Altima SE-R Battery Relocation and Full Wire Tuck

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Here is the P.Side all tucked with the fuse box still in the engine bay.

Just for info on how to remove the Anti Skid Control Actuator clip. Pull the handle out like a drawer and it will release the clip.

After tucking the wires on the P.Side there wasn’t enough length for the driver side to stay as is. This is where all the fun began!

Battery, Battery Tray, Fuse Boxes Removed

Here are all the wire that run out from the internal fuse box. The fire retardant caulk was a b to get off..

The wires that go to the engine fuse boxes will now run inside the white plastic boxes along the side of the car to the trunk where the fuse boxes will now reside.

New home for the battery and engine fuse boxes. Deciding where to put the battery. Will most likely keep it in the spare tire bay, build a riser to hide everything, and lay the oem carpet back over the top.

Here are the only wires that will run out to the driver side from the internal fuse box. D.Side Head light, Fog Light, Airbag, and Horn.

Current state now is where I started on the engine harness. Laid the heads and a few other parts in to just help give me an idea of the room I will have to work with and where the wires will need to go. I will pull the wires through the fire wall that need to go to the trunk. Whatever has to stay in the engine bay will stay untaped and out of the way for now until the engine is put back together. This way I can tuck, hide, and run everything in it’s new permanent spot.

Pulled apart the fire retardant caulk on the wire that go through the fire wall to the ECU.

The wiper motor wires now run through the frame instead of over the strut. That screw is where the ground wire goes to now.

The wires pop out through the frame here and meet up with the other wires that will go back to the trunk.

Here is an idea of how everything will be sealed off. Using the stock gasket. Just gotta tape it up.

Here is everything taped up. Not taping the gasket yet because I may be running the master cylinder and left front abs through here.

This is behind the headlight. You can see in the upper right of the pic there are welded nuts. They are where the grounds used to go on this side. I had a clip and screw laying around and it fit perfectly here to mount the grounds a little farther back. All grounds were cut to size and soldered together.

This what the old battery location looks like now.

I also did some work on the passenger side but nothing worthy of taking pics yet. Should be finishing that side this week.

I need some help on this. This clip has always just free floated since I bought the car. It’s right by the driver fog lamp. Anyone know what this and where does it clip to. I want to put it where it belongs lol.

Talked to Altima02Dub and the EGR wires can be removed but the injector wires need to stay. Anyway, here are some small update photos.

Wires fit perfectly under the plastic protector. Removed the rear seats and now I have easy access to the trunk to start soldering some wires back together.

Started the weekend with removing the EGR, Secondary O2’s, and Vacuum clips/wires.

Did a little work under the dash

Random shot of the interior but you can see under the dash is cleaned up a little

Need to get some larger gauge wire to extend these last few on the driver side

Engine bay with a mess of cut and labeled wires

Engine bay cleaned up with most of the clips back on and somewhat organized.

Here is one of the many things I did today. Stupid ABS wires are in clear eye site. No way to really hide them perfectly. Here is the driver side. I ran it up and around the back of the strut tower along with the brake fluid wires Best I could do without completely deleting the ABS (which I seriously thought of doing).

Starting wiring up the IPDM

Here is a shot from the other day. Completely finished the brake actuator clip. Instead of the wires running along the frame they will make a u-turn up through the fire wall.

Last night I extended some more wires to the IPDM. Also, took apart the fuse box by the battery and started wiring that up too.

Battery Box and Wires came in this weekend!!

Had some time before work this morning and put a few clips in place. When I was clipping some trans wires in I noticed a hole in the trans I can run some wires through. I ran two of the trans clips and the starter wire through here.

Close up shot.

From a small distance. You can barely see them

Ran a few more wires today in the small block of free time I had before work. One cool part was the ALT power wire.

I bent the small tabs the other way

Now the wire runs down instead of up. I was pretty stoked how I worked out.

Spent all day on the engine bay. Here a few shots of the semi final product.

Shot of the engine bay with almost all parts installed

Close up of the coil pack wires. Notice how I hide the solenoid wire

Injectors zip tied in a u-turn to hide them a little better.

Side shot of the engine where all the wires will meet. Wish I could hide it better but this car has so many clips. It’s the best I can do right now.

All the wires in the engine bay meet up here behind the rear valve cover and go into the firewall. I basically eliminated the three engine wire harnesses and made one harness. Although, for now I will still use the oem rear injector and rear coil pack harness as is. It’s under the intake manifold anyway and you won’t see them.