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Old 05-16-2010, 05:42 PM
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ya thats what i heard i asked an instructor that finally knew something about abs systems he told me it could be done just to watch the angles in the lines to make sure that nothing gets crimped and mess something up, he says that mercedez and bmw have more sensitive abs units and that owners of those cars still do the abs tucks and what not, just gotta wait for the right tools to get here to start on it had school this weekend so the motor is probably coming out next weekend to make it a lot easier.
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Let's see if I can bring this back to life




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damn, that looks awesome man.
any plans to shave off all the brackets and fill all the holes?
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Yeah that's the plan. But I was pressed for time to get it ready for a show. I don't have any shows coming up so now I have time to clean it up some more.
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nice, should look awesome when its done
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im in the process of doing this to mine........wow what a clean bay!!!
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I am seriously contemplating doing this. If I can keep the power steering I think I will do it over the summer.
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You can always relocate ps. I thought about it by decided not too.
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Yeah, lol talking to you about this on wfc too lol. But yeah. I wanna keep my abs and ps. Should make for a good summer project.
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Oh yeah lol. Just noticed the screen name. Oops.

Just take your time. It's a little annoying some times but it's worth it in the end.
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completely agree!!!!! relocated my abs under the dash along with the power steering its going to sexy in the end!!!
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it seems a bunch of people are finally trying this, ive been getting quite a few PMs about wire tuck related stuff lately. If you guys have any questions please post them in the thread so everyone can answer/learn from them. Also note that i no longer even own a tC so i cant take any more pictures or walk outside to look at something to tell you how i did it.
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I like it, looks good.
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You know, when I first turned 16 (10 years ago), my car didn't have A/c, power steering, OR abs. I can't imagine purposefully removing any of the things I've never had in a car until now.

Don't get me wrong, it does look nice..but...no windshield wipers and removing the bumpers to check coolant/fuses? Yeesh.
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for people who relocated the battery. just ran 0 gauge wire to the trunk right? and where did you ground the battery out? under where the spare was? or rear seat brackets?
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Originally Posted by Simplylibet
for people who relocated the battery. just ran 0 gauge wire to the trunk right? and where did you ground the battery out? under where the spare was? or rear seat brackets?
i havent wire tucked but have a 2nd battery in the hatch....i sanded down an area under the 'floor' of the hatch next to where the spare wheel is, drilled a whole there and grounded it that way.


and tampa that looks freakin bad ****!
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so I know this is a old thread but it's been brought back to life before haha, I'n the near future I'm going to attempt to wire tuck my turbo tC. My buddy with a SR20 swapped 240 did a tuck on his and it looks sick so he's gana help me out. Hope to be posting some pics for you all soon!
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Hey man I'm in the process of doing this and I relocated my battery and for some reason my car is having trouble starting up and I hooked up all the power lines together help
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Old 07-19-2012, 03:05 PM
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are you getting any juice at all? just a click? just not turning over?
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