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Old May 14, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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Running Wires through the Firewall

I am just about ready to add in a new boost guage and am looking for areas to run it through the firewall. I looked on a couple of ocassions to bring it through the driver area but it seems that most areas will either cut the the firewall carpet material or hit a component. Does anybody have an suggestions or pics of a good location? I am not keen on pulling it through the main wire harness (drivers side) since the boot and cover is still in good shape and I dont want to cut it. I have grommets a drill and am more or less ready to go.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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Make a little slit in the main harness grommet, and run it through there.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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There is a hole in the wall below and behind the glove compartment. It's for a/c tubing, but if your car didn't come with a/c, there will just be a rubber plug in the hole. Try that - I've used it for just about every wire I've had to run between the bay and the cabin...
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Old May 14, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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i'ev replaces a few gromets in the firewall with different one, ie my speedo cable hole is just a ring gromet to not cut wires on the sharp edge
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Old May 15, 2006 | 12:50 AM
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no, not that one.

on the very left side of the car (right side if you're looking in the engine bay) right underneath your clutch m/c there's a bigass harness that goes through. It should be a piece of cake to get a boost gauge signal through there, I got a 1/0 AWG wire through!
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Old May 15, 2006 | 03:15 AM
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oh i know. i've got wires and hoses going through every hole in my firewall. i just said that mention something i did that wasn't already said.
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