Aftermarket wiring harness + original sprite wire

[Branson]

Im debating on how to wire up my '65 sprite. I picked up an Ultra 8 wiring harness from keep it clean wiring

https://www.keepitcleanwiring.com/catalog...re-Panel-System

and I'm thinking about mating it to the original sprite harness that I have (mainly for all of the lighting and the turn signal switch) . The sprite harness is in good shape and shows minimal hacking by the DPO. Has anyone done something similar and meshed the 2 together? Or should I forget the sprite harness and go all new?

Thanks!

 

[Jim_Gruber]

Only you will know how this one is wired. Don't do that to the next owner.Granted everything in your car is non stock but try not to have the next owner swearing about the DPO who owned this car.

 

[Branson]

true dat. i spent this morning tagging all of the wires in the original harness. i may leave those on it if i choose to use that harness

 

[Gerard]

Only you will know how this one is wired. Don't do that to the next owner.Granted everything in your car is non stock but try not to have the next owner swearing about the DPO who owned this car.

I'm not sure that's a good enough reason <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">not</span></span> to use a non-stock wiring kit.

I've done it both ways. I recently wired my Morris Minor pickup with a similar kit and I can tell you it's a much better way to go than cobbling two harnesses together. The only original wiring I kept was the pigtails that were for the turn signal and horn. This was due to the unique, column mounted switch mechanism on the Morris.

While these kits will not have your standard color codes, they usually have in wire labeled every few inches with the function (horn, right turn signal, right stop lamps, license plate lamp, etc. In the end, this actually makes tracing the circuits much easier anyway and the multi-circuit fuses and relays are a great thing to have.

Since your car is not original, I can't see any reason not to go this route.

 

[RyanBez]

Only you will know how this one is wired. Don't do that to the next owner.Granted everything in your car is non stock but try not to have the next owner swearing about the DPO who owned this car.

I'm not sure that's a good enough reason <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">not</span></span> to use a non-stock wiring kit.

I've done it both ways. I recently wired my Morris Minor pickup with a similar kit and I can tell you it's a much better way to go than cobbling two harnesses together. The only original wiring I kept was the pigtails that were for the turn signal and horn. This was due to the unique, column mounted switch mechanism on the Morris.

While these kits will not have your standard color codes, they usually have in wire labeled every few inches with the function (horn, right turn signal, right stop lamps, license plate lamp, etc. In the end, this actually makes tracing the circuits much easier anyway and the multi-circuit fuses and relays are a great thing to have.

Since your car is not original, I can't see any reason not to go this route.

Agreed, I'm doing my own custom wire harness, but of course I'm taking notes because even I wont remember how I did a few years after it is done...Also, if you are planning on adding any accessories (fog lights, etc) you are adding more confusion to the next owner anyway...just do the wiring right so the next owner never has to look at it!

 

[Westfield_XI]

Wire it up any way you want, just use the standard wiring colors for components. That way anyone with familiarity with LBC's will be able to easily trace the wiring.