Relocating Wire Harness for Larger Tires

gdgraph · 02-28-2017, 12:28 PM

Someone asked for a summary of how to do the wire harness relocation for the driver side rear wheel well when upgrading to larger tires. I uploaded this summary and picture and figured I would share here:

Here's a picture of my driver side rear wheel well. After you remove the wheel well liner you should see a cable that runs in the general path of the red line.

- Remove the wheel well liner by popping out the handful of plastic clips (I only undid the forward half of the liner)
- The yellow marks represent where the cable is secured with a zip tie,
- Cut the bottom 2 that are shown
- Relocate the cable by sliding it inboard as far as it goes (shown by the green line)
- Down at the bottom by the harness connector you will see a frame with a hole that you can run a zip tie through to secure it in it's new location

You can see in the picture where the hole will form from rubbing. This particular picture is from a BFG 305/35/20 on stock springs. Why did I go with a 35 instead of a 30... Because that's all the BFG comp 2 A/S comes in and I wanted to run a 305 size A/S on my 20x11s.

After a few hundred miles the rubbing stopped (didn't get any bigger than what you see below) and no issues with damage to the cable.

BurnOne · 02-28-2017, 03:44 PM

Thanks for the write up and Pic!!!!

gdgraph · 02-28-2017, 03:58 PM

No problem!

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Originally Posted by BurnOne

Thanks for the write up and Pic!!!!

cmeJATT · 02-28-2017, 04:06 PM

Perfect!!!!

Thanks

JATT

gdgraph · 02-28-2017, 04:17 PM

Wider Tires = More Fun!

Enjoy!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmeJATT

Perfect!!!!

Thanks

JATT

bybcous · 03-27-2017, 08:49 PM

Going to wide for track lol. I had to rerouute the wire today

gdgraph · 03-27-2017, 09:28 PM

Wow, that's a huge hole lol

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Originally Posted by bybcous

Going to wide for track lol. I had to rerouute the wire today

Sledgehammer70 · 03-29-2017, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bybcous

Going to wide for track lol. I had to rerouute the wire today

How wide did you go?

MrAl · 03-30-2017, 04:38 PM

Is this already done at the factory for 1LE SS ?

Mr Al

meSSohappy · 07-12-2018, 01:21 AM

Hmmm...was this changed for the 2018 ZL1?

Gatorac · 07-12-2018, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrAl

Is this already done at the factory for 1LE SS ?

Mr Al

I'm gonna say no because mine is wearing through the liner right at that spot and i't completely stock.

parbreak · 07-14-2018, 08:30 PM

Just relocated mine last night before mounting 305/45/17 Mickeys for the track.

Booher · 07-19-2018, 05:39 PM

I took my wheel off and did the wire reloaction as directed above. Then I went down to discount tire, after a sweet burnout of course, and had some ps4's installed. (295 in the back)Upon receiving the car, discount tire said it was rubbing the fender well a little bit. So I went home, pulled off my tire and peeled the liner back, cleaned a couple spots on the frame with alcohol, and stuck velcro to the car, then peeled the other side and stuck it to it. I then put the liner back and pressed where the velcro was. I gained maybe an inch of space as there was a gap between the liner and the car. I can now get my fingers behind the tire where before I couldn't. Figured this might help some people from preventing holes in their liner.

SaphfireSS · 08-24-2018, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrAl

Is this already done at the factory for 1LE SS ?

Mr Al

No. Had to relocate mine. It’s simple.

02-28-2017, 12:28 PM	#1
gdgraph Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 916 View My Garage	Relocating Wire Harness for Larger Tires Someone asked for a summary of how to do the wire harness relocation for the driver side rear wheel well when upgrading to larger tires. I uploaded this summary and picture and figured I would share here: Here's a picture of my driver side rear wheel well. After you remove the wheel well liner you should see a cable that runs in the general path of the red line. - Remove the wheel well liner by popping out the handful of plastic clips (I only undid the forward half of the liner) - The yellow marks represent where the cable is secured with a zip tie, - Cut the bottom 2 that are shown - Relocate the cable by sliding it inboard as far as it goes (shown by the green line) - Down at the bottom by the harness connector you will see a frame with a hole that you can run a zip tie through to secure it in it's new location You can see in the picture where the hole will form from rubbing. This particular picture is from a BFG 305/35/20 on stock springs. Why did I go with a 35 instead of a 30... Because that's all the BFG comp 2 A/S comes in and I wanted to run a 305 size A/S on my 20x11s. After a few hundred miles the rubbing stopped (didn't get any bigger than what you see below) and no issues with damage to the cable. Attached Images

03-27-2017, 08:49 PM	#6
bybcous Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue 1SS Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: hampton roads Posts: 2,763	Going to wide for track lol. I had to rerouute the wire today Attached Images __________________ 1ss/Auto-Hyper Blue acs carbon flash spoiler, bmr springs, gm clear tails. Texas speed cam, 223/227 .635/.635 116 LSA, Kooks Long Tube Headers with green cats, MSD Atomic Air Force Intake, CAI Cold Air Intake, QTP cutouts. 503 hp Best so far 11.5 at 123 with a 1.83 60ft. BMR lower and upper trailing arms and upper control arms,E85 DELIVERED 12/29/15 http://youtube.com/bybcous " no talking only racing on my youtube"

07-12-2018, 01:21 AM	#10
meSSohappy Drives: 2018 ZL1 A10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 1,372	Hmmm...was this changed for the 2018 ZL1? __________________ DAVENPORT STAGE 2 PLUS - 2" ARH ceramic coated headers - 3" ARH catless exhaust - Stock NPP mufflers - Kong ported SC - Katech 103 ported TB - Rotofab 5" Big gulp CAI - 22.5% lower pulley - ATI Harmonic balancer - Cordes SC expansion tank - MSD hi temp ignition wires - Koolsox spark plug insulators - custom tunes - 660hp/725tq pump - 713hp/763tq race

07-14-2018, 08:30 PM	#12
parbreak Drives: 2017 50th Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Maryland Posts: 525	Just relocated mine last night before mounting 305/45/17 Mickeys for the track. __________________ 50th Anniversary Edition \|Borla Atak and 60606 mid pipes\| Kooks 1 7/8" \| ProCharger Stage II \|305/45/17 DRs \| Circle D 3500 stall \| LT4 fueling \| Custom made Lowside Aux Pump \| Alky Control Meth \| DSX E85

02-28-2017, 03:44 PM	#2
BurnOne Drives: 2018 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Cali Posts: 100	Thanks for the write up and Pic!!!!

02-28-2017, 04:06 PM	#4
cmeJATT Drives: SS-6-SPD Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,364	Perfect!!!! Thanks JATT

03-30-2017, 04:38 PM	#9
MrAl Drives: 2017 Camaro SS 1LE HBM Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Toronto Posts: 28	Is this already done at the factory for 1LE SS ? Mr Al

07-19-2018, 05:39 PM	#13
Booher Drives: 2019 zl1 6 speed Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Lake Havasu Arizona Posts: 979	I took my wheel off and did the wire reloaction as directed above. Then I went down to discount tire, after a sweet burnout of course, and had some ps4's installed. (295 in the back)Upon receiving the car, discount tire said it was rubbing the fender well a little bit. So I went home, pulled off my tire and peeled the liner back, cleaned a couple spots on the frame with alcohol, and stuck velcro to the car, then peeled the other side and stuck it to it. I then put the liner back and pressed where the velcro was. I gained maybe an inch of space as there was a gap between the liner and the car. I can now get my fingers behind the tire where before I couldn't. Figured this might help some people from preventing holes in their liner.

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