Wire Tuck Pt. III (56K May Take A Bit)

[JohnS.]

Alright, so Pt. II turned out bad since not a single person left a reasonably positive comment besides blackhope and another guy (can't remember the name. said "it's getting there).

So, I decided to try something a little different. With **special thanks to BlackHope**, I was able to accomplish what I accomplished today .

So I started off with getting rid of those fugly foglights so the red and white wire weren't in my engine bay anymore:

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I picked this up from Home Depot:

^^ See where I'm going?

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Here's after about an hours worth of work (including foglight delete):

Wait a minute??? The windshield washer fluid tank is still there but where's the hose?!?!

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Ooohhhh!! There it is!!

^^Used the OEM piece from the factory washer fluid tubing

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So does the washer assembly still work????

^^ You betcha!

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And JUST as I finished putting my front bumper and grill on, I had some friendly company to cheer me on as they passed:

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Overall, I am VERY pleased with how this came out. Both the foglight delete and washer fluid tubing re-route cleaned up the driver side TONS.

I also bought clear tubing to replace the black rubber one running from the radiator to the resevoir but it turns out it's just a SMIDGE too small so I have to go back and buy the next size up. Another thing I bought was a big can of flat black rustoleum. Tomorrow, I'm gonna hit up the engine bay with a metal brush, sandpaper, and the flat black can and fix some rust. Also will change the radiator hose.

 

[iOn]

woot for no nasty foggies and tucking the new tubing

 

[cole]

looks good thats a realy cool idea, but i wouldent call it a wire tuck. ive seem to notice these wire tucking threads pop up everywhere "not tyring to be rude or anything" but just removing one or two things is not a wire tuck.

 

[JohnS.]

Hence why it's called "Pt. III". One part of many parts that will lead me to the final tuck job.

Each time I successfully tuck/hide something, I call it a "Pt. x"

 

[cole]

Hence why it's called "Pt. III". One part of many parts that will lead me to the final tuck job.

Each time I successfully tuck/hide something, I call it a "Pt. x"

i mean i guess what do you plan on removing / hiding next?

 

[DaGFTDOne]

Looks good, this is giving me more ideas on how I wanna approach all this... keep it up, I look forward to seeing more. btw.... Icemaker tubing FTMFW!

 

[JohnS.]

i mean i guess what do you plan on removing / hiding next?

I Plan on switching to SRI once I get a 3rd hole drilled for the vacuum line 99-00 models have, taking a metal brush to rusted stuff, sanding it, then spraying it flat black to get the engine bay to look cleaner, get an aftermarket header possibly, etc. etc. And like I said, tomorrow I'm gonna work on switcing that radiator resevoir tube to a clear one.

Anything to make the engine bay looker cleaner and less clustered.

Looks good, this is giving me more ideas on how I wanna approach all this... keep it up, I look forward to seeing more. btw.... Icemaker tubing FTMFW!

Actually, when I went to Home Depot this morning, each box that had all the clear tubing in it specifically said "*DO NOT USE WITH ICE MAKERS*.

 

[BlackHopeDC5]

very good

on to cleaning and painting

 

[Szady]

Looks good mang. I just did the same thing today w/my washer lines. 3 feet or so of 1/4" tubing, at 12 cents a yard, comes to a whoping 51 cents at Lowes. Looking fowards to seeing more, b/c Im in the process of tucking my bay too, so Im looking for ideas too.

 

[STR_TopGun]

looks really good inside the engine bay..i think ima try that on my EM2..mad propz 2 u

 

[Svr_Civic]

looks good i guess... i havent even attempted a wire tuck but my engine bay is still cleaner..lol o wells i guess its getting there slowly but surely

 

[96 EK]

Looks good

 

[JohnS.]

looks good i guess... i havent even attempted a wire tuck but my engine bay is still cleaner..lol o wells i guess its getting there slowly but surely

I know if I pressure washed the engine bay it'd look better than yours.

But thanks.

 

[BuiltforSin]

pics of car when you had fogs?

 

[JohnS.]

pics of car when you had fogs?

Most recent pics of it:

 

[CivicEX13]

looking good man...when my car goes in for the winter some of this will be getting done on my car also...it is goin to be rough tho with turbo but we will see but looks good

 

[.blazed_ej8]

looks good...

 

[aaren99]

Lookin good

 

[snozepp147]

you don't have to drill a hole in your short ram, just put it on there and get a mini filter for the vacuum. i have one on my b16. i don't know where you get them but i'm sure if you look you can find them- probly even at autozone or something for like $5. it looks cleaner than the hose too, especially if you're trying to hide wires and hoses. here's a picture of mine

btw: the washer line mod looks good, i'm gonna have to do that.

 

[Genuine Rolla]

not bad at all...i just might do that this weekend.