completely new wiring harness?

[E30 Wagen]

anybody ever just replaced the entire wiring system with a new OE one? I'm talking about literally everything. Is it difficult? cost effective? Are there certain wiring harnesses better than others? I need to remove the fuse box and all that to repaint the engine bay (which i'm stuck on), and i'm discovering that previous owner mutilated everything.

[mattdk318i]

i use to have 2 minty car harnesses but they got in the way and weighed a ton. So i let the local guys cut out what they needed.

[kroberts]

I had to buy a new engine harness for the S52 in my swap car. Actually bought a harness for an OBDI car (1995 325 IIRC). It was $700 and had to come from the Fatherland. It was very painful.

I seriously doubt that a new E30 body harness can be had at any price. If available, I cant imagine what it would cost.

[george graves]

Why do you want to replace the entire harness?

[Farbin Kaiber]

...and i'm discovering that previous owner mutilated everything.

Why do you want to replace the entire harness?

^^^.

[dashboardmonkey]

What year E30?

I have an entire E30 harness, the only mutilated part is the headlight switch plug. harness is for an early car.

I would have to call Luke to see if he wants to keep it though.

PM me if you are interested

[Farbin Kaiber]

My car had an infestation of rats, and a list of many PO modZ. If I wasn't gonna go thru it all anyway, I'd be looking for one of those too.

I had to order many a harness for Honduh guys after 700+ random wiring mods and doodads.

[Ray Smoodiver]

I almost want to do the same, mine is a complete mess.

If you're going to all that trouble, you may as well make it mil-spec, and we all know how that turned out for our favorite aerospace engineer slash M3 owner.

[george graves]

^ 2300 lbs e30 - that's how it turned out for him.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Sweet. Maybe he can market his just as soon as he finds the pictures in a filing cabinet in the Palisades.

[lylefk]

I did this in my old camaro...admittedly it was way easier than it would be in an e30, but I loved it.

[Funkmasta]

*For best results, use a harness that is of the same model/year/options that you have or want.