Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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I know some hear have used the Painless harness and are happy. I have stumbled on to American Autowire,s wiring harness that seems to be a good product. Im comparing the Painless T Bucket $299 vs the American Autowires Highway 15 $349 wiring system. For the price the Highway 15 harness includes extras like the ign.,headlight,Dimmer,switch relays etc. that the Painless doesnt. My problem is I dont know much about the American Autowires product quality and I have confidence in Painless products and support. I do know that American Autowire claims to be Runner up at the 09 Semi show with thier Harness products. Any opinions and or experience with either of these products is welcomed. Their website is www.americanautowire.com Thanks for any help mike If you want to check the Highway 15 harness out click on the Highway series in the Modified auto paragraph 2nd one down on the front home page.
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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I've rewired several street rods with American Rewire and they're very nice. I did mine with a Ron Francis one some 20 yrs. ago and while it was a good kit, the American Rewire is better IMO. Rick
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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is there anything about that kit that would make it difficult to use in a Mopar?
no not really.
stop in AMERICAN AUTOWIRE. LAST TIME I WAS IN THERE THEY WERE FRIENDLY. SURE THEY WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU have, ( oops, sorry about the caps.) i think an employee posts on pro-touring.com
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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Yep! American Autowire is superior to Painless. The reasons: Painless isn't painless. The biggest difference is that the wires are all molded in the back of the Painless system. Therefore, you can't change or remove any of the wires or circuits. The wires come with fixed lengths that you cut at the end and attach to the system....not good! American Auto Wire begins at the system or item and you run the length back to the fuse panel and insert it at the panel. Unlike the Painless system....you only use the circuit you want/need. The American Auto Wire is a much better engineered system. If you don't want to use the circuit on the Painless system you must either cut the wire off of the back of the panel (therefore you'll never be able to use it in the future) or coil the wires up and zip tie them in the back which causes a lump of wire hanging out of the back of the panel.
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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I used the EZ kit on my 36. No complaints!
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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GTX, I did a quick check on them as you suggested and my first thoughts were that they had bettter pricing. But thier kits didnt include the extra 3 switches, compared to the American Autowire. Ignition, headlight and dimmer. As far as Quality differences???, Dont know?? Besides the better price what do feel the better value is?. mike
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
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Anyone tried the harness from EZ Wiring? A guy around town has been rewiring old mopars with these wiring kits.
http://www.ezwiring.com/wiring_harness.html
I'm putting one in my Barracuda. Everything looks top notch. I doesn't have the sub harness for the wiper motor and the kit I have is setup for a GM.
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Re: Painless vs American Autowire universal harness
[Re: Sport440]
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REMEMBER......American Auto Wire is set up for GM vehicles only. Switches break the ground not the positive like on Fords.
James Stinebaker
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