Stuart Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Have Lightning Looms disappeared, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windy Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I had all sorts of problems with the Westy built loom in my car & it was heavy. After choosing a new dash from stack I built up a new one myself. Required a lot of time & thought though. Did the same on the Escort but that needed a lot deleting from the original design and a lot adding to it as well (lights, intercom, map reading stuff & fuse boxes inside car etc). No problems with reliability now & I know how everything works. I'd recommend building loom yourself definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I bought a standard Westfield loom, took it apart, removed what I didn't want, added a few bits, moved a few bits around and re-wrapped it. Sounds like a strange way to do it but the Westfield loom comes with all the required connectors and suitably colour coded wires. Buying those for a one-off loom would have inevitably been expensive due to the low volume. Most of the Westfield loom lengths are reasonably OK and it was very quick to do, took a couple of evenings iirc from start to finish. I removed over 500g of cable and connectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I would endorse all the comments about Premier Wiring. Service is great. Its quite a big job though and I found that the way the loom splits into the different sections didn't really work. This loom gives you lots of flexibility to modify the layout but to be honest I would probably go for the Westfield loom if I built another depending on how close to standard the car was. Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisG Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Some Locosters use a loom called a "Vicki Green" loom (dunno who the hell she is ), I can't vouch for its quality as Ive never seen / used one but it might do the same job at a cheaper cost, around £75 from Lolocost.co.uk IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanB Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 It's fine if you're using Sierra stalks on the steering column, although with only 4 fuses it's not great. If you're using dash switches for lights, indicators etc. it's a nightmare. Trust me, the GF bought one for her Ginetta and it took days to modify it to use it with dashboard switches. Especially dashboard switches that weren't actually designed to do what she wanted them to do... Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve L Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Bought a used Westfield with no wiring. Bought a harness from Westfield via the German importer. Harness was basically okay, but a number of the wires under the dash were not the right length for a left-hand drive, though they were supposed to be. My one real complaint was that the wiring diagram furnished looked like a photocopy of a photocopy of a fax of a diagram someone made with his eyes closed. However, Mark at Westfield was extremely helpful in interpreting the diagram. The way the fuse holders were lead through the firewall seemed silly to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofff Posted September 16, 2004 Author Share Posted September 16, 2004 Hi All, Spoke with Alan from Premier Wiring Services. Seemed to be very friendly and explained his loom to me. So I'm going for his 'general seven' loom. Thanks for all the advice Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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