I'm going to be installing an Amp in my XB. What is the best way take the power wire from the battery to the Amp. What's the best rout I should take? Drill a hole in the fire wall or what? Help!!

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1) goes in ice section.. just for future ref and im sure a mod will move this shortly..

2) there should be a rubber gromet in the engine bay along the firewall dirrectly infront of steering wheel.. you can CAREFULLY slice it so you can feed your power wire into that so you dont have to drill a hole.... i got a 4gauge in there just took some working.... so theres enough room.. after that.. you can run it along the drivers side sill pannels... or if adventurous take out your seats and carpet etc and run it down the center transmision hump to where ever

 

Ice section?

 

under forums, then electrical and interior. As far as wiring the amp the second post has it right. Never ever drill unneeded holes through the firewall. the hardest part of wiring the amp is the speakers and the powercable from the battery. If you need a little advice I'll do what I help. I will tell you this much when I installed my components and new amp it took about 10 hours to do so. Including dynomatting the trunk section. The amp was already wired. so make sure you have plenty of time to take your time.

 

As your facing the car with the hood up, there is to the left side (passengers) a grommet that has to nubs on it, you can also run wire through them. Just cut the end and run the wire through it.

John

 

movin' to ICE.........

 

Does anyone have a pic of what kkawanais talking about. I just need to see it to understand.
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On the firewall of the vehicle behind the steering wheel there is a rubber grommet that the main power wires go through. If you take a xacto knife and cut a small X a little smaller than the cable you should be able to push the wire through. Make sure you DO NOT cut into the cables.


John

 

it's the black rubber boot that all the wires come from the engine bay to the cab, make sure you don't use something that will "cut" it, i used a dull X head screw driver and just pushed it into the bottom of the boot, the boot has 2 sides so make sure ya make it threw both, then just push your power cable into the hole, keep checking the otherside of the boot to see if your there yet, rca's & remote wire put them under the door sill all the way back, same with the power. it's and easy wire job took me about 45 min.s to run all the wiring for my system, good luck just take your time like jallamas said you don't want to cut into any other wires!!!!! that would suck BIG TIME

 

Thanks everyone! I appreciate all your info, it was very helpful. Hopefully it will go very smoothly. When I install it I will take pictures of everything step by step and post it. (When i learn how) It might help others people.

Thanks again