I'm going to blame the MK IVA videos for this one! So far my wiring has been bound and clipped as required, but many of the IVA videos and other guidance have had the wiring in conduit. I've often thought it was overkill and I didn't bother. For the engine wiring it's in conduit as it gets from the chassis to the engine, mainly because that's where the most movement occurs. Where there's movement, there's possibly wear and breakage.
All the way down the side of the car for the front and rear lights it's just bound wires because the wiring doesn't get any abuse as it travels. Now I'm in my 'overthinking everything' phase I am thinking for the sake of a tenner and a couple of hours effort it's worth just putting in some split conduit. All I would be doing is cutting each clip zip tie in turn, putting the wires in the conduit and strapping it back up again. The most challenging step would be the wiring in the side of the car where it's really awkward to reach.
So yeah, I'm going to add that job to my list, as soon as I can find a decent length of 10mm conduit. I can't turn to Aliexpress, even if it's the cheapest it would take far too long to arrive. If I get it from Amazon I can have it tomorrow and get it fitted by the weekend.
And of course, while I was just looking at the car, I found this;
The unsecured throttle cable that I needed to sort but have managed to completely forget about! That'll just need a 3D printed clip or similar to keep it away from anything metal.
Right, Amazon shopping time...
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