Help with wiring, 4 gage.. Options

[sanjuk]

Does anyone have a decent guide on how to wire this car up? I really dont know where to start

[GriffGirl]

When you are facing the front of your car with the hood (bonnet, right?) up, on the right side of the firewall you will see a black rubber grommet with a wiring harness going through it. (I can see it in one of the photos you posted) Run your amp power cable through that grommet - you'll have to kind of wiggle it in there, but once you get it through it should pass through rather easily. Feed as much of it in there as you can without actually losing the end you're holding of course... and then go to the inside of your car and look around for the wire. On US cars, the wire would come through right below our steering column, but since your steering column is on the wrong side it'll probably be somewhere beneath your glove box. I assume your battery is located on the right hand (your passenger side) of your engine bay as well? This should give you a pretty straight line from the battery to the entry point on the firewall.

From there, assuming you are mounting your amplifier in your trunk (I just can't bring myself to say boot, sorry), you can run the cable beneath the door sill (the plastic strip that runs along the edge of your carpet when the door is open). The door sill just pulls up, there are plastic tabs holding it in place. Then the carpet, which has a plastic rail along its edge, just lifts up, and you will see other wiring down in there, where you can run your wiring as well. Continue it by running it behind the trim in the back seat, probably then beneath your seat (I have a hatch back, not a coupe, so I'm not sure about this part) and into your trunk.

You can also run your remote lead from the back of your stereo the same way - behind the stereo deck, along the inside of that firewall (beneath the carpet), and along that trim to the back. Naturally you're going to need to purchase some extra wiring and some wiring connectors to achieve this. GET THE WIRE CONNECTORS - don't just twist the wiring together, that's just cheesy. 16 or 18 awg wiring should be sufficient for this I believe.

[sanjuk]

When you are facing the front of your car with the hood (bonnet, right?) up, on the right side of the firewall you will see a black rubber grommet with a wiring harness going through it. (I can see it in one of the photos you posted) Run your amp power cable through that grommet - you'll have to kind of wiggle it in there, but once you get it through it should pass through rather easily. Feed as much of it in there as you can without actually losing the end you're holding of course... and then go to the inside of your car and look around for the wire. On US cars, the wire would come through right below our steering column, but since your steering column is on the wrong side it'll probably be somewhere beneath your glove box. I assume your battery is located on the right hand (your passenger side) of your engine bay as well? This should give you a pretty straight line from the battery to the entry point on the firewall.

The pic i posted of the gromit was on the driver side..i took everything off underneath the steering wheel (forgot to get a pic) and i couldnt see the cable..il try tomorrow and deffo get some more pics..thanks for the tip though

This post has been edited by sanjuk: Aug 21, 2008 - 5:37 PM