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Old November 22nd, 2011, 05:58 PM   #1
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Best way to pass through the firewall?


I need to run quite a bit of wiring through the firewall, and im going to buy a little 4 screw (.5-1inch diameter) grommet. I'm just wondering if theres a place either in the passenger side foot panel or drivers side that is fairly easy to drill/run wiring through.

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Old November 22nd, 2011, 07:34 PM   #2
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I used the hole that the hood latch cable passes through (driver's side), I ran a 12gauge and 4 18gauge wires through the hole and used the existing grommet. It was a bit hard to catch it on the engine side since it comes out behind some other sheetmetal, but I was able to squeeze my hand in a hole and grab it, once I had one through I used it to pull the others.
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I need to run quite a bit of wiring through the firewall, and im going to buy a little 4 screw (.5-1inch diameter) grommet. I'm just wondering if theres a place either in the passenger side foot panel or drivers side that is fairly easy to drill/run wiring through.

Just looking for a clean install. (2003 Mustang GT)

Pictures would be great.

Thanks
There sure is look on the Drivers side firewall there is a good size hole there to the left and below the brake boost I just cut the large grommet, then matched one up from LOWES and ran all my wiring and Boot gauge line through it.
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On the drivers side there is a grommet that you can run a bunch of wire through, atm there is like 8 16 gauge wires ( all my nitrous wiring)and a big audio wire going through it. Its like a foot or two down from the top of the firewall around the steering wheel
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Ok from image shack someone please explain to me how the FUC- to get the picture to post
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Ok from image shack someone please explain to me how the FUC- to get the picture to post
right click on image, then click copy image location then insert the [img/] tags
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Thanks for posting that, but how did you do that? anyhow next to the brake booster you can see all my lines coming out, these feed into the drivers side where you can see them and route your wires this was before I build my engine, but the hole is still the same.
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Originally Posted by SSG Pate View Post
Thanks for posting that, but how did you do that? anyhow next to the brake booster you can see all my lines coming out, these feed into the drivers side where you can see them and route your wires this was before I build my engine, but the hole is still the same.
see my post above yours
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^ the hole you used will only be there on auto cars, as that's where the clutch cable comes thru on manual cars.
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Originally Posted by bottled2v View Post
^ the hole you used will only be there on auto cars, as that's where the clutch cable comes thru on manual cars.
Can you still not use that same hole and share it with the clutch cable?
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Originally Posted by SSG Pate View Post
Can you still not use that same hole and share it with the clutch cable?
not its completely filled with either the stock firewall thing or an aftermarket adjuster.

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I drilled a hole right under and between the clutch cable and throttle cable hole.
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Cool I'll check that out when it warms up, thanks!
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i ran mine through the fat rubber grommet with a harness coming through...near the clutch cable hole...
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