Tias63
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Wish I had the budget for a complete wire system redo, but I don't. Looking for a good source for quality wire, the is OEM color coded, such as Black with White tracer, Yellow with Black tracer...
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Good quality wire is not cheap. Especially if you are wanting a tracer. By the time you add up the wire cost, terminals, connectors and tape a replacement harness will seem like a good deal.
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Digikey for wire or similar. If you want a tracer line on it you're gonna be painting it yourself these days.
I have not found a source for wire with tracers. Doing my whole front end now with relays for most stuff. I bought a package of ten different colors of 25 foot rolls of16ga silicone insulated copper wire. This was the best option I've found so far. Amazon.
I found several wires with a tracer - but the colour combinations are limited....and the supplier is in New Zealand.
Unless you are going for a Concours type finish, I would just stick to the solid colours, then adjust to the next best colour option for the ones originally shown as having a tracer colour.
Be cautious buying Chinese wire...they are known to use aluminium and coat it with a copper looking material. It is a lot lighter in weight and poorer quality. The sneaky bastages have done that with Cat5 and Cat6 cables..... be careful what you buy - or where you buy it.
Unless you are going for a Concours type finish, I would just stick to the solid colours, then adjust to the next best colour option for the ones originally shown as having a tracer colour.
Be cautious buying Chinese wire...they are known to use aluminium and coat it with a copper looking material. It is a lot lighter in weight and poorer quality. The sneaky bastages have done that with Cat5 and Cat6 cables..... be careful what you buy - or where you buy it.
beebest
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LSwiring.com has automotive wire with tracer color. No idea where they are from though.
BigFlo
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If you’re looking to do an entire wiring harness, I agree with Pnora - not worth the cost in all the materials, tools, time, quality to make your own. If you’re going to do individual circuits or add accessories, there is good advice on ceautoelectricsupply.com.
Tias63
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Found out about the cheap ching-chong wire the hard way on our Off-Road race car. Looking for good quality wire. Thanks man
Runcharger
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I used to harvest wiring harnesses from Dodge vans and pickups at the picnpull autowreckers. Thata was relevent about 10 years ago, maybe now they're cooked too in your location. However that used to be a good source of quality colour coded wire.
Maybe you guys should read the info on ads - they usually tell you outright its "CCA" (Copper Coated Aluminum).
FWIW, car audio guys love that **** - light weight, takes the amps, flexible and WAY less expensive than OFC.
Crackedback
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Rhode Island Wire may have some wire that has tracers on it.
The china wire... ugh. I got a batch of that from a supplier. The insulation was the thickness of 12ga wire and the wire was 16ga. It wasn't any less expensive than other suppliers either (trying to goose their gross profit!) Yeah that shite went back. Told the supplier I wouldn't be back if they sold that wire, USA made only.
Waytek might do it, but they would likely need a decent quantity to fulfill. Not a 10 foot batch
The china wire... ugh. I got a batch of that from a supplier. The insulation was the thickness of 12ga wire and the wire was 16ga. It wasn't any less expensive than other suppliers either (trying to goose their gross profit!) Yeah that shite went back. Told the supplier I wouldn't be back if they sold that wire, USA made only.
Waytek might do it, but they would likely need a decent quantity to fulfill. Not a 10 foot batch
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