Usmcsho said:What's the best way to get four wires through the firewall from the passenger compartment?
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Thanks!!!derfdog15 said:Usmcsho said:What's the best way to get four wires through the firewall from the passenger compartment?
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There is supposedly a grommet behind the glovebox but I couldn't find it (and it may be specific to PI models)
There IS a grommet under the windshield wiper cowl, that is where the wires into the car for ECU etc. run. It drops to right at the drivers side third pedal/rest pedal location. You have to remove the windshield wipers (need a special wiper arm removal tool), and then put a small slit/hole into the grommet and drop your wires from there. It is a bit of a pain. Afterwards you need to seal the grommet up with some RTV or similar.
Your other option is to drill a hole and place your own grommet. This is by far the easiest, but requires a hole to be drilled. if doing this, make sure that the hole will not interfere with anything there already (specifically that you will not drill into something you should not)
After that you'll be all set.
This is what I used to remove the wiper arm. It's about $5
It's for my compressors for air ridederfdog15 said:Only thing I would add to above, is if you are feeling lazy, it is possible to run the wire into the car without removing the kick panel inside. That is how I did mine. Then again, I feel it would have been 3x faster if I had removed the kick panel.
What do you need to run wire(s) for?
For Power/Ground you can tap the 12V ACC/cigarette lighter plug, its kinda a pain to open the dash up, but its an easy power source, just add a fuse and you are golden.
SHOdded said:http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,6330.msg98535.html#msg98535
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This is what I used to remove the wiper arm. It's about $5
This is what I did when I ran my 4 gauge power wire.derfdog15 said:Usmcsho said:What's the best way to get four wires through the firewall from the passenger compartment?
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There is supposedly a grommet behind the glovebox but I couldn't find it (and it may be specific to PI models)
There IS a grommet under the windshield wiper cowl, that is where the wires into the car for ECU etc. run. It drops to right at the drivers side third pedal/rest pedal location. You have to remove the windshield wipers (need a special wiper arm removal tool), and then put a small slit/hole into the grommet and drop your wires from there. It is a bit of a pain. Afterwards you need to seal the grommet up with some RTV or similar.
Your other option is to drill a hole and place your own grommet. This is by far the easiest, but requires a hole to be drilled. if doing this, make sure that the hole will not interfere with anything there already (specifically that you will not drill into something you should not)
After that you'll be all set.