You had one answer in the thread you started on this in Tech. As said there, you have several posible ways to approach this. You can find an existing grommet in the firewall (most likely in the center console area behind or near the ECM) and run a wire through it or you can pop a hole through the firewall wherever you want so long as you don't hit anything on the other side, install a grommet and run your wire through it. You could even pop a hole in the center console or floor and do the same thing, although I wouldn't recommend that. Also amplifier placement will probably come into play as to what is easiest and also battery location (you didn't mention if your battery was in stock location or had been relocated). If the battery has been relocated to the front spare tire compartment as some people have done, then you'd need to run the power wire the other way and find one of the grommets att hat end of the car or drill a hole and install a grommet at that end. Basically, for a better answer, you need to give us more info.
You had one answer in the thread you started on this in Tech. As said there, you have several posible ways to approach this. You can find an existing grommet in the firewall (most likely in the center console area behind or near the ECM) and run a wire through it or you can pop a hole through the firewall wherever you want so long as you don't hit anything on the other side, install a grommet and run your wire through it. You could even pop a hole in the center console or floor and do the same thing, although I wouldn't recommend that. Also amplifier placement will probably come into play as to what is easiest and also battery location (you didn't mention if your battery was in stock location or had been relocated). If the battery has been relocated to the front spare tire compartment as some people have done, then you'd need to run the power wire the other way and find one of the grommets att hat end of the car or drill a hole and install a grommet at that end. Basically, for a better answer, you need to give us more info.
o wth!, thought that thread disappeared or was deleted so i created this one.
I put my amp behind the passenger seat and ran the wire under the carpet towards the dash. Then I pushed one of the rubber couplers aside (the ones that go from the body to the doors and protects the wires) I ran the wire through that inside the front fender and then under the car near the coolant line. No drilling required.
I put my amp behind the passenger seat and ran the wire under the carpet towards the dash. Then I pushed one of the rubber couplers aside (the ones that go from the body to the doors and protects the wires) I ran the wire through that inside the front fender and then under the car near the coolant line. No drilling required.
That's a awful long path for the wire. While I can appreciate the ease of not drilling a hole, it is generally excepted that keeping the wires as short as possible is best. The longer run a wire has to make the larger the gauge needs to be because of internal resistence. You ended up with proibably around 15' of wire when you could have been less than 4' with where you have the amplifier mounted. It's all good though, it is another option for installing the power wire. I just want him to be aware of what each option will mean.
That's a awful long path for the wire. While I can appreciate the ease of not drilling a hole, it is generally excepted that keeping the wires as short as possible is best. The longer run a wire has to make the larger the gauge needs to be because of internal resistence. You ended up with proibably around 15' of wire when you could have been less than 4' with where you have the amplifier mounted. It's all good though, it is another option for installing the power wire. I just want him to be aware of what each option will mean.
There will be more internal resistance, and I cannot remember what gauge of wire it is. but I haven't had any problems with it, and at the time it seemed like the best idea because I didn't have a drill and didn't know it would fit in the gromet for the shift cable.
There's no sense drilling a hole when there are so many holes in the firewall already. You can sneak the wire through a shifter cable grommet as mentioned above, or the throttle cable grommet. Or if you wanna get fancy, you can open up one of the firewall pass-throughs for the wiring harness, and run the wire through there.
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