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What is a good way to organize wires under dash?

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Old 01-11-2008, 01:35 PM
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What is a good way to organize wires under dash?

Hello,
I want to run my phone and scanguage over to left of steering wheel, but I want to organize the wires coming under the steering wheel and stuff. What is the best way to anchor the wires to under the dash without making anything permanent. I was thinking about those Tyrap anchors, but the double stick tape gets pretty bad after a few years. Any other suggestions?
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Old 01-11-2008, 02:45 PM
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wat i usually do is put a strip of 3M trim double sided mounting tape
on the panel or metal (clean with alcohol before app), place the wires
on the mounting tape, adjust as necessary, then place 3M e-tape over
the wires and the mounting tape so that the adhesives stick to each other.

it secures it very well, yet it's removable... vibration free, and no
need to zip tie anything.

if it's a small wire you can use 3M e-tape and just tape it over the
wire completely so that the adhesive side stick to each other, then
stick the 2 loose adhesive ends of the same tape onto the panel.
 
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Old 01-11-2008, 04:28 PM
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For my Scangauge, which I have at the front left corner of the dash, I ran the cable under the A pillar trim, over the triangular window, and out at the corner where the bottom of the A trim meets the windshield.
 
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Old 01-12-2008, 05:22 AM
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zip ties are normally good, but if you want something easily removable, instead of cutting something, the Velcro straps, or your Tyraps should work well.

Personally, I custom wrapped all my wiring with slotted jackets, and made it permanent with black low profile zip ties.
 
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