Running wires..

[Swonder67]

How bout jacking up the car so you can get it somewhere downlow. I still don't see what's wrong with just drilling a new hole. Just make sure you check both sides before you start drilling, and use a rubber grommet to fil up the rest of the hole.

[Trag]

ok this where you rout the power cable. where the pedal for the brake is you will see two screws that mount the pedal to the firewall of the car(inside). on the bottom screw, go to the left about 4-5 inches and cut that black rug apart (nothing crazy big here), under the black rug there should be some gray cotton like material, there should be atleast about a 1/2 inch hole in on the firewall, i saw the guy that did this for me and he told me that all he did was get a drill and simply pass it through the wall and bam!! the power cable should come out on the other side just underneath the master cylinder. I wouldnt try any where else seeing that under the hood everything is so compact.good luck


2000 G20T Sandrock Beige

[frogg]

Originally posted by Trag
I wouldnt try any where else seeing that under the hood everything is so compact.

Exactly! thats why its so freakin' hard to find a place

[frogg]

Trag, is the place your talking about where there is like a cutout in the black stuff and the cotton underneath it? I looked behind there and there's no hole ..

[Trag]

exactly where im talking about there should be a cutout but i also have the manual tranny so i dont if it should make a difference maybe theres a hole around there somewhere, has to be

[Primal SMX]

I have a p11 (NZ mind U) and i drilled a hole through the fire wall on the left hand side as i couldn't find anywhere as well. If you do this remember to put Grommets in the whole etc. I put all audio cables (RCA and speaker etc) on the right hand side under the carpet right up against the side. Sort of in the bottom corner underneath the sills. The Power cable (4 gage) is on the let all the way to the boot.

Hopes this helps at all.

[frogg]

Ya, isn't your drivers side on the right side in NZ?

[Primal SMX]

Yep
but isn't everything in the engine bay set out pretty much the same. Just trying to help out.

[frogg]

I dont know.. seems like some things would be flipped around..

Trag,
I tried looking again and there is no hole there.
You weren't saying that I had to drill a hole were you?
Or did you mean there was a hole already there?

Thanks for the help guys..

PrimalSMX -- I did it the same way.. RCAs on right, power on left since it seems like it would be easier since the battery is on the left side of the car.

[DTRsjG20]

I found a place in my car to fit my wire on my passenger side under the glove and behind the console. i just put the wire in on the inside and it poped out from the engine.

[frogg]

I can't run it that way because my power wire isnt long enough, I can only run it on the left side

[Trag]

no dont drill there should be a hole in the fire wall, at least on my car there was. try to take out your rug and that cotton like stuff so you can look more.

[frogg]

Trag, yours must be different for some reason. I took the whole rug out and had it looked at down at the car audio place and there was no hole anywhere. I'm just gonna have someone else drill the hole so I dont mess anything up on accident.

[jmgladden]

The power wire for my system runs underneath the black cylinder behind the brake fluid resevoir. It is under two metal tubes, probably part of the a/c system, has the number 2 on it. Can't see exactly where it goes in though, bad angle.

[frogg]

Alright Trag,
I took my car in and they drilled a hole where the cutout was but there was no hole there in the first place.. hmm wonder why yours had a hole and not mine.