I'm in the process of building a custom relay/fuse block that I plan to locate under the hood. It looks to me like the best place would be on the passenger
side of the compartment (see picture). There is some component that is slightly in the way that I was wondering if I could relocate (see ? in picture).
Also, have a look at my layout, does it make sense? The point is to have 6 relays going to 6 different components (lights, etc) that are triggered from a 6 panel switch bank under the stereo (paranoid fabrications din plate). I would then tap a fuse to run the ACC relay so that they would only be on when the key was on.
The plan was to mount the bus bars under the board and cut a hole under the relay box to feed the wires. The component power wires and the switch wires would then snake back up and over to the distribution terminals.
Currently, it is on a 12x12 sheet of abs, but I think I could make it smaller than 12 by 12 if needed. I also have a sheet of acrylic coming in that I might substitute instead.
The other big question is, does someone have a photo of where in the truck to run the high current power wires to the back? I plan on coming through the firewall where the clutch area would normally be but from there I would want to run at least 2-3 of the component wires to the back (for backup lights, scene lights, maybe a compressor someday, etc). I vaguely remember some threads where people talked about channels but I'd rather not have to tear out my entire interior to run 2 wires
Any advice would be much appreciated.