Removing wiring harness for media blasting

[87mj]

I plan to get a car media blasted inside, outside and underneath.  The body shop asked that I remove the wiring harness.  Removing the front harness wasn't that big of a deal.  Removing the rear one seems like a major pain and almost an impossibility.

Has anyone had a car media blasted while the rear wiring harness was still in the car?  Is there a way to protect it and still keep it in the car?
Is removing and reinstalling the rear wiring harness as big of a PITA as it looks?  especially considering it needs to branch out where the dome light and defrosters are located.  Then go back to the tail lights?

 

[DatsunZGuy]

I ended up disconnecting the wiring harness and pulled into the passenger compartment through the firewall.

[87mj]

Thanks for the reply.

Did you leave the back one alone?  I didn't have trouble removing the engine harness but the one that goes to the tail lights runs along the side of the passenger rocker, then up into the inside of the rear fender, then up to the dome lights and back out to the tail lights.  I cant see removing that rear one successfully and then getting it back in place even if I ran pull wires.

[DatsunZGuy]

My rear harness is still in place.  Only the exterior and engine bay was media blasted. 

I had a good base to start with. No rust repairs and just fixing door dings on the body.

[Patcon]

It really isn't that hard to remove the rear harness and reinstall it. Use some stiff wire to help feed the harness back in. I would never leave the harness in for media blasting .  They will destroy the harness...