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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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i drilled a hole next to the booster as well. 4g went right through.
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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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theres a hole under the hood to the right...its near the struts where it goes to the fender and then theres a plug next to the foot e brake that you can run the wire through. i just did it last week although it took me forever to find it lol...you can look for the plug next to the e brake and have the wire go through there 1st so that i will be easier for you to grab. make sure to take out ur fender guards so that you can grab the wire.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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bump hit a snag in this part lol, anyone know where this plug is by the brake pedal? trying to find it but cant see anything.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Dont think there is a plug by the brake pedal, I think the one you are looking for is under the driver side floor(plug), under the car. When I ran my power wire in, I had to drill the actual wall by the master cylinder and then snakle the wire in.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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by any chance can u take any pictures of where u drilled? dont wanna hit anything important.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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The reason I put a 8 ohm speaker in place of the 2 ohm was that by putting a 8 ohm speaker and getting a 200 watt amp and running in the same area as the factory amp which was a small unit. I had the guys here at FRYS Anaheim CA put in my system for $60.00 labor and it just makes the car sound great I have great base not to much not to little I also put sealent around the subwoofer so as to have a deep fast base which sound out of this world I used shoe goo used for running shoes you can get at big five sports stores .
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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i will take pictures for everyone to show you how to cleanly run all the wires through the car and were to put them
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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running the wire from the battery is actually a pretty easy thing to do compared to the other things you have to do, there is a firewall in the car but it is hard to get to being such a big car, you can see in the picture right were i put my wires, to get them from the battery to the firewall to the trunk of your car.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:47 PM
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here is a closer pic of were the firewall is located under the hood, sorry for the pics there all from my cellphone.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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here is the firewall from inside the passenger seat, it is located a few inches to the right of the brake pedal.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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i ran the wires right on the trimming of the floor, i though it was a very good place because the wires tuck in it perfectly and u can pop it right off and on, and it makes the car look very clean not 1 wire is showing on the inside of my car.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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i ran the wires from the driver side of the car over into the passenger side in the rear, i removed the old 6 disc changer, i removed the factory amp for the speakers and subs, and removed the old 8 inch sub.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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another pic of were the 6 disc and old factory amp were removed and replaced with a kenwood for my speakers, and a sony xplod for my subs.
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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and finally the last pic of how everything looks nice and clean, no wires will show in your car what so ever nor will they show in the trunk
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Old Aug 22, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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very nice, thanks!!
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