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[Wesley03]

 

[Wesley03]

Is it normal those cables

 

[portland_bill]

Yep, I think that's what mine looks like.

Edit: Better answer. Got off my lazy ass and went and had a look. Yes, mine is the same.

 

[irc]

Originally they were covered in fabric tape, which will have disintegrated and fallen off.
Best practice is to remove the scuttle and re-cover. I usually add some split convoluted tubing which should outlast the car.
Many people just ignore it.
Second picture shows the worst bits with some split tube pushed over the loom (just for illustration)
I normally wrap the big knot in the middle of the picture with fabric loom tape, as well as the joins in the pipe. It looks better, and stops vibration damage.
EDIT: No idea why second picture didn't attach on first attempt.

 

[portland_bill]

My car was four years old when I bought it. The wires were exposed then. The rest of the loom binding is also as it was 13 years ago. Nice idea to cover them, but I don't think they were from new.

 

[irc]

TBH the 10-plate Eco we had from 4 or 5 years old didn't seem to have much covering on it either. But the 04 Eleganza had a nearly full set of covering (although it was so brittle it disintegrated when I removed the scuttle cover).
Maybe they got less over the years of production?

 

[rmjbn1]

Our 04 was taped up, but the tape had mostly disintegrated.
I didn't like the bunch of wires resting on that metal bracket so I added a bit of pipe insulation to avoid chafing.

 

[Wesley03]

What’s the name of that and where can I buy that

 

[irc]

Convoluted Tube.
Can be got on Amazon, Ebay, many others.
Problem is that to make it tidy needs short lengths of a few different sizes, which will also depend on equipment level of each car.
You could use fabric loom tape, or possibly silicone self-amalgamating tape instead and make a perfectly presentable job of it.