INSTALLING AMP 4 Gauge how to run from battery to trunk ?

masperez · #1 03-06-2002, 12:18 AM

Hey im installing an amp and I got a 4 gauge thick ass wire ...... I can't seem to find a hole big enough to run it threw from the engine inside to my car and so on back to the trunk does anyone recommend ? a hole or some where i can stick it threw ?

I gotta civic 95 !

90CRXZCSi · #2 03-06-2002, 12:23 AM

The hole down by the passenger side where your feet are should be big enough. If it's not then just drill the hole a little bit bigger and run the wire though. That's my only ideas on that because i dont know of any other holes to run it through.

masperez · #3 03-06-2002, 12:38 AM

That hole starts on the other side of the engine right where the engine is can i stick it threw there and will it come out to the passengers side ?!

ric · #4 03-06-2002, 12:54 AM

should be a plug in the firewall somewhere. just get a coat hanger and fish it through.

masperez · #5 03-06-2002, 12:56 AM

I tryed that i can't get it threw no hole so im going to try to cut the thick wire in half and send it threw cause this wire is 1 inch thick!

sparq · #6 03-06-2002, 01:11 AM

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Originally posted by masperez
I tryed that i can't get it threw no hole so im going to try to cut the thick wire in half and send it threw cause this wire is 1 inch thick!

Uhhhhhh 4 guage wire isnt an inch thick... what kinda power wire are you buyin boi!

Drill a hole, reem it out with the drill... presto, DONT CUT THE POWER WIRE IN HALF!!!!!

masperez · #7 03-06-2002, 01:18 AM

Is there anyway i can do this with out having to drill cause my wire is 1 inch thick as i stated ! it says 4 gauge on it ..... and its copper or something its huge and red lol really thick i mean i worked with amp wires this is the first one this thick it looks like the shit running on the telephoen poles!

And i don't want to drill just want to know if thers a hole i can stuff that threw ......... !

Alll those big things in the engine and no one hole in there thats big enough for a one inch wire you guys tellin me !

sparq · #8 03-06-2002, 01:18 AM

Uhhhh n/m some reason it posted here... moving to the real post! oops! :o

sparq · #9 03-06-2002, 01:21 AM

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Originally posted by masperez
Is there anyway i can do this with out having to drill cause my wire is 1 inch thick as i stated ! it says 4 gauge on it ..... and its copper or something its huge and red lol really thick i mean i worked with amp wires this is the first one this thick it looks like the shit running on the telephoen poles!

And i don't want to drill just want to know if thers a hole i can stuff that threw ......... !

Alll those big things in the engine and no one hole in there thats big enough for a one inch wire you guys tellin me !

Well no shit theres no room to stuff a 1" thick wire through the firewall... Honda didnt design the cars to have massive power wire stuffed through them. Either you drill a hole, or get a smaller power cable. lol

masperez · #10 03-06-2002, 12:51 PM

hEHE THATS WHERE BACK UP PLAN COMES IN ................. cut the wire in half thanks guy for the help!

sparq · #11 03-06-2002, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by masperez
hEHE THATS WHERE BACK UP PLAN COMES IN ................. cut the wire in half thanks guy for the help!

Have fun destroying your amp wire, dont make me have to say "I TOLD YOU SO" ....

red96 · #12 03-06-2002, 02:01 PM

there should be a hole with rubber around it where a wiring harness comes through from the engine bay (mine is way up under the dash on the passengers side in right corner) you can just get a knife and cut the rubber part just a litte bit and pull it through there...i did the same thing for my 4 guage and it was a BITCH, but it worked...you'll probably have to feed it through under your where your battery is...good luck, my son.
i drive a 96, but i'm assuming there's one up there in yours somewhere.
hope it helped.
later,
bp

CookiesnShit · #13 03-06-2002, 02:07 PM

dude 1 inch think sounds more like 8 gauge to me whatever you do dont cut it in half

masperez · #14 03-06-2002, 02:19 PM

NO man mine wire is 4 gauge i know it is cause it says it on the wire for people who keep saying its 8 gauge ............... Ive done this before on other cars this is the first time i have seen a wire this thick and i know its 4 cause the lower the number the thicker the wire!

Anyways though ...... I just want to cut it in half just at the tip so i can get it threw and then i can pull with all my miGHT lol ........... other then that I dont' want to drill last time i drilled the trunk to mount my speaker diaster struck!

But thanks for the info you guys were awesome help seriously ! Im going in for the surgery this weekend lol if theres someone who can convince me why not to do this then speak now or forever hold your peace ! :alien2:

Devedander · #15 03-08-2002, 02:49 AM

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Originally posted by masperez
if theres someone who can convince me why not to do this then speak now or forever hold your peace ! :alien2:

Becaues then Sparq will say "I told you so"

And besides if you cut it in half, feed half thorugh and then pull on it, you will only continue to split the wire and only pull half through. What makes you think that the wire, plus have of the wire folded back on itself (since taht will be the other half of the head of the wire you split) is going to fit in a hole that the wire itself didnt fit in?

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