This may sound like a noob question and I apologize if it is. I am about to hook up my amplifier(finally) and I was wondering what the best way to route the wiring would be? Should I do what I was going to do, and run my power wire down the drivers door sill and then run the rest of the wires down the passenger side door sill? I am of course, going to tie the wires(speaker,RCA,etc.) all together before I run it down the door sill. Is there any other way I should run this, or is this a good way to do it? I am trying to keep it as hidden as possible. I will post pics as I do the install, so you can see what I have done with it all.
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^^^yup, just pull up on the thresholds that cover the edges of the carpet, and tuck them in there.
pull the sill up should pop right off. lots of room in there. yah id just run the power seprate on the other side.
youll figure it out quickly.
Just make sure you run the pwr wire on opposite sides from the RCA's...the power will cause interference /w the RCA's information.
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Just make sure you run the pwr wire on opposite sides from the RCA's...the power will cause interference /w the RCA's information.
Yeah I had heard that before, just checking on opinions on any other ways to do it.Thanks for the replies
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power on one side audio on the other....and get your ground from the seatbelt bolt.....just scrape off the paint from the seat bealt bottom and the car it self....(put ground in between car and seatbelt)
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just scrape off the paint from the seat belt bottom and the car it self....(put ground in between car and seatbelt)
Do you mean the back seat belt bolt, just underneath the rear seat? Or which seatbelt bolt do you mean? The amplifier is going to be mounted on the back of the seat.
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Ok now that we got that established, where is a good spot to run my power cable through the firewall? Is there a hole that is pre-drilled or do I have to drill one and put a grommet on it? Any pics you have would help also. Thanks again
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Look at the firewall, find the wiring harness that has a large handful of wires coming through it. You should be able to slice a small hole into the rubber grommet without cutting other wires and slide the power wire through it. It would be located just under the brake mastercylinder.
OR...
You could tie to the T.V. Cable for the shifter off the transmission and have it come up under your center console (large grommet there with only one cable coming through it). Then split it off in any direction you please, being sure your RCA's are on the opposite side of the car.
Another ground option...the nuts on top of the rear strut towers.
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Well the amplifier is hooked up and works great, now all I have to do is to dress up the wires and tuck them out of the way. I ran the power cable under the dash (through the firewall) the way Donny Lowrida said. And I ran the RCA cables, and the remote power lead, under the other side and down the passenger side door sill. I have the ground wire grounded under the rear seat and to the seat belt bolt. Everything is sounding great, all I need now is a better speaker box. The one I got is the cheap @$$ one from Wally World. It is ok for now, but I need something bigger.
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