fun to map / lay everything out and when you see each part come to life when you roll the ignition what a pay off !!! . Cheers

[@Ian-of9oi]

I’ve built a few cars and never bought a wiring harness. I enjoy making my own but I think it would look a lot better if I used some kind of kit.

[@SadPuppySoup]

I've made a few wiring harnesses in my life it sure is nice you can buy them these days. First one I did was my first car a 53 ford custom flathead V8 from 6 volt to 12 volt conversion at 13yrs old, I just took everything from a 68 ford and made it work with a Chilton’s manual help. Grill was a great touch and find.

[@jonathanrejman1392]

Come for the car projects, stay for the humor. Your sarcastic wording and comments are comedic gold.

[@rogerarmstrong8893]

What could be better than watching DD's speed shop? Not Much! 😂 love your humor.

[@davfrui]

Watch PUDDINS FAB SHOP FOR HUMOR

[@theSword-]

Calling a simple garage, "DD speed shop" is the funny part. 🤣🤣🤣

[@rayyarusso3885]

Thank you for the wiring tutorial!!! It's still looks a little intimidating, but very doable!

[@eddyholbrook4298]

I have a 1985 cadillac fleetwood brougham. I just had a wiring harness for under the hood for $879. Darnit it's expensive! Love your show brother! Athens Georgia. Hey y'all!

[@jameswilson9368]

Hi Dan, years ago I built a '56 chevy Belair, and customer bought a Mexican built wiring harness. It was a nightmare, customer wanted me to use it so he had to pay me for he's of work. I spread new harness out on my shop floor, there were scores of mistakes. I had to use an ohm meter to check every wire, for instance they had the signal lights and the gas gauge wired together, plus the colors were a disaster. I got it sorted and installed. Customer commented he could have bought a painless wire harness for what he had in the one he brought me. No shit I said. I tried to tell you that . I always used painless wiring setup never any problems plus they have great customer service. Great hotrod products. I highly recommend them. Today I'm sure there are many more options available, but in the early 80s painless was the best. Good luck you'll get it done!!

[@mikemuzzell5167]

Don’t tell my boss but I love the satisfaction of re wiring old and broken circuits. Great vid Dan. After watching this I think I would just grab a fuse block and a spool of 2,3,4 wire. Scrapyard relays and fuses baby. Lol

[@glennnickerson8438]

I won't tell Mike if you finish wiring my car!😆

[@toddcordell7756]

Hey Dan enjoyed the wiring video learned a lot thanks for taking time keep hot rodding

[@papilloncycles3463]

Car looks great Dan, I honestly think the interior, though colorful, is really really cool, prolly nobody has one like it! Surf's up!

[@kimberlywilliams9757]

I know nothing about wiring so I do like watching the videos about wiring in the hopes I might learn something! 😅 Thanks for sharing! 😊👍

[@markbrown6236]

New wiring, yaa. Bumper to come, finally. So far so good. Good to see Dani smile.

[@michaelflaven1051]

im restoring a 1969 chevy c-10 truck. i decided to change all the wiring in the engine bay area. they wanted $880 + for a "plug and play" wiring harness. I decided to get a really good wiring diagraph and list all the wire colors and gauges of the harness. I bought new delphi series 56 connectors for the bulk connectors. I ordered hi-quality GXL automotive wire in the exact same colors and gauges that the factory used. I order about 10 feet more in each of the colors and re-did my entire harness myself. I was able to hide the wires too in order to give the engine bay a really clean look. after buying all the wire, connectors and crimping tool I was all in around $140. I take pride in doing this stuff myself. Anyone can really do it as long as you take your time, get a very good diagram. you need to be very organized and A lot of zip ties. The finished product will be better.

[@markszczepaniak5888]

Great job, showing the average person can make an attempt at wiring your own ride. In addition, love the channel because you don't have the fancy shop and keep it fairly basic. Just an extension of Uncle Tony's showing how to have fun at a minimum cost.

[@327JohnnySS]

The channel Chad's fab does a lot of wiring videos for Matt's off road recovery and Fab rats.👍

[@Pudgesmancave]

I'm doing the same exact thing right now to my 55! I went with American Autowire. It was a little pricier but in my option well worth it! Keep the videos coming.....enjoy watching you guys!

[@superman20029]

I used the cheap 21 circuit harness on my square body and it was pretty dang simple to install. My advice is go through every wire and separate and label them in groups like "tail lights" , "under hood" "under dash" and "headlights"

[@ethanrobinson649]

Yepp mine was already separated

[@johnnyweaver1300]

Love the whole car, the grill was a kicker🎉, & the license plate is top notch happy for you Dani also great work on the wiring Dan!

[@timmygiles9554]

Dan on a serious note, you could cute the rod out at the box take 3 in. Out and add a knuckle on the steering column. Because we know there a pain in the ass and not just that but in wrecks they go straight through the driver. They even had a name for them was the impeller column. Love the grill and them tires you got are for racing they are soft so when sitting I keep them on stands or move it a lot because they flat spot easy . Then they ride funny and they burn up quick. Headlights are a great touch. On video the passenger side door sticks out to straight could we paint the bottom of that fender just because it would look better in videos

[@327JohnnySS]

Timmy, like in this video @0:57. Those non- collapsible steering columns are deadly. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIGpZZl4fLN-Zrc

[@67Stang]

That is why I went with American Autowire harness for my Mustang. Having never tackled wiring a car before, installing the AAW harness was fairly easy.

[@hankblossom]

The butt connectors with the heat shrink work really good, I've used them on my semi truck, and the worst place for exposure to the elements is the taillights on the back of the frame, they have no protection at all, and I've had those connectors on there for 500,000 miles with no sign of corrosion. They work.

[@WingmanJohnny]

Car is coming along nicely. Keep up the great work

[@ksokie63]

Hey Dan👋, car coming a long good . Wiring is not that bad , if you have the patience for it. But keep up the great videos and have a great day 👋

[@JimmyMakingitwork]

Explained the wiring very well. Nice work. I’ve had good luck with the cheap harnesses. To pay 6 times as much for the “painless” or similar, quite a stretch unless it’s a high end Rod.

[@ElrodsGarage]

The struggle is real! Thanks for showing us the pitfalls of trying to save a buck. Cheers!

[@Zazu2You]

Glad to hear you are not forgetting the bottom of the front bumper. Looks awesome!! Cheers!! 😎

[@Charleslinville269]

I Hate doing wiring! Great content Dan.🤯🤯

[@YoungHeartedSoul]

This kit is similar to the speedway motors 12 circuit harness. I just installed it on a t bucket hot rod and it was fairly simple. I left the unused wiring tucked up behind the dash to future proof the car. The one you describe, seems a little different than the speedway motors harness. It seems fairly good though, by looking at your video.

[@kayeninetwo3585]

I rewired my '54 Ford a few years ago. Dan is absolutely correct: universal wiring kits have a lower cost up front, but take more time and effort to adapt to your specific car. There weren't many (if any) '54 Ford specific wiring kits available when I did my wiring project, so I used a universal kit. However, I bought my kit from a very high quality American company (Ron Francis) so the build and materials quality was very good AND there was great customer support after the sale. That made all the difference for me. NEVERTHELESS, some new electrical components for old cars are only available in LOW quality import form; in my case, the new turn signal switch and voltage regulator. They were bad, RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX! 😒 Great video.

[@StephenViola-ib8dq]

I used the Factory Fit Classic Upgrade kit on my 55 Bel Air 4 Door Wagon, Had no problems at all. Came out great!!

[@AmalgamationofMan]

Great video DDspeed shop! I rewired my 73' capri with the same kit . What a massive safety and reliability improvement. I also used a Ron Francis engine harness and Stinger ECU for the 2.3 turbo swap . It's so nice to have all new wiring throughout thats better than factory quality I highly suggest this for anyone with the time and patience to learn. That said continuity check all circuits before install just to verify for yourself that those electrons will flow properly.

[@maxrensberger9856]

Yep..thumbs up..57' great..thanks for having fun..wiring n all..n glitter too

[@kevinl.2291]

Looks great Dan. Coming along really nicely. She’s going to be so happy to drive it. 👍😎✌️

[@toejam503]

Temps here in ND are below freezing for highs too 🥶

[@ohsoquickly_x]

Starts off and we're getting a talkin' to by Dan. Gonna be a good one.

[@richardthomas1566]

Road island Wiring is the one of the best . Great help great harness

[@francisrizzo1529]

Great video, super helpful tutorial for the folks tramatized by wiring, and gotta dig the daisy's...

[@cobyburrow9339]

I have had great luck with American Auto Wire. Great video.

[@IronheadGarage]

The 57 is coming out nicely going to be a great car for Dani to cruise around in. Come on spring time!!

[@dirtydansrodncycle]

You had me goin' there...I just bought that same harness...didn't look too bad to install!

[@bobclark5479]

I never use an expensive wire harness kit. I do it from scratch one circuit at a time. I find it easier that way.

[@tracychaffin4410]

Lookin cool ain’t cheap, and lookin cheap ain’t cool!!!!!!😂🤣😂👍

[@kevinwright1551]

Keep up the great work. Okay. Did a awesome job on the wiring in the Hot rod.

[@rescuedandrestoredgarage]

Great video, brother. I need to do this on the 72 chevelle, and I am one of those guys who shivers and curls up into a little ball of cowering mess.

[@johnwhelan723]

Good work on the harness and good on making it up to the missus, car looks great

[@dougyoak9078]

I used American Auto wiring on my 56 it worked perfectly

[@timerickson7056]

I like that there are cheap generic wire harnesses . Didn't have that in the olden days. I remember writing a estimate to replace a wire harnesses estimate for a 1980 ford . It was the first (1) piece wire harnesses I'd ever seen in a car. The only new harness was from ford $1400 parts . The car was 4 years old and totaled for a harness but back in the day harnesses were expensive

[@normanjohnson4648]

I have used a Painless ('69 Camaro), American Auto Wire ('67 Mustang) and Ron Francis ('72 El Camino) wiring looms. A generic system may be something people will get frustrated with and be forced to call in a professional to finish it. I personally found the vehicle specific looms are easy enough for most hotrodders. I know from my experience these specific kits are a 2 days job, maybe less, for a regular guy with a little help from a friend. Testing with kits was pretty easy and their support lines are a big help if you run into a problem. Buying a cheap $200 kit makes no sense if you have to pay a professional a $1,000 - $2,000 for his time. Dan's lucky and he has the experience, that's not something most of us guys have.

[@jeff3175]

Well done to get the wiring over the line but My Friend Pete from DIY Auto School says that Kwik Wire is the best affordable wiring loom available for easy installation and technical back-up👋

[@edpoell2876]

Dan only you can make a tedious job like wiring actually entertaining. Pointing out the flaws in the cheap harness hopefully chased away many bargain basement shoppers. Dani seems quite excited about getting her ride on the road for the nice weather coming soon.

[@phillipa7595]

I got lucky and got the 21 circuit harness from eBay for my 82 c10. $100, free shipping. Fuse panel was identical and every wire was labeled. Wasn’t bad for my first time wiring job. Least I can easily identify everything now for the future.

[@markshalloup3569]

Digging your test light with voltage readout..just ordered same one on Amazon!

[@fredfranklin1965]

I love the pink garnish mouldings. Anyone who does not may keep it to themselves and ferment on the hate they spew.

[@thegrandpumbaa]

After spending more time than I would like to admit wiring my last car with a no name brand harness spent the big bucks on the American Autowire this time round. Expensive but more than worth it. Done in a day. Love Danni’s car but disappointed in the tyre destruction….

[@steelmill]

Those old wiring harness has the best brass pins on the end of the wire.Heat them up and re solder to the new wire.S10 Chevy has a simple fuse panel for next to nothing at a salvage yard we use them all the time in older cars.You can even have emergency flashers in a old car.

[@macwalker8956]

First time commenting.. but been following you since I found you doing your Nova..... I too, have a 70 Nova... But wanted to suggest looking into "Rebel WIre" out of TN.. I've talked to the owner... he's great to chat with..his kits are made in house and quite reasonable.... keep on it! Power Tour 2023!

[@tombrenes2411]

Love all the hard work Awesome content

[@franksgarage8551]

Think i have the same kit. Thanks for the heads up on the fuel sender curcuit. I did the buy rolls of wire and did what i wanted for wiring. Took way too long. Rolls of wire and terminals arent all that cheap either. I still dont know how you do it, work all day and then hit the shop until midnight. -20 this fine monday morning, i had enough too!

[@markeholbrook]

Hey, I found these 30amp fused relays with on Amazon with 14ga harness, and they cost $13.49 for 5 of them! Nilight 50023R 5 Pack 30A Fuse Relay car Truck Socket kit-30A Switch Harness Set-12V DC 4-Pin SPST Automotive 14 AWG Hot Wires-Auto Switches & Starters Set, 2 Years Warranty.

[@BetterThanItWasGarage]

I definitely got a good chuckle from the glitter cleanup

[@gordonwalker8003]

Great to see Danni 57 is wire work .😂🎉🎉

[@sneakysgarage2412]

Yep,wiring ain’t fun but of course needed.

[@BigBlockCaprice]

Best part about a new wiring harness is that you can still start it without a key. (Definitely was me not to long ago as well)

[@mzaccagnini7179]

Ya it's a good idea to leave enough extra length on the wires for easy repairs and maintenance and for the inevitable mistakes. 😊

[@robertmaclachlan7948]

what would finish that interior off would be a white material like the doors for the head liner to match the white roof of the car

[@johnkranz4004]

Nice job Dan

[@dezford5408]

FYI , I always use REBEL wiring kits. awesome quality, great price!

[@jdsmith556]

It’s about being able to identify a circuit and isolating a circuit (knowing everything in that circuit without accidentally moving into a different circuit) once someone is able to do that, it’s easy to look past the clutter of all that rainbow spaghetti. Then you do your hookups one circuit at a time. Before you know it you’ve attached all the wires and shit works!

[@Poppas_fun_on_wheels]

The low key complaint explaining Danny won 😂 awesome! The love of my life drives it every once in a while…. Makes you wonder if Franky the elephant sized puppy is love of his life or he means Danny lol

[@glennnickerson8438]

I got my last two off of EBay and paid under a hundred. Basic kit no bells or whistles and have had good success with them. I usually step up and get better quality switches and connectors. Haven't burnt down a car yet!😆

[@johnnylom9915]

About $350 Australian dollars for a gold grill down under. Also bit pricey but used American Auto wire for my 57 and worked well and good quality

[@t5montecarlo]

Dan, please tell us about the headlights. They don't look like sealed beam lights and they put an interesting beam pattern on the garage door.

[@idahokevin]

Wiring can be the most monotonous chore of the entire job but.... Gotta keep those dogs safe lol

[@yobentley7274]

That is a really cool test light you have. I like it.

[@stanw5279]

Great video. Wiring 101

[@TorquePowerVideo]

That interior is as loud as the exhaust will be 😂 But I ain't no hater! If that's what the Queen D wants, that's her thing and it's cool.

[@shanewright6958]

Great job 👍👍

[@billjohnson7041]

Great video-working with a $40 Amazon harness -what could go wrong? Wish me luck. Friggin snow & cold here in Minney also.

[@BarryMcCockener74]

Woot First ! Cheers from Detroit, Dan !

[@fullyotto31]

I'm planning on getting a painless universal harness to out in my Duster. Guess I'm going to splice the connectors from the original harness or try to find the pins for a 70's mopar harness.

[@rogan1967]

Looking awesome dude!

[@chasebh89]

Dreaded rewiring my old 1947 dodge truck until I started digging into it and realized "wow I really only need like 5 circuits". Once you get the confidence to do it it's not that hard (until it is)

[@daddysbrokegarage]

I cant myself to even try because dreading screwing it up. But I do everything else

[@SchneiderClassics]

always fun doing wiring

[@armondoborjas4362]

Yeah wiring 🤔 great Sunday morning video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎 Oh maybe number the videos so we can reference them later on some of the great helping installs.

[@offroad4x4nhlife45]

Just ordered a 22 circuit from kwik wire 480 shipped to my door

[@dennisolsen4507]

I feel your pain. $200 for a grill, when the car was about $2300 new.

[@coyboybc]

Yes I am on team Danielle! You have 3 SHE HAS ONE 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Rods-BikesnGuns]

When I did my 55 I used a Ron Francis set up , real good , worked perfectly but was pricey . I'll try Painless on the next project .

[@metalartcustomsLLC]

Painless and aaw are my goto harness love ‘em

[@thman6453]

Couple of tweaks to the bumper and she's good as new👍

[@jamesoliver896]

Very nice job Dan

[@rayfunk5659]

I always put the instrument cluster on a plug. Makes it much easier to work on. Sorry Queen D, but that interior makes my head hurt!

[@steveharvey6532]

I used American Auto Wire kit. On my 57 , the kit is amazing. Remember happy wife happy life lol. Love the video's, keep up the great work.

[@l92375]

Used one on my 55. I bought it pre plandemic but id buy it again.No splicing in using old sockets and connectors.I looked into Painless but the kit I needed you had to reuse some old stuff.I saw no point in a new wiring harness and reusing 65 year old stuff with it.

[@steveharvey6532]

550.00 is what it cost me.

[@joecline3277]

A Team has been junk for me. I've never had good luck. I got my harness from EZ wiring probably the same supplier but I had good luck with them and so have all my friends

[@PaulJFleischer]

That's lookin super good.

[@t.s.racing]

Inexpensive and decent quality wire harness, Speedway Motors. 🇺🇸

[@franknboostrkg2593]

Enjoy your type of hot rodding . That’s the way us should be But ,cobble ,make it fit and be happy

[@79huddy]

Cheap makes a good teaching video try making a pin out and trace board on plywood with the original harness if you have enough of one with it all labeled out with a general routing and measurements marked and you could make a copy of the original pretty quickly and have the same routing as the factory harness and can use the other side of the board for a deluxe harness or a different year or a super basic harness then the cheap harnesseses arent so bad to work with or get loomed up and taped to look way cleaner installed lots of folks got more time than money when it comes to fixing up old cars or building one from a basket case

[@craigbowley6783]

It sounds good man.

[@nzdatsports9659]

I love the car and I love your work DAN but that interior is clown pants. eyeball vandalism . ha ha keep up the nice work though. It’s coming along great .

[@1944chevytruck]

Looking good!