installing my sub

[SparkyB]

well me and my mate have tried to install my sub today but got stuck on the first bit!!....we cudnt find a hole to feed the power cable from the battery into the car...itsa mk1 clio....any ideas?? cus im totaly stumped

 

[jamesybear]

possibly might have to drill one? enugh space to fit it through the bonnet relase catch hole?

 

[SparkyB]

ive hada look so im guna go drilla hole!! fun

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

ive hada look so im guna go drilla hole!! fun

no mate dont, there is a grommit in the fire wall which you can feed the power cable through, its a bit*h to find, but if you look for it from the bonnet/ engine bay instead of from inside the car its easier.....just look along the firewall and you should locate a black wire ( if i recall correctly) going through the firewall into the footwell on the drivers side. puncture that with a screwdriver and try locate the screwdriver on the inside of the car....then tape your powercable to it and pull it through. thats the way i did it after some help from CS users

 

[Luke.]

what ive seen lots of people doing lately is putting the cable out the bonnet around the a pillar and in the door!

very subtle haha!

there shud be a gromit in the bulk head like has been said!

look out for that!

 

[SparkyB]

yup i found it muaha and i got the leads running from the battery/headunit into the boot lookin nice and clean...just waiting on my mate to come round and wire it up!

 

[Darmon]

what ive seen lots of people doing lately is putting the cable out the bonnet around the a pillar and in the door!

very subtle haha!

there shud be a gromit in the bulk head like has been said!

look out for that!

thats just dangerous, and looks bodgetastic.

like everyones said, theres a gromit, might take some finding, but much better to find it than drilling a hole somewhere!

 

[SparkyB]

wel its all installed...but it didnt work....finding a place to earth in the boot was stupid...its a bolt on the side of the boot about 3/4 of the way up...duno if its good enuff

 

[polishdon@hotmail.com]

I grounded mine under the rear seat, there was like a little metal square frame raised up from the existing metal sheet, had a little hole in the top big enough to put a bolt through, so sanded it down and bolted up the ground....seems to be doin alright as the system is finally running