by dave-r » 07 Mar 2011 8:50
The painless system is better than the original and uses the same colour codes. The wire used is a higher quality with lower resistance and better heat resistance. Yet much thinner and lighter than the original.
But the installation looks nothing like the original. No bulkhead connector for a start. Which, for those of us that have had many problems in that area, is a bonus.
Although many connectors are included in the kit, there are many Mopar specific connectors not included. So you need to keep all your original connectors so you can re-use them where needed.
An example would be the steering column plugs. You need to carefully remove the pins, clean them up, and re-use them by soldering the new wires on.
But other things like the rear light fittings you get new pins in the kit for inside the fitting.
There are also a few wires not included. The neutral safety switch wire, the screen washer pump motor wire, the wiring for the variable speed windshield wipers. So you need a few reels of various coloured wire to fill in the gaps.
After fitting the Painless kit, and also fitting relays to the headlights, I had a full battery voltage (14 volts) everywhere in the car for the first time ever.
If you want to keep the car looking original you have no choice but to fit a reproduction harness.
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