12-22-2019, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Fifty150hs
Because you have to take a lot less of the car apart to fish the harness. You can get the harness without the connectors through much smaller spaces. I had seen a Youtube of the installation that they cut off the connectors at one end. I didn't see the sense in it after watching it, so I was going to do it without cutting the harness. It quickly became apparent I would need to take a lot of stuff apart to run the harness with the connectors. Butt splicing the harness back together is less work. IMHO. 
Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIEKdYtIaWE |
Gotcha. I worry about that many butt splices (besides the extra girth it creates at the joined section). I know it's supposed to be 100% fine, it's just my OCD/neuroses will get me to take the interior out 100% of the time. 
I like your idea of de-pinning X5only. Make sure to take A LOT of good, clear, pics of the connectors before taking them all out. Wiring diagram of the connectors is not a bad idea either. Both of which I'm sure you've already thought of... 
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