how do you get thru the firewall w/o cutting metal
03-24-2010, 02:28 PM
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there should be a small rubber thingie with wires going thro it !!! you can see it from inside the car....just above the brake pedal.....i have a pic somewhere.....will put it up !!!
take a metal hanger....straighten her up.....tie the wire on one end.....put the hanger thro the rubber thing....pull if out from the engine bay !!!
take a metal hanger....straighten her up.....tie the wire on one end.....put the hanger thro the rubber thing....pull if out from the engine bay !!!
03-24-2010, 03:37 PM
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it wont be a firewall at all if you drill holes in it !!! 
03-24-2010, 05:55 PM
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There is one above the brake pedal and one above the parking brake.
03-24-2010, 09:09 PM
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right where you see the blue wire going through !!!
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its right above the brake !!! get ur head under the steering to see it !!!
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03-25-2010, 11:40 AM
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not having any luck getting thru this firewall. does anyone have more pics or instruction on gettin thru wall without drilling
03-25-2010, 11:42 AM
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^^^ push the hanger hard thro the firewall !!! can you see the firewall though ?
03-25-2010, 12:28 PM
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Get a flash light and look under the dash and up. One is by the brake pedal, the other is above the parking brake. They arent small grommets, they are fairly big.
03-25-2010, 12:30 PM
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if you end up drilling holes i will 
for the rest of my life dude....drilling will be thro sheer metal and mess up the full purpose of firewall !!!
for the rest of my life dude....drilling will be thro sheer metal and mess up the full purpose of firewall !!!
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try putting the glasses on 
04-09-2010, 06:08 AM
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It's more like a big rubber "boot" with a thick harness going thru it. There is no visible hole to look through. You have to force your wire thru it (like the coat hanger reference). It's there, you just have get a light on it.I pushed a 0-gauge power wire thru there on my '02 TL so I know you can do it!
04-09-2010, 07:35 PM
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Aight I just went through this the other day re-running wires for my system... Hhere should be one almost in between the gas and brake pedal high up under the dash... They're might be a rubber plug on both ends plugging it up so it migh blend in but it's there.. Once unplugged it's wide open nice and easy through to the engine bay.. If your looking in from the engine bay look on the back wall past the engine under the strut bar almost directly behind the throttle body....
The other one should only be used as a last option because it's super hard to reach, and find and requires alot of time to get to and actually het any kind of wires through... I only know because I had to run my interior amp power through and it was a pain in the ass... It's located under the hood release latch way high up in the dash and comes out. Into the engine bay under where the Windshield wiper motor is... Their is a huge wire harnass surrounded by a super thick rubber boot/ gromet that's a pain in the ass to puncture and get wires through
The other one should only be used as a last option because it's super hard to reach, and find and requires alot of time to get to and actually het any kind of wires through... I only know because I had to run my interior amp power through and it was a pain in the ass... It's located under the hood release latch way high up in the dash and comes out. Into the engine bay under where the Windshield wiper motor is... Their is a huge wire harnass surrounded by a super thick rubber boot/ gromet that's a pain in the ass to puncture and get wires through
04-12-2010, 06:43 AM
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Most I've seen aren't thick at all... how do you figure you'll "mess up the full purpose of firewall !!!"- ?? Accessory outfitters do it all the time to run wiring. It's better to do that using a grommet around the wires than puncture an existing harness boot and risk damage. Some vehicles already have unused holes in the firewall (with rubber plugs).
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