- An aluminium bellypan is pretty much required for our style of wiring, but a polycarb base with holes drilled out for zipties can also be used. You'll probably end up with some accidental holes and it won't be very pretty, but it's a good start towards cleaner wiring that's easy to maintain. We used white polycarb for this in 2011. Clear might look cool. YMMV.
- Use lots of zipties. Properly trim them, place at regular intervals along wire runs, etc.
- Use heat-shrink tubing over crimps and splices.
- When laying out runs, give yourself a few extra inches of wire when you cut. Connectorize one end, lay it out, then cut the other end to length & connectorize.
- Use zip cord (nonglossy looks better).
- Give yourself enough wire for strain relief.
- Color coding is, in our opinion, not required. Our philosophy is that the wiring should be clean enough to easily trace without any extra markings.
Here are a couple of examples of our wiring
2012 2013