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Old Dec 2, 2009 | 02:15 AM
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Im trying to pull some wires through the rubber grommets on my doors, i havent replaced my door speakers so the stockies are still riveted in. Im wondering if anyone has a trick to getting them through or anything like that, im having a hard time figuring out how to get em through.

Im trying to get the BMW style door handle accents up and running but im kinda hung up at this step, any help is appreciated, thanks guys.
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you cut a bit of the grommet to make the hole bigger, you can use the hanger method.. or a long screw driver or prybar.. what you do is tie or tape or hook the wire to the long object then stick it through the firewall, then once its on the other side of the firewall you can untie or remove the wire and you're done..
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Ace83 is right on! Follow what he said.

What always worked best or me is the hanger method and taping the wires to it, then pulling it though. Helps to make a small slit with a knife in the grommet first though. Easier to poke hanger through.
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A squirt of silicone spray does wonders, too. Just cover anything you don't to get sprayed.
Old Dec 2, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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they make a tool called a wire grabber...autozone 6 bucks...does wonders
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word thanks guy
Old Dec 3, 2009 | 12:38 AM
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you can also use a large zip tie
Old Dec 3, 2009 | 01:27 AM
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What guage wire are you using? If mandos was able to get 12ga through there, smaller wire shouldn't pose an issue...
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mando i think used 0 or 1 gauge and fit like 2 or 3 of em lol
Old Dec 3, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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the hell would you need 0awg ran into your doors for!?
Old Dec 3, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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the hell would you need 0awg ran into your doors for!?
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maybe to weld with...duhh
Old Dec 4, 2009 | 03:38 AM
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Not sure how the TC doors are compared to the XD doors, but if they are at all similar, I just unplugged the wires from inside the kick panel and pulled the whole grommet out of the door. Was pretty easy the run the wires through that way.
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