RE: Lengthen the Y harness
Adding extensions (with the added connectors) is a very poor choice in the long run. Even the best connectors, if placed where they do not get excercized by plugging/unpluging occasionally will eventually fail due to corosion. First you notice jitter or intermittent operation followed eventually by total failure. Never put a connector where it will not be occasionally exercised. Soldered extensions are far more reliable.