Running power wire for system

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Mark872
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I cant find a place to run my power wire from the battery to the inside the car. If anyone knows where an opening or anything in the front is to run the wire through please let me know..thx


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johnny_d
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down below on the side of the center consoles there are panels by the foot areas that you can remove. I believe they go thru to the front thru. If there are existing holes otherwise u'd hav to drill some

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prlwhitecoupe
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Interesting...if you find one please let us know! I will be installing my system soon as well and I DO NOT wanna drill anywhere. esp not through the firewall.!!

Keep us posted! THanks!

Mark872
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Same here. I realy dont want to have to drill any holes. Ill look at what johny was talkin about tomorrow morning. Hopefully it goes through the firewall....i cant take not having bump to listen to anymore

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You can always find a rubber grommet that goes through the firewall. Think about all the signal wires that run through the firewall through a rubber grommet. Just cut a guide hole on both sides and run the wire through

Mark872
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adidas2go wrote:You can always find a rubber grommet that goes through the firewall. Think about all the signal wires that run through the firewall through a rubber grommet. Just cut a guide hole on both sides and run the wire through
Now why didnt i think of that . Thanks adidas

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rjdmmfl1
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adidas2go wrote:You can always find a rubber grommet that goes through the firewall. Think about all the signal wires that run through the firewall through a rubber grommet. Just cut a guide hole on both sides and run the wire through
there are a few folks on here that already have systems.... i think most of them outsourced the work rather than doing it themselves... one thing i can say is that for anyone that has a serious system (>1000 watts rms), they would have to use 0/1 gauge wires... and i don't know if a guide hole through a grommet will be big enough for that! may have to drill a whole in the end! but there may be room , idk, haven't installed a system in the A/C yet... anyone out there that has done the install themselves want to chime in?

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cuzzbubba420
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I would not suggest the grommet method for anyone with a 2.5... I spent 2 hours trying to feed the wire through and due to the way the car is designed you can barely see or get your hand behind the tower to pull the wire through.

Mark872
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Well i went and checked it out today...couldnt find anything. There was one small gromment running through, but it was full of wires so there definantly wasnt enough room. Im running 0 gauge wire myself so it looks like i might have to drill a hole, or take it somewhere and get it done.


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