power cable for sub

bristolgeezer · Post by **bristolgeezer** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:04 pm

where have you guys ran your power cables for your sub?

we had a quick look after fitting my headunit but couldnt see any gromets going from the engine bay to the inside.

oh and its on a 2001 gti btw,

thanks,

ash.

s-l-i-x · Post by **s-l-i-x** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:37 pm

I put mine through the big loom in the centre inside the bonnet, has a big grommet. I had to take off some of the underneath dash to pull the wire through.

bristolgeezer · Post by **bristolgeezer** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:06 pm

cool, cheers fella, think i'll be havin a go at this the weekend

Sunburntfreek · Post by **Sunburntfreek** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:51 am

i got mine through behind the glove box, which you can get to underneath

Hardcore · Post by **Hardcore** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:13 pm

if you look under the left hand side of the centre peice. go right to the back, there will be a black loom, where a few other wires should be placed. i just followed mine through with them

pretty simple, but difficult to do lol. i needed 2 poeple to do it.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:25 am

yeh thers one behind the glovebox, if your still having problems i'll post a pic of where mine is. be careful tho cos thers a A/C water deposit hole in the passenger footwell. its the most obvoius one u can see with the big rubber pipe going thru it, DONT USE IT! all the waste will come into your footwell, past experience haha

bristolgeezer · Post by **bristolgeezer** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:09 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:yeh thers one behind the glovebox, if your still having problems i'll post a pic of where mine is. be careful tho cos thers a A/C water deposit hole in the passenger footwell. its the most obvoius one u can see with the big rubber pipe going thru it, DONT USE IT! all the waste will come into your footwell, past experience haha

if you could post a pic that'd be brilliant mate,

i tried to get the glove box out but just couldnt get it out, took out loads of screws from both passenger and drivers sides of the dash to try and free the glove box but it was only loose

its really starting to irritate me now, my subs sat in the boot doin nowt!

a local car audio specialist said they'd charge 45 quid just to run the cable through!!!!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:18 pm

Depending on how long that would take them it's not a bad price.

The last place I used charge Â£40 an hour.

Also, depends on how they do it. They may drill a hole (like the first place did with mine) then it'd probably be easier for them to take the seat out to hide the cable etc.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:45 pm

I couldn't get the inside car shot, it involves taking a hell of alot of panels off. Its behind the glovebox, and to get to it you have to start at the steering column, and work your way across taking off each panel. Heres the pic from the engine bay, showing you whereabouts the hole is

bristolgeezer · Post by **bristolgeezer** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:44 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:I couldn't get the inside car shot, it involves taking a hell of alot of panels off. Its behind the glovebox, and to get to it you have to start at the steering column, and work your way across taking off each panel. Heres the pic from the engine bay, showing you whereabouts the hole is

brilliant, thanks alot dude i'll have another crack at it this weekend, maybe 3rd tme lucky eh?!

Hardcore · Post by **Hardcore** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:23 pm

dont think i did mine there:S:S mine was well hard to reach!! right t the bottom of the wall! but was in a similar place:S:S:S probs the same one the. i jus piercd it with a screw driver hahaha. wasnt too hard:D jus give it sum force:D

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:00 am

Hardcore wrote:dont think i did mine there:S:S mine was well hard to reach!! right t the bottom of the wall! but was in a similar place:S:S:S probs the same one the. i jus piercd it with a screw driver hahaha. wasnt too hard:D jus give it sum force:D

dude that possibly the a/c drainage i was talking about!!! can you access just by reaching up in the passenger footwell?

@ bristolgeezer: yeh man go for it, if your still having problems after that we'll arrange a meet if you want and i'll try help you out?

bristolgeezer · Post by **bristolgeezer** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:07 pm

Tim_GTi wrote:@ bristolgeezer: yeh man go for it, if your still having problems after that we'll arrange a meet if you want and i'll try help you out?

cheers dude,

i'll have another crack at it this weekend sometime and let ya know how i get on!

Sharp GTi · Post by **Sharp GTi** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 5:43 pm

One place I found was dead easy to do.
If you look down in between the header tank and engine below where the brake lines run you will see what I can describe as a floppy dogs ear cutout in the sound proofing on the bulkhead. Lift this up and you can see a rubber grommet - feed the cable through here.
Inside the car just pull the carpet down slightly on the passenger side and hey presto, theres the cable.
Make sure you get the grommet fitted properly as you`ll hear engine noise in the car and you keep thinking there something else wrong with your car!!

Hope this helps

Hardcore · Post by **Hardcore** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:40 pm

Tim_GTi it wasnt no drainage :S its just a plug from the wall to the other sied. with wires through it. ..