power wire ? firewall?
1998civicsi
05-13-2004, 01:51 PM
hey guys where is the best spot to pass my amp power wire from the battery through the firewall? i dont want to drill holes
thanks
jay
thanks
jay
justchad25
05-13-2004, 06:22 PM
ok on the passenger side below and to the right of the battery there should already be some wires going through the firewall just follow that spot to the inside and figure out how to get them through the hole. i have my amp wire my cobra eye wires and my fog light switch wire going through the whole so its large.
hope that helps
hope that helps
mjshort18
05-13-2004, 10:53 PM
same place i took mine through
lkailburn
05-14-2004, 01:08 AM
yup same here. comes into the car just below/behind the glove box
scallywag
05-14-2004, 02:35 AM
don't know if it is the same as teggys but to the right and down a little bit from the battery there is a small hole that is pluged by a little rubber peice. The best thing to do is not to take it out, but to cut a small hole it it that way the cord wont move around at all. This is good becsue I have seen people just remove the little rubber filler, and with all the room the cord has to vibrate and rub against the metal it can cause it to get cut into. hope that helps
lkailburn
05-14-2004, 10:58 AM
^^ i removed the plug and drilled a hole in it. but i had a bitch of a time getting the rubber plug 100% back into the hole... so yah, if you can drill through the plug while its still in the whole you'll save yourself a lot of time
1998civicsi
05-14-2004, 11:28 AM
i drilled through the rubber...but should i seal it up with something so i dont get a draft or water/moisture in through the there?
scallywag
05-14-2004, 12:52 PM
How big of a hole did you drill. you should have made it a bit smaller than the cord so it fits in there reeally tight. That is why I just made a slit. As long as the cord cannot rub up against metal, you are ok, so if the hole is to big, but there is rubber still around it to protect from rubbing against metal, than you are fine.
scallywag
05-14-2004, 12:53 PM
don't worry about draft, you wont get one, and water wont get up there! youre good to go.
mjshort18
05-14-2004, 04:45 PM
i just used a metal hanger and poked a hole through the rubber and then used black electical tape to hold the wire and then pull it through.
scallywag
05-14-2004, 04:46 PM
that works!
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