Firewall hole for running wires

[ThunderOZ]

yea the hole in the firewall in the engine bay on the passenger side should be plenty big enough...I only found it kind hard to get it from behind the glove box...

[DrifterStudios]

nonevo... did you try running 0awg through the grommit in the passinger side, or did you decide to take my advice and run it through the fuse block grommit by the drivers left foot?

[ThunderOZ]

Originally Posted by DrifterStudios

nonevo... did you try running 0awg through the grommit in the passinger side, or did you decide to take my advice and run it through the fuse block grommit by the drivers left foot?

+1. I'm thinking about moving to 0 gauge wire and this would help me out...

[NonEvo]

Here is the box I made for my system. The amp that is mounted is for the sub, and a bigger amp will be mounted on the top of the box for the component speakers.

[ThunderOZ]

Originally Posted by NonEvo

Here is the box I made for my system. The amp that is mounted is for the sub, and a bigger amp will be mounted on the top of the box for the component speakers.

Is that the P3? What do you think of it? I knw a guy thats willing 2 sell me 2 p3's in a vented box for $250...(not yet broken in by the way...)

[NonEvo]

it is the punch stage 3, but i have yet to install my or hear any in person yet

[willRalliart]

Originally Posted by mitsutech005

remove the driver side fender lining and look, there is a large rubber sealed hole there, that is where mitsu runs the wires for the factory performance gauge cluster. use it, poke a hole with a screwdriver and be done.

are you referring to the inside trim peice next to the dead pedal?

[akdmks]

Originally Posted by wrecked

WOW, why 0 ga.?


I ran my power wire through the passenger side gromet. Just use a straightned coat hanger fromthe engine bay side and feed it through. It took me a couple tries, but I eventually got it to go down under the dash. I have a pic, but my wire is no where near 0ga.

how did you secure your wire around the strut tower so it's in a safe place? do have any pictures, i had my wire running through the fender but i didn't like the look of it hangin out in the door. thanx

[willRalliart]

Originally Posted by willRalliart

are you referring to the inside trim peice next to the dead pedal?

I found the piece referred to is properly known as the "splash guard"

[05ES]

i still can't find the grommet on the passenger side. does any one have a pic from further away showing where the grommet is?

i kno....i'm an idiot

[wrecked]

Originally Posted by akdmks

how did you secure your wire around the strut tower so it's in a safe place? do have any pictures, i had my wire running through the fender but i didn't like the look of it hangin out in the door. thanx

I just used some black zapstraps in the engine bay to keep it safe.

[Hitthatluugh]

What i did was take a coat hanger, and attach it to my 4ga wire so i could poke it through the passenger side grommet.
IT WAS A B****.
But after you get it through, it works like a wet dream.
and it looks really nice because it's all hidden.

[Myszkewicz]

Originally Posted by mitsutech005

remove the driver side fender lining and look, there is a large rubber sealed hole there, that is where mitsu runs the wires for the factory performance gauge cluster. use it, poke a hole with a screwdriver and be done.

Just ran my wiring today. Nothing huge, just 8ga for a 200w Infinity Basslink. I wanted a little more bottom end, and didn't want to sacrifice a lot of trunk space.

Anyway, I ran my power through the large hole mitsutech talks about. If you remove the fender liner, you'll see a small (1inch) round grommet down near the bottom. That's not the one you want.

If you go straight up about a foot from the round one, you find a 3x2inch oval grommet with some wires already through it. That's the one you want. Poking a hole with a screwdriver didn't work so well for me (screwdriver would go through, but not the wire), so I stabbed it in an X-shape with a thin pocketknife. Wire went right through then.

Ran the wire under the rocker panel scuff plate, it fit in the little plastic clips I found in there as if it belonged there. I'll get some pics up eventually.


Thanks, mitsutech. Without your advice, I would never have noticed that big hole there, and would probably have ended up running the wire all the way over to the passenger side grommet. This was SO much easier.

[otter]

Hrm, wish I would've known about that hole way back when I did my stereo install. Also, when I installed my oil pressure gauge, I ran a wire to one of the passenger side grommets, blah.

[salukidude]

This relates to Evo's, but it has to be similar.

Firewall Pass-thru