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Thread: Where to buy automotive grade wire for engine harness?

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2013-04-18 01:33:30
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Guys, trust me on this one ....we're in the middle of a total 200SX restoration and making TONS of wire harnesses, so we did a ton of research looking for good wire. By the way, for those that haven't looked at the different types of wire, here's a few basics:
GXL Wire = Under Hood Applications (High Temperature Wire/High Wear/Abrasion)
TXL Wire = Interior Automotive Applications (Same High Temp as GXL, but thinner insulation)
SXL Wire = Under Hood Applications - Super Duty (Same High Temp as GXL, but thicker
insulation)
1) You DEFINITELY want GXL wire (or TXL, SXL, but GXL does it for most applications). It is high temp and made for automotive applications.
2) We did a lot of looking for good priced GXL/TXL wire over the past month and hands down the best I found was a place called WireBarn.com . They have better prices than Wayteck or any other online wire companies we could find and we checked at least a dozen (and FWIW, Autozone wire SUCKS!!). Prices are lower plus Wirebarn sells wire by the foot from 10 feet to 100 foot per color / gage. Various lengths, gages and prices. They sell wire packs also - 8 packs and 6 packs of wire in 25 foot sections and a bunch of colors. I bought the 10 pack GXL wire in 18 Gauge and it is great wire!! Stuff doesn't melt even at 800 degrees F (and I mean the casing...outside of the wire, not holding on the copper). Cool part is that they sell it by the foot as I stated (I bought some 14 gage 10 footers for my headlights - didn't need 100 foot of every color like most of the online stores so this was perfect). We're rewiring a customers' 200SX (and I mean the ENTIRE Vehicle wiring). The great thing is that their wire is Made in USA!!! yeah, baby! I love EVERYTHING made in USA...
Here's the link to the 18GXL 10 Pack we bought.
10 Pack 18 Gage GXL Wire - TEN (10) Colors, 25 Foot Each Color:
Black,Red,Blue,Green,Yellow,Brown, White, Orange, Pink, Violet
There are quite a few places to buy wire online, but this was the best we found. If you don't want 500 or 100 feet of every color, wirebarn is the ticket IMHO. I love these smileys....going to town on them! irate::nevreness:
Wirebarn is about HALF the price of most we looked at...hard to believe, but we found the prices unbeatable. I am in to companies that save us money! Especially because the resto/mod business is not back for us yet.
2013-04-18 03:03:05
#42
Thanks for the good info.
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