started installing wires and...

tangz · 08-07-2008, 05:09 PM

...I'm stuck at the first instruction...

Wheres the best place to come through the firewall for my amp power wire?

Xtreme24 · 08-07-2008, 05:27 PM

what year?

if 94-up,
you can go through the antenna grommet located on the pass side firewall near the bottom. just pull up the carpet on the pass side and look for it.

tangz · 08-07-2008, 05:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24

what year?

if 94-up,
you can go through the antenna grommet located on the pass side firewall near the bottom. just pull up the carpet on the pass side and look for it.

SUEEEEEEEEET, ya mines a 95... I was about to die, I really didnt feel like drillin

Speedy2222 · 08-07-2008, 09:19 PM

i cut the plug up to accept antenna wire and amp wire.. then used some goop to seal it all up

dropped_dime88 · 08-07-2008, 10:24 PM

i didnt go threw the fire wall i went down and under the truck through the frame and the through the floor

timtp2004 · 08-08-2008, 12:02 PM

^^^ umm ok....... Tangz just go thru the wall wayyyyyy easier IMO

tangz · 08-08-2008, 01:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by timtp2004

^^^ umm ok....... Tangz just go thru the wall wayyyyyy easier IMO

Yeah, already done, went through the antenna hole. He prolly went under the truck to come up directly where he needed to be so the wires would be completely hid! Understandable, I wouldn't do it but it is understandable for the application.

rustyspring03 · 08-08-2008, 03:58 PM

it makes for a clean install if you do it that way but you have to make sure its not anywhere that it is going to catch road debry and make sure you make the hole a lil large and put something between the wire and the body.

thrice4life44 · 08-08-2008, 10:01 PM

yea i ran my down my frame rail and up through the backside of the pass side of the truck also it helps if your using a big gauge wire because it makes ur carpet look like shit with all that wire underneath it....

dropped_dime88 · 08-09-2008, 01:11 AM

thats exactly why i ran it under the truck because im using 1/0 wire and its just too big for under the carpet and i have my wire in a insulator wrap thing(not sure what its called) and its comin in threw the floor behind my box

Xtreme24 · 08-09-2008, 01:15 AM

ya, my 0/1 gauge is along the frame rail and comes up through the floor in the back.

tangz · 08-09-2008, 03:06 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24

ya, my 0/1 gauge is along the frame rail and comes up through the floor in the back.

WOW...

It really surprises me how many people actually run it under the truck..

AVNCHRIS · 08-09-2008, 03:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by tangz

WOW...

It really surprises me how many people actually run it under the truck..

i have mine the same way under the truck

1/0

xdude2001 · 08-09-2008, 09:32 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24

ya, my 0/1 gauge is along the frame rail and comes up through the floor in the back.

X2............

dropped_dime88 · 08-09-2008, 11:56 AM

if you dont thats a big wire to run under the carpet

tangz · 08-09-2008, 06:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by dropped_dime88

if you dont thats a big wire to run under the carpet

Not really, I took out the plastic step (dont know what its called) but its the thing that goes along the footing in the doorframe where the end of the carpet meets the edge, anyway, took that out and cut s few tiny plastic pieces and I was able to hide my rca, power and remote wires all in therel.\

dropped_dime88 · 08-09-2008, 07:44 PM

you ran your power and remote and rca's next to each other?

tangz · 08-10-2008, 01:35 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by dropped_dime88

you ran your power and remote and rca's next to each other?

No... RCA is on the driver side and Power is on the passenger side. I aint that dumb. lol

dropped_dime88 · 08-10-2008, 02:20 PM

o i thought it said they were on the same side lol my bad

Wicked Mayhem · 08-10-2008, 04:45 PM

i ran mine through the firewall my the antenna with a grommet. then seam sealed it back up.

tangz · 08-11-2008, 01:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem

i ran mine through the firewall my the antenna with a grommet. then seam sealed it back up.

Christ, what are you pushin with that think ass wire????????

Mikey08 · 08-11-2008, 02:06 AM

speakers?

tangz · 08-11-2008, 08:00 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey08

speakers?

har har har...

I meant what kind of amp is that plugged up to?

thrice4life44 · 08-11-2008, 12:26 PM

thats deff an 1/0 gauge wire soo thats why we run them down our frame rail and not under the carpet but everyone has there own opinion on shit tho...haha plus it makes for a very clean install

Speedy2222 · 08-11-2008, 12:53 PM

my 4ga and rcas are under the carpet, but for years it was ran along the sides.. now my 8ga is ran there

rustyspring03 · 08-12-2008, 12:21 PM

anywhere know of a store that would carry gromets that big? I dont think autozone etc would have them that big but not really sure. I really want to go through the floor but obvioulsy dont want the wire to get cuz by the body. Or would Goop do the job. the whole would be behind the jumpseat anyhow.

tangz · 08-12-2008, 12:48 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rustyspring03

anywhere know of a store that would carry gromets that big? I dont think autozone etc would have them that big but not really sure. I really want to go through the floor but obvioulsy dont want the wire to get cuz by the body. Or would Goop do the job. the whole would be behind the jumpseat anyhow.

you could probably just fashion anything rubber like and seal it to the hole. I dont know if they make em that big though.

rustyspring03 · 08-12-2008, 12:49 PM

cool i'll give it a shot. I've installed hundreds but we always went through a gromet in the firewall. all else fails the truck burns down and i get a new one

tangz · 08-12-2008, 01:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rustyspring03

cool i'll give it a shot. I've installed hundreds but we always went through a gromet in the firewall. all else fails the truck burns down and i get a new one

thats the spirit... !!! LOL

Wicked Mayhem · 08-12-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by tangz

Christ, what are you pushin with that think ass wire????????

just 2 cvr 15's and zx850.2.. might as well run the biggest wire you can right? i dont have to worry about it bein to small.

rustyspring03 · 08-13-2008, 01:45 PM

zip ties are cleaned up. and a can to show the clearance. its all run back and pickin up the box tomorrow morning on the way to ITB in indianapolis.

cant really take pictures of the whole because I put it way up by the front of the jump seat and its covered up completely.

tangz · 08-13-2008, 03:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rustyspring03

zip ties are cleaned up. and a can to show the clearance. its all run back and pickin up the box tomorrow morning on the way to ITB in indianapolis.

cant really take pictures of the whole because I put it way up by the front of the jump seat and its covered up completely.

Couldnt you have slid it in the frame to hide it? Arent they hollow? jmo

08-07-2008, 05:09 PM	#1
tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	started installing wires and... ...I'm stuck at the first instruction... Wheres the best place to come through the firewall for my amp power wire?
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08-07-2008, 05:27 PM	#2
Xtreme24 DeXtreme on 20/22's Age: 22 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,545 Location: DFW, Texas User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... what year? if 94-up, you can go through the antenna grommet located on the pass side firewall near the bottom. just pull up the carpet on the pass side and look for it.
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08-07-2008, 05:31 PM	#3
tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by Xtreme24 what year? if 94-up, you can go through the antenna grommet located on the pass side firewall near the bottom. just pull up the carpet on the pass side and look for it. SUEEEEEEEEET, ya mines a 95... I was about to die, I really didnt feel like drillin
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08-07-2008, 09:19 PM	#4
Speedy2222 I lead the blind Age: 19 Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,559 Location: Kouts, IN User is: Online	Re: started installing wires and... i cut the plug up to accept antenna wire and amp wire.. then used some goop to seal it all up
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08-08-2008, 12:02 PM	#6
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08-08-2008, 01:33 PM	#7
tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by timtp2004 ^^^ umm ok....... Tangz just go thru the wall wayyyyyy easier IMO Yeah, already done, went through the antenna hole. He prolly went under the truck to come up directly where he needed to be so the wires would be completely hid! Understandable, I wouldn't do it but it is understandable for the application.
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08-08-2008, 03:58 PM	#8
rustyspring03 SUBSONIC KUSTOMZ Age: 23 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 518 Location: Kalamazoo, MI User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... it makes for a clean install if you do it that way but you have to make sure its not anywhere that it is going to catch road debry and make sure you make the hole a lil large and put something between the wire and the body.
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thrice4life44 Registered User Age: 19 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 353 Location: Jacksonville, FL User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... yea i ran my down my frame rail and up through the backside of the pass side of the truck also it helps if your using a big gauge wire because it makes ur carpet look like shit with all that wire underneath it....
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dropped_dime88 Registered User Age: 18 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 119 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... thats exactly why i ran it under the truck because im using 1/0 wire and its just too big for under the carpet and i have my wire in a insulator wrap thing(not sure what its called) and its comin in threw the floor behind my box
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Xtreme24 DeXtreme on 20/22's Age: 22 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,545 Location: DFW, Texas User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... ya, my 0/1 gauge is along the frame rail and comes up through the floor in the back.
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tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by dropped_dime88 if you dont thats a big wire to run under the carpet Not really, I took out the plastic step (dont know what its called) but its the thing that goes along the footing in the doorframe where the end of the carpet meets the edge, anyway, took that out and cut s few tiny plastic pieces and I was able to hide my rca, power and remote wires all in therel.\
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tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by dropped_dime88 you ran your power and remote and rca's next to each other? No... RCA is on the driver side and Power is on the passenger side. I aint that dumb. lol
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tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem i ran mine through the firewall my the antenna with a grommet. then seam sealed it back up. Christ, what are you pushin with that think ass wire????????
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tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by Mikey08 speakers? har har har... I meant what kind of amp is that plugged up to?
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thrice4life44 Registered User Age: 19 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 353 Location: Jacksonville, FL User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... thats deff an 1/0 gauge wire soo thats why we run them down our frame rail and not under the carpet but everyone has there own opinion on shit tho...haha plus it makes for a very clean install
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rustyspring03 SUBSONIC KUSTOMZ Age: 23 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 518 Location: Kalamazoo, MI User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... anywhere know of a store that would carry gromets that big? I dont think autozone etc would have them that big but not really sure. I really want to go through the floor but obvioulsy dont want the wire to get cuz by the body. Or would Goop do the job. the whole would be behind the jumpseat anyhow.
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08-12-2008, 12:48 PM	#27
tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by rustyspring03 anywhere know of a store that would carry gromets that big? I dont think autozone etc would have them that big but not really sure. I really want to go through the floor but obvioulsy dont want the wire to get cuz by the body. Or would Goop do the job. the whole would be behind the jumpseat anyhow. you could probably just fashion anything rubber like and seal it to the hole. I dont know if they make em that big though.
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rustyspring03 SUBSONIC KUSTOMZ Age: 23 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 518 Location: Kalamazoo, MI User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... cool i'll give it a shot. I've installed hundreds but we always went through a gromet in the firewall. all else fails the truck burns down and i get a new one
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tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by rustyspring03 cool i'll give it a shot. I've installed hundreds but we always went through a gromet in the firewall. all else fails the truck burns down and i get a new one thats the spirit... !!! LOL
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Wicked Mayhem i wouldnt undertsand Age: 20 Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13,764 Location: League City, Texas User is: Online	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by tangz Christ, what are you pushin with that think ass wire???????? just 2 cvr 15's and zx850.2.. might as well run the biggest wire you can right? i dont have to worry about it bein to small.
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rustyspring03 SUBSONIC KUSTOMZ Age: 23 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 518 Location: Kalamazoo, MI User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... zip ties are cleaned up. and a can to show the clearance. its all run back and pickin up the box tomorrow morning on the way to ITB in indianapolis. cant really take pictures of the whole because I put it way up by the front of the jump seat and its covered up completely.
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08-13-2008, 03:29 PM	#32
tangz Beer time! Age: 29 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 376 Location: Official Del-Rican User is: OffLine	Re: started installing wires and... Quote: Originally Posted by rustyspring03 zip ties are cleaned up. and a can to show the clearance. its all run back and pickin up the box tomorrow morning on the way to ITB in indianapolis. cant really take pictures of the whole because I put it way up by the front of the jump seat and its covered up completely. Couldnt you have slid it in the frame to hide it? Arent they hollow? jmo
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