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General => Car audio => Topic started by: louis_23 on 23 May 2009, 17:11
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hi all just got my mk3 gti 5 door just wondering how to run the cable from battery to the boot of me car cant find any gaps under the hood that lead into my car :embarassed:
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there should be some rubber grommets on the firewall in to engine bay make a small hole in one and feed the wire through :smiley:
Dan
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there should be some rubber grommets on the firewall in to engine bay make a small hole in one and feed the wire through :smiley:
Dan
thanx matey where is the fir wall located? is that on passengerside?
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Get on your hands & knees in the passenger footwell & stick your hand up behind the glove box, a couple of inches up you'll feel the main loom, trace that back towards the front of the car until you hit the firewall, it will go through a big rubber bung into the engine bay. Feed the power through there.
Alternatively, pop the hood have a look down from the coolant expansion tank & slightly to the left & you'll see the other side, it's a bit easier to get at & you can see what you're doing! :afro:
After that, undo the trim in the passenger footwell & the two scuff plates inside the doors & feed the wiring along there & under the carpet beneath the back seat & into the boot.
Hope that helps! :smiley:
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Get on your hands & knees in the passenger footwell & stick your hand up behind the glove box, a couple of inches up you'll feel the main loom, trace that back towards the front of the car until you hit the firewall, it will go through a big rubber bung into the engine bay. Feed the power through there.
Alternatively, pop the hood have a look down from the coolant expansion tank & slightly to the left & you'll see the other side, it's a bit easier to get at & you can see what you're doing! :afro:
After that, undo the trim in the passenger footwell & the two scuff plates inside the doors & feed the wiring along there & under the carpet beneath the back seat & into the boot.
Hope that helps! :smiley:
that dose help alot cheers matey realy appreciate it :cool:
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mine is whwere the main loom comes into the car from engine bay just make sure u seal it after i found it easyer to take my glvoe box out
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couple of pics that might help :undecided:
passenger side under glove box
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u261/shep306/100_0348.jpg)
passenger side trim to run cable
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u261/shep306/100_0352.jpg)
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I've just run 2runs of 0awg down mine & it was the easiest car I've ever done it on.
I've got some pics so I'll post em up tomorrow.
There's an inch & a half grommit behind the fluid reservoir next to the battery, sorry off the top of my head can't remember which fluid. Pop that off.
Next remove the under glovebox storage & glove box & look to the left. You should see some light from the engine bay. Pull the cables through then lift up the side trim & there is absolutely bags of room in the existing cable runs.