Impenetrable Fortress between top and bottom of the 993 dash.
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I started working on installing a few electronic goodies in the 993 today. Radio gear mostly. Looking for a path to put a wire bundle (about the girth of a middle finger) through from the bottom dash into the upper dash behind the guages or on the passenger side and into the trunk. The goal is to get these wires into the trunk area from the back of the stereo. I removed the entire glove box/door and all my guages and both kick panels and after removing the guages fell in love with the open path and space behind them where I could see right into the trunk. problem is the upper and lower dash are separated by steel firewall. I spent over an hour trying to find a spot in there somewhere to pass these wires from below to above. I see at the top of the passengers side footwell a large grommet with wiring going through it but do not want to use it because it penetrates in the area that appears to be behind the gas tank. The top/bottom portions of the dash appear to be impenetrable. Funny thing is the back of the stereo area and the back of the guage pod area are only 3 inches away from each other but might as well be 4 miles as there is steel between them. There does not appear to be a hole in this steel anywhere.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get a couple signal wires and speaker wires through this fortress or into the trunk area. I may have found a spot I can drill a hole in the steel on the passenger side to the right of the glove box area and install a grommet but would like to use an existing hole or passage if any exist.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Anyone have any ideas on how to get a couple signal wires and speaker wires through this fortress or into the trunk area. I may have found a spot I can drill a hole in the steel on the passenger side to the right of the glove box area and install a grommet but would like to use an existing hole or passage if any exist.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Tough job!
When I installed a traffic pro I thought the GPS antenna could work if placed very close under the bonnet (though I was wrong!!). But for this I ran the antenna wire through a grommet that is quite behing the radio. The tricky thing is that the wire will come out in the trunck under the ventilation stuff.
To help I ran a first 'solid' wire that I could push and push and push through this grommet and then be able to catch it in the trunck.
Then you can use this solid wire to attach your cable and then pull it.
I hope I've been clear...sorry I've got poor english vocabulary...
Good luck!! You should plan to put some beers ready for some calming down breaks
When I installed a traffic pro I thought the GPS antenna could work if placed very close under the bonnet (though I was wrong!!). But for this I ran the antenna wire through a grommet that is quite behing the radio. The tricky thing is that the wire will come out in the trunck under the ventilation stuff.
To help I ran a first 'solid' wire that I could push and push and push through this grommet and then be able to catch it in the trunck.
Then you can use this solid wire to attach your cable and then pull it.
I hope I've been clear...sorry I've got poor english vocabulary...
Good luck!! You should plan to put some beers ready for some calming down breaks
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If I'm not mistaken there is another grommet on the passenger side over toward the glove box, but its been a while since I did anything with mine. Just a thought....it might be on the lower side which won't help you but might be worth a look.
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There is a grommet that comes out in the fuse box in the trunk area. Remove the cover of the fuse box, take the fuse block out as one piece and the grommet is just below that. Send a coat hanger down the grommet and it comes out in the car behind the glove box. Took about 5 min.
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Thanks for the replies. I will take another look under the fuse box. Hell I've ripped everything else out, why not the fuse box too. I did find a decent spot for large grommet or two if I want to drill a hole or two through the steel. Hopefully The grommet under the fuse box will be big enough. I need to put a decent sized bundle of wires through the firewall. I need to put x5 12 ga pairs of speaker wire, ~ 5x 18 ga wires for remote amp turn on and a couple of alarm sense wires as well as an antenna wire and an Alpine AI-Net cable (with straight plug) through there. I want to avoid drilling but I found a nice open space on the drivers side to the right (from inside the car) of the hood latch release cable's grommet above the clutch pedal area but below the steering shaft area where I can drill a hole or two and install grommets and put through what I need. I just have to put something in the trunk area before I drill to protect the gas tank when the bit breaks trough. A nice piece of wood or steel should do the trick. Still want to try to avoid drilling, but at least now if I have to I have a viable location that's easy to get to.
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I thought the typical path was across the drivers side (under the pedals) and up through the firewall on the far left side. There is a large grommet there although I don't know if mine is factory. This is how my stereo wires run to the trunk mounted amp.
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If you remove the upper dash you will see a rubber grommet that is used to pass the cable through for the CD player. You can see it best from inside the front trunk area.
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No. It is extremely easy. Remove the clock and there is a 10mm nut to the right that needs to come off. Then remove the trim piece below the windshield and then the two screws under it. Then pop off the plastic covers at each side of the dash (you will see these when the doors are open) and unscrew the phillips head screws. You're done. It slides back and up.
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Very good to know.
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+1 on the upper dash removal. Very easy to do once you figure out there is a nut behind the clock. That one took me a while ![Embarrassment](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/redface.gif)
Mike hit the nail on the head with the hole I was talking about.
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Mike hit the nail on the head with the hole I was talking about.
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There is a grommet that comes out in the fuse box in the trunk area. Remove the cover of the fuse box, take the fuse block out as one piece and the grommet is just below that. Send a coat hanger down the grommet and it comes out in the car behind the glove box. Took about 5 min.
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