Amp wiring Help
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Amp wiring Help
Hey yall,
So i got a 1600W 4 channal Audio bahn amp and im trying to install it my self. i asked the guys
over at pep boys and they said i might be able to find a pre made hole in the fire wall
to run the power cable from the battery. But cant find any hole and is this even posible or is there a better way?
if u can help that would be great it would save a lot of mony for me if i can do this my self.
~thanks.
So i got a 1600W 4 channal Audio bahn amp and im trying to install it my self. i asked the guys
over at pep boys and they said i might be able to find a pre made hole in the fire wall
to run the power cable from the battery. But cant find any hole and is this even posible or is there a better way?
if u can help that would be great it would save a lot of mony for me if i can do this my self.
~thanks.
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Are you trying to bring the wire to the battery or to the trunk?
If youre trying to take it to the battery theres a opening under the driverside with a bunch of other wires, pry something in there and shove the wire through. Going into the backseat, shove it through the side of the rear seats and you should eventually feel it go through to the back.
Thats all i can give you with your lack of info.
If youre trying to take it to the battery theres a opening under the driverside with a bunch of other wires, pry something in there and shove the wire through. Going into the backseat, shove it through the side of the rear seats and you should eventually feel it go through to the back.
Thats all i can give you with your lack of info.
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there is a hole in the place he mentioned, I used it for my amp wires and everything else I run off of the battery, just attach the thing to something thin and hard, like a straightened clothes hangar, or in my case an old radio antenna off my brother's Celica........ push it through and run it from there, out by the fuse box on the side, down under that runner board thing which just pops right out, back underneath the carpeting, underneath the back seats, and then get a buddy to get into the trunk peel back the carpet cover thing, one of you needs to push the wire through the side of the seat, while the other catches it on the other side in the back, you CAN do it alone, but its easier and saves alot of trouble to borrow a helper
and then with the wires off the deck you take off the center console (all iot takes is 2 screws under the cup holder, then another 2 underneath the fabric part of the center console, that just pops off) run the stuff like your RCAs and remote on wire from there, you go from behind the deck, down into the area behind the ashtray, then rom there run through the area around the Ebrake, but dont let it interfere with the brake, straight back under that carpeting, to under the seat, route it to the drivers side with the power wire and then same as the power cable into the trunk....... for ground there is a lug underneath the carpeting, just lug a ring terminal under that and to the ground, and thats it...........
and then with the wires off the deck you take off the center console (all iot takes is 2 screws under the cup holder, then another 2 underneath the fabric part of the center console, that just pops off) run the stuff like your RCAs and remote on wire from there, you go from behind the deck, down into the area behind the ashtray, then rom there run through the area around the Ebrake, but dont let it interfere with the brake, straight back under that carpeting, to under the seat, route it to the drivers side with the power wire and then same as the power cable into the trunk....... for ground there is a lug underneath the carpeting, just lug a ring terminal under that and to the ground, and thats it...........
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Zero learned that hole when I installed his system. There's a wire grommet in the firewall right above the pedals that just pops out, that's where I ran both my power wires
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hey i looked for that grommet and i cant find it.
i did see plastic stud like things around the steering colom
but i think that was just holding up some sort of cover.
i did see plastic stud like things around the steering colom
but i think that was just holding up some sort of cover.
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Originally Posted by Pooner
sweet thats what i was looking for a grommet that would make things a lot easier,
thanks for all the help.
thanks for all the help.
Look in your engine bay that's the easiest way to find them, just look down from your wiper arms you should be able to spot a big rubber circle with wires in the middle just pop that bitch out
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
Are you a 3.0 or 2.x? I think it's on the passenger side for the 2.x
Look in your engine bay that's the easiest way to find them, just look down from your wiper arms you should be able to spot a big rubber circle with wires in the middle just pop that bitch out
Look in your engine bay that's the easiest way to find them, just look down from your wiper arms you should be able to spot a big rubber circle with wires in the middle just pop that bitch out
its driver side on my 2.2
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Originally Posted by Eo2k1
Is there not a DIY for this on here? I've got a kicker zx350 waiting to be installed. I"ll write one up if there isn't one already.
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Man, I was just outside of austin for a week, had I realized I could have swung by and helped you run the wire
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
I've posted this diy like 20 times just never pictures, it's on the driver side, and it's a rubber surround, just pop it out, run the wire through and resecure it
I meant the whole process, not just getting it through the firewall
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Originally Posted by Eo2k1
I meant the whole process, not just getting it through the firewall
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Intersting, I didn't run my wires under the seat, I ran them through the open space in the hollow backseat armrests. I did play with under the seat at first though, just couldnt seem to find a way to make it through.
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