Who is the OE Manufacturer for Porsche wire?

Wrecked944 · 09-15-2002, 11:54 AM

This winter's project will be a complete interior refresh. And to this end, I am planning to replace a few of the wires in my dashboard which were scorched during a recent...ahem...uncontrolled combustion event. If it is at all possible, I'd very much like to replace the charred and melted wires with exact duplicates...color, gauge, etc. And if I can do this with individual wires instead of purchasing an entire harness, then that would be really cool. So does anyone know who supplies wire to Porsche?

Thanks,

Bill Douglas · 09-15-2002, 01:26 PM

It might be a bit hard to figure that one out. Most car manufactuters buy their wiring looms already made up by an specialist supplier.

Ron,K · 09-15-2002, 01:27 PM

You might try these guys:

http://www.ynzyesterdaysparts.com/

Roland Kunz · 09-19-2002, 12:15 AM

Hello

Up to the 90´s the wires where supplied mostly from Lapp Kabelwerke in Stuttgart.
Wirelooms where made at Porsche and at Leonsche Drahtwerke.

Grüsse

Bobboloo · Bobboloo's Garage

There's probably only one guy who would know the answer to that question and he just answered it.

Okay maybe two but Roland beat Warren to it.

cary · 09-19-2002, 05:43 AM

How about hitting a dismantler and buying the wirelooms you need from them. Getting the exact year, so all the colors are right.
Just a thought.

Joeaksa · 09-19-2002, 05:59 AM

I go to junkyards from time to time and buy the wiring harness out of a car they are getting ready to crush. Right color codes, sizes and has the connectors on it in most cases.

Costs a $15-20 but its well worth having the right wire and making it look like its factory over a cobbled up repair using wire from Pep Boys...

Joe

Wrecked944 · 09-19-2002, 07:41 AM

Do wires degrade with age? I know that replacing my 22 yr old ground wires with fresh new ones made a dramatic difference in the way nearly everything worked.

tshih · tshih's Garage

Janus,
Believe they do degrade due to heat and oxidation of the copper. Unless gold plated conductors are used, and better plastic insulators as well.

Tom

RoninLB · 09-19-2002, 08:45 AM

Janus...you may want to do voltage drop tests periodically on suspected wire connections...............Ron

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

Here's a guy that makes VW wiring harnesses. His are the de facto standard for repro harnesses; in fact, I don't know that any of his competitors have survives. Correct colors and everything.

Code:

Wiring Works - Bob Nodvik
2805 Kerckhooff Ave.
San Pedro, CA  90731
(310) 519-8147

He made a custom repro harness for my '54 RHD bus using the old one as a template, $300.

Tell him Thom sent ya.