Remove Body Harness?

[325isBimmer]

I am debating removing the body harness as the car is hardly ever driven on the street and I am mainly keeping it for lights, wipers and power windows but I am thinking about removing all of it since I plan on going with a digital dash and MK60 ABS. Engine and trans are standalone management also. Does anybody that has removed their body harness regret the decision?

Thanks
-Mike

[olemiss540]

I don't drive at night, use poly window inserts, and don't drive in the rain so had zero need for a body harness.

I would remove and wire in whatever switches you need into your switch panel. Get light.

[aeronaut]

I don't drive at night, use poly window inserts, and don't drive in the rain so had zero need for a body harness.

I would remove and wire in whatever switches you need into your switch panel. Get light.

^Ditto.

I have wondered what would happen when someone runs off track in front of me and plasters my windshield with mud.

[Yahweh]

Just thin it out if it’s a track / Racecar.

[aeronaut]

The instrument cluster wiring is probably the main reason to keep some part of the OEM harness.
I have no "xxxx modules" left in my car, and recently deleted the cluster, so very few OEM wires in the cabin.

[325isBimmer]

I am pretty much at the point where it is a race car only. I sometimes will drive it on the street to do some tuning or car shows. I am ordering a Link dash which is a rebranded aim dash. What solutions have all of you done for the fuel level?

-Mike

[aeronaut]

I've read that because of the resistance range, the OEM fuel level sensor output side reads 0 to less than 5v, so that should work fine. Would just need to measure it to calibrate and confirm.

I use one of these, but I'm not sure it's really needed, see above.
And it doesn't buffer the reading level all that well.

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Fuel-Lev...r-Adaptor.html

I have a resistance v gallons table somewhere, if you want.

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The autosports lab wiki on the E36 has some useful info.

https://wiki.autosportlabs.com/BMW_E36_Guide

[325isBimmer]

I've read that because of the resistance range, the OEM fuel level sensor output side reads 0 to less than 5v, so that should work fine. Would just need to measure it to calibrate and confirm.

I use one of these, but I'm not sure it's really needed, see above.
And it doesn't buffer the reading level all that well.

https://www.bimmerworld.com/Fuel-Lev...r-Adaptor.html

I have a resistance v gallons table somewhere, if you want.

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The autosports lab wiki on the E36 has some useful info.

https://wiki.autosportlabs.com/BMW_E36_Guide

I like the bimmerworld option, Thanks for the info

[golgo13]

I've slowly been thinning my cars body harness as I remove parts that aren't needed for track driving.

I say do it if you can! You'll be surprised how much weight that actually adds to the car.

[Cobra1956]

I started at the rear of the car and worked towards the fuse box. Removed about a fifty gallon trash can full of wire. Removed wipers, removed window motors and used the slide rails to fabricate a hanger that allows me to put the windows in and lock the car. Only thing I kept was the heater and defroster for cold mornings. Rainy works great. Just put in a new windshield and found some 3m tear offs used in dirt tracking that are going on the new glass

[BlackHawkRacing]

The only thing I regret is not starting from scratch. Thinning the main harness sucks and I think it would have been much easier to build a new one from scratch had I been able to source all the connectors.

Otherwise, my advice would be to remove the harness from the car entirely and then start thinning.