Custom Auto Wiring & Electrical HP1545: OEM Electrical Systems, Premade & Custom Wiring Kits, & CarAudio Installationsfor Street Rods, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, Trucks & Restorations [Mass Market Paperback]

Matt Strong (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 2009

This indispensable guide to high performance and OEM automotive electrical systems covers electrical theory, wiring techniques and equipment, custom wiring harnesses for racing, hot rods and restorations, pre-made wiring harnesses, special electrical systems (navigational, audio, video), troubleshooting common electrical problems, dashboards and instrument, and trailer wiring.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: HP Trade; 1 edition (April 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557885451
• ISBN-13: 978-1557885456
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wiring, December 13, 2009

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Andy J. Hendrick (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Custom Auto Wiring & Electrical HP1545: OEM Electrical Systems, Premade & Custom Wiring Kits, & CarAudio Installationsfor Street Rods, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, Trucks & Restorations (Mass Market Paperback)

I like this book a little better than the SA Design book "Automotive Wiring and electrical systems" It shows more step by step instruction on wiring. But like I said in my review for the SA book if you are wiring a whole car from scratch it is not that much help. It has a lot of good info for someone who wants to learn what everything is and how it works but not so much on how to do it yourself.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, April 8, 2011

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CruzPCH - See all my reviews

This review is from: Custom Auto Wiring & Electrical HP1545: OEM Electrical Systems, Premade & Custom Wiring Kits, & CarAudio Installationsfor Street Rods, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, Trucks & Restorations (Mass Market Paperback)

I've wired a few simple hot rods and picked up this book hoping to expand my skills. Don't waste your money. There's quite a bit of "what it is..." but very little "how to..." Except for a couple of mondo-complex diagrams the author has cribbed out of an OEM manual, there are literally NO useful wiring diagrams in the entire book. In fact, most of his discourse and photos are from OEM situations. For the DIY hot rodder, you're out of luck. The author's writing is pretty choppy, too. I found myself going back over sentences multiple times trying to figure out WTF he was trying to say. The whole book read like a "writing assignment" given to him by his publisher. Sorry, thumbs down.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars picture book with no instructive illustations or text., May 22, 2011

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This review is from: Custom Auto Wiring & Electrical HP1545: OEM Electrical Systems, Premade & Custom Wiring Kits, & CarAudio Installationsfor Street Rods, Muscle Cars, Race Cars, Trucks & Restorations (Mass Market Paperback)

this book is a waste of money. it has no type of applicable instuction. the illustrations / photos are useless. i can see nothing redeeming in this book. it is by no means an instuction manual. even if you know a lot about automotive electrical systems, this book offers no increase in knowledge. and, if you know little or nothing about automotive electricity. , read this book and for the most part you will still know nothing. investigate your purchase, thats why the good old fashion book store is best ,you can see for yourself. don't take a chance on this one.