the_legend_of_yrag
Member
Registered: 7th Jul 03
Location: Cambridgeshire
User status: Offline
|
... your wiring in?? Did you take seats out and pull carpet up like in the haynes manual, id rather not do this!!
Obviously want power cable down the left side and rca's down the right but how have you all got it down through to tha boot?? Ta
|
corb
Member
Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
User status: Offline
|
run it under the side sill thingys, but mines (power cable)straight up the centre of the car.
|
the_legend_of_yrag
Member
Registered: 7th Jul 03
Location: Cambridgeshire
User status: Offline
|
need a torx screw tho dont i to get the sills up?
|
beav
Member
Registered: 20th Aug 01
Location: Home-Ayrshire (Troon), Uni-St Andrews
User status: Offline
|
Yip, you'll need one of those little 'torx screws'. Everyone knows someone with one of those, get phoning round yuor mates if you don't have one or the right size. It can take a little time to put all the wires through the car but definfitly worth it in the end!
Richard
|
Voyto
Member
Registered: 9th Feb 03
Location: Stafford
User status: Offline
|
i took out my passenger seat and rear bench seat. also took up all the carpet. well worth it IMO. just takes a long time and make sure u remember where ever bolt goes. ive got about 2 little screws that i cant remember where they went 
|
beav
Member
Registered: 20th Aug 01
Location: Home-Ayrshire (Troon), Uni-St Andrews
User status: Offline
|
Definitly no need to take out seats, it can be easily done without this by just runnig it along the sills under the plastic!
|
IntaCepta
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Mill Hill East, Greater London
User status: Offline
|
i managed to do it without taking the seats out (didn't have a big enuf torx bit for the seats). but took the sills out and lifted teh carpet up as much as poss.
powercable under left sills,
rcas under right sills,
speaker cables down the middle.
gettin' wires down the middle is a right pain with the seats there, but it is possible.
if your gonna only pass wires thru the sills, i wouldn't bother taking the seat out. Don't remeber it being too difficult.
|
AdiSRI
Member
Registered: 1st May 02
Location: Berkshire
User status: Offline
|
I'm pulling my whole car to bits and am gonna dynamat floor under carpet etc.. as me damn zorst is soo noisy it ruins the music!
Gonna take a couple of weeks all in with the fibreglassing but it'll be worth it.
|
baza31
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
the torx ket is a T25, jus thoght i´d let u know. its a piece of pis to run cables to ur boot.
|
robtj
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 03
Location: Woodley, Berkshire
User status: Offline
|
i removed the carpet, cause i was having problems running a 2 gauge power cable down the side, but for smaller setups just run it under the lower door plastic. as for the tools i bought a cheap set of star keys for £2 from a local shop. does the same job
[Edited on 26-12-2003 by robtj]
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
is 2 gauge to big to run down the sills ???
If it is then bugger, thats what i was hoping to run to the back and i dont wanna really remove the seats etc 
|
the_legend_of_yrag
Member
Registered: 7th Jul 03
Location: Cambridgeshire
User status: Offline
|
my wire is 4 gauge so wernt too bad, one thing, wheres the best place to ground it in the boot???
|
Dom
Member
Registered: 13th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
one of the ground places is the rear seat belt bolts....but dont hold me to that mate with it being the best place, but as long as its a clean bit of metal (no paint on it) then it should be fine  Where ever you choose mate, give it a scrub with wire wool and brush it off. Just to make sure there will be good contact
|
baza31
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
pop off ur cluster cover in ur boot, theres plenty of places in there.
|
the_legend_of_yrag
Member
Registered: 7th Jul 03
Location: Cambridgeshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by baza31
pop off ur cluster cover in ur boot, theres plenty of places in there.
Tis where i ended up going 
|
RichR
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
User status: Offline
|
stubbsys car - they com-pletely stripped thaat and buried mort of the cables in the foam under the carpet
he was having retrim and roof build as well - so they clearly hd to take it all out
I took out all of the passenger side on mine - rolled the carpet back and took the rear seats out
|
