ok so i have to run some nice 16ga speaker wire to my components in my door. i have NO clue how to get the wire through the door jamb. any help is appreciated. i have a 2000 integra LS.

 

there are already wires that are going from the door into the car throught the jam. you will use the same holes and groumets. go under the dash area and locate the groumets. pop the groumet out and and poke a hole through it. same with the groumet that is on the door. then run the wire through.

thats how i did mine.

 

ok i understand what a door jamb does...

are you saying remove everything under the dash, i have the glovebox out but i cant find the point where the wires enter the car

 

no you dont have to remove anything. im refering to my 99 integra BTW, but im sure it applies with all hondas.

just reach under the dash area and find the wires that are coming in from the door. all i needed was a small flashlight.

 

Doesn't nessecarily apply to all Hondas...... in fact, most later model Hondas (after 1998) use harness plugs for all door electrical. So there is no way to run new wiring through the door. Now, it may be different with Integras since they had the same chasis design from 1994. I don't know about them for sure. I know on 5th gen Preludes, 6th and 7th gen Accords and Civics, the boot for the door electrical is in one harness and you can't run wiring through it. To add new speakers, you must either drill new holes in the body and door pannel (not recomended) or just run the wiring from the amp to the head unit output, then just tap in to the factory wiring out to the front speakers at the head end. I know someone who tried to unplug this harness and tried to thread wire through it on a 1999 Civic..... he had the door taken off the car completely. When he put it back together, the speaker sounded great, but his door locks didn't work. Took it to the dealer to fix it and cost him 250.00 for a new harness and all the labor.

 

will.... i will try to do that, there IS room in the jamb, just gotta fish the wire through it. btw, i found a grommet in the firewall and now have my power wire run =)

fastball... i used to just run my speaker wires to the wiring harness and let the factory wire take over from there into the doors. problem here is that i have component speakers.

so the signal is split between hi and low before it ever reaches the wiring harness. unless i mounted my crossover in the door itself (which i'm NOT gonna do) i have to run speaker wire through the door jamb.

 

i just went out to take this picture and i remember i had to use some sort of wire to fish the speaker wire through because its very cramped under the dash areas.

obviously the speaker wire is not in the housing that the rest of the wires are in.

 

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...threadid=71862

That should cover it all....

 

I have my crossovers in the doors..... they've been in there for 3 years and no problems. I've done that to many Hondas that I've worked on as well. I stuck them with double sided tape to the back of the interior door trim. They are out of the way of the window, and don't get wet, either. You really should try to avoid the what WiLL did. That's sort of unprofessional. It's your car, do what you want. I just wanted to let you know what the pros do .

 

ok so going into the doors is a molex plug. i had to drill 2 small holes on each side to fit the speaker wire through, now i just have to feed it up the door jamb. gotta get some lubricant of some sort.

brent