Amp Installation...can not run power! - Honda-Acura.net

MoreSlowthango · 06-21-04, 12:32 PM

So this weekend I tried to install my amps but could not find a hole in which to run the power wire from the battery into the cabin.
I tried everything short of drilling!
Is there a place I can drill into the cabin to run these wires safely?

99 Honda Accord 4cyl LX Sedan.

Your help is appreciated.
C

93DelSolSi · 06-21-04, 01:12 PM

is there any places that install this for you ?

SOHKeg · 06-21-04, 04:52 PM

if it's automatic just drill through where the clutch usually is. if not just make sure you can go through the firewall cleanly without hitting anything important (wires, hoses, anything other than the firewall). if i remember from the last civic we did there should be an unused grommet or two somewhere under that dash on the firewall

TTT · 06-21-04, 06:39 PM

Well, if you don't want to drill a hole in your firewall, you can run the power wire (if is greater than around 4 gauge) through your fender. Open your door and pop your hood and you should see some light coming through the door jam from a hole where the hood latches to the car. You can take a clothes hanger and run wire through that. If you want a cleaner look your going to need to drill a hole or use an unused grommet. If you are drilling a hole, take a hammer and nail or something with a point and dent in where you want your hole to be in your cabin, then go to your engine and look to make sure that you aren't drilling anything important... if you are, then just do it again in a different spot until you get somewhere that isn't going to screw anything up.

honura · 06-22-04, 05:05 PM

Well in almost every car there should be a spot to run that wire. Look for a rubber seal in your fire wall that is not being used and you can run it through there. If not drill a hole man!

ziggdoggaroni · 06-22-04, 05:25 PM

there should be a round plastic piece on the firewall of the drivers side of the car. wish i had a pic of it, it's really easy to get to. don't go ghetto style and run it through the door jam, that's just ghey.

SOHKeg · 06-22-04, 05:25 PM

go through the firewall, going through the fender is GHETTO and will cause you problems in the long run.

k3ifers · 06-24-04, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SOHKeg

go through the firewall, going through the fender is GHETTO and will cause you problems in the long run.

thats the most bootleg way to do it.. wait until the insulation gets worn off..

ziggdoggaroni · 06-25-04, 10:24 AM

insulation won't get worn off if you use a gromett.

SunsetLude · 06-25-04, 08:48 PM

hhuuum kinda odd ive installed 4 differnt cars "all honda

" and the hole was on the left side proubly an inch from the throttle body on the fire wall. there wires threw a hole and they will lead behind ur glove compartment it was hard but i did it lol

ExiledinIN · 06-28-04, 09:53 PM

try on the left side near the master cylinder

YellowFellow · 07-11-04, 10:09 PM

all been said here...look for any rubber grommet from the engine compartment side that has wires coming through....undo a metal coat hanger and fish the wire out. You shouldn't have a problem. I have a 98 as well and it's been done. The metal coat hanger is your friend

SOHKeg · 07-11-04, 10:12 PM

yeah either a coathanger, or what i use is an old car antenna that isn't powered. alot stronger than those damn coat hangers! just stick the ant/coat hanger through the hole/grommet and then tape the wire up to it nice and tight, and then pull it on through!

96gsintegra · 07-17-04, 06:36 PM

on my moms 97 accord there was a big rubber gasket on the same side as the battery... a lil towards the center. just cut your hole then run it under the molding to the trunk... thats what i did

06-21-04, 12:32 PM	#1
MoreSlowthango Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Outside Philly Posts: 63	Amp Installation...can not run power! So this weekend I tried to install my amps but could not find a hole in which to run the power wire from the battery into the cabin. I tried everything short of drilling! Is there a place I can drill into the cabin to run these wires safely? 99 Honda Accord 4cyl LX Sedan. Your help is appreciated. C __________________ Charles MoreSlowThanGo www.notafraidhosting.com

06-21-04, 01:12 PM	#2
93DelSolSi ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 1,314	is there any places that install this for you ? __________________ .. .. .. .. KustomKruisin16 on AIM

06-25-04, 08:48 PM	#10
SunsetLude Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 209	hhuuum kinda odd ive installed 4 differnt cars "all honda " and the hole was on the left side proubly an inch from the throttle body on the fire wall. there wires threw a hole and they will lead behind ur glove compartment it was hard but i did it lol __________________ 93 Prelude Si Sunset Pearl paint, nitto NT450 tires on icw wheels, shaved door, electric start Intake n exhaust almost orange

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06-21-04, 04:52 PM	#3
SOHKeg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NOVA Posts: 164	if it's automatic just drill through where the clutch usually is. if not just make sure you can go through the firewall cleanly without hitting anything important (wires, hoses, anything other than the firewall). if i remember from the last civic we did there should be an unused grommet or two somewhere under that dash on the firewall

06-21-04, 06:39 PM	#4
TTT Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,065	Well, if you don't want to drill a hole in your firewall, you can run the power wire (if is greater than around 4 gauge) through your fender. Open your door and pop your hood and you should see some light coming through the door jam from a hole where the hood latches to the car. You can take a clothes hanger and run wire through that. If you want a cleaner look your going to need to drill a hole or use an unused grommet. If you are drilling a hole, take a hammer and nail or something with a point and dent in where you want your hole to be in your cabin, then go to your engine and look to make sure that you aren't drilling anything important... if you are, then just do it again in a different spot until you get somewhere that isn't going to screw anything up.

06-22-04, 05:05 PM	#5
honura Seni Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: N.Y. Queens Posts: 3,402	Well in almost every car there should be a spot to run that wire. Look for a rubber seal in your fire wall that is not being used and you can run it through there. If not drill a hole man!

06-22-04, 05:25 PM	#6
ziggdoggaroni Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: jax Posts: 39	there should be a round plastic piece on the firewall of the drivers side of the car. wish i had a pic of it, it's really easy to get to. don't go ghetto style and run it through the door jam, that's just ghey.

06-25-04, 10:24 AM	#9
ziggdoggaroni Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: jax Posts: 39	insulation won't get worn off if you use a gromett.

06-28-04, 09:53 PM	#11
ExiledinIN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 154	try on the left side near the master cylinder

07-11-04, 10:09 PM	#12
YellowFellow Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto, ON & Akron, OH Posts: 34	all been said here...look for any rubber grommet from the engine compartment side that has wires coming through....undo a metal coat hanger and fish the wire out. You shouldn't have a problem. I have a 98 as well and it's been done. The metal coat hanger is your friend

07-11-04, 10:12 PM	#13
SOHKeg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NOVA Posts: 164	yeah either a coathanger, or what i use is an old car antenna that isn't powered. alot stronger than those damn coat hangers! just stick the ant/coat hanger through the hole/grommet and then tape the wire up to it nice and tight, and then pull it on through!

07-17-04, 06:36 PM	#14
96gsintegra Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 250	on my moms 97 accord there was a big rubber gasket on the same side as the battery... a lil towards the center. just cut your hole then run it under the molding to the trunk... thats what i did