G35 Wiring and Rear Wing Mounting

Today I finally concentrated on cleaning up the wiring. I removed all of the wiring for the heater/ac and radio so far, but since I must follow every wire back to it's source and depin them from the harness, it is a very slow job! I am about halfway finished, and the good news is the car still starts without any new problems or codes.

Another thing you might notice from the picture is that my instrument cluster had to be moved closer to the driver. Once I welded in the front dash bar, the mounting points for the cluster were blocked. I had to modify the mounting bracket and move the cluster about 2 inches closer to the driver. I also removed the cluster outer cover. I may be replacing the cluster with a RacePak digital combination gauge very soon.

I also completed the rear wing chassis mount and trunk lid modification. I removed the trunk lid hinges, latch and also cut out all of the trunk lid inner structure. It is now just a shell. I then welded plates to the trunk floor on the frame and made a structure from tube to mount the rear wing to. This will allow full the down force created by the rear wing to press the rear of the car down, and not lose any force through the body panels. The wing was previously mounted to the trunk lid, which is not very effective.



The trunk lid no longer uses the hinges or latch, and now comes completely off and is secured with 4 Aerocatch hood pins. I will be adding a welded in rear strut tower bar that is tied into my rollcage. Once that is completed, I will also add bracing from the rear wing mount to the rear strut tower bar, which should make everything much more solid and unified.