Painless wiring kit -- Dash install

[sanders7981]

  I am working on getting the dash together , which is on a mount outside of the car.  I have a mopar painless wiring kit to wire the car. I am by no means an electrician... But what's the easiest way to wire this thing up?  Should I cut a length if wire off the harness to connect it to the dash so there is some slack for me to reach to connect each wire to it's corresponding wire after the dash is installed?  There is enough to do this.  This would save me hours of laying on my back reaching up into the dash...  Thoughts? 

Also, I assume I will have to cut off the old connections and light sockets then splice them into the new wiring correct?

[A383Wing]

if you are "electrically challenged"...I would suggest you find someone that could help you with this...

These are called "Pain-in-the-Ass" wiring harness's for a reason....they will make even the most experienced car guys think twice before taking this project on

I have done 2 cars with the Pain-less kits...both were Chevy's...and both were a major pain

[myk]

They call it "Painless" because they know just how painful it actually is.  It's not a knock against their kit, it's just a fact; wiring jobs suck.  In any case, I had a professional install my system, and as I watched them install it they worked their way from the power distribution/fuse panel to the various accessories, snip and clip the OEM sockets/connectors into place, so on and so forth.  I just wouldn't cut anything until I've measured everything repeatedly; it'd be a lot easier to bundle extra wiring than it would be to splice in additional length of wiring because the original wire is too short.

Good luck and take it easy; hats off to you for tackling a long, tedious, but not impossible job by yourself...

[Dino]

With a diagram in hand, the proper tools and a DISCONNECTED battery...not much you can do wrong.  Yes do leave the wires long enough to give them some slack.  Car manufacturers need them as short as possible to save a few pennies per car, we don't have to do that.  Don't leave them unnecessarily long either though.

Go slow and double check every connection you make until it's all hooked up, then go back and retighten everything.  A loose connection is your worst enemy.  It would be wise if an electrician could check your work before connecting the battery as well but if you have the fuses in place then you should be okay.

[sanders7981]

Luckily, everything is out of the car so I am running wires to items as I install them.  Rear tail lights are in, dash is next, then engine bay... No battery yet.