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Running speaker cable into doors - Ben - 22-06-2013
I'm going to be putting new speakers and also tweeters into the doors. I've got some Vibe speaker cable so its pretty chunky stuff, looking at the door loom pipe thingy it looks like it'll be almost impossible to run two cables through. How do people do it?!
Thanks, Ben
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Piggy - 22-06-2013
you dont.
im doing this soon.... bit some grommets and drill a hole either side. Buy some cable trunking if feeling flush
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Niall - 22-06-2013
Yeah you cant basically. Its a sealed plug on the loom.
Only way to do it is to drill another hole in the door, another in the body and run a second, smaller cable hose to run cables through.
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Ricky - 22-06-2013
Make sure you put a little paint on the bare metal once you've drilled, don't want rust appearing!
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Ben - 22-06-2013
Ok thanks guys. What can I get to attach the trunking to either side to keep it in place?
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Piggy - 23-06-2013
get a good fitting grommet. ...They won't go anywhere
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Ben - 23-06-2013
Quite a bit of metal to drill through on the car side! there shouldn't be any wires or anything in there should there? Just above the bottom door hinge..
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Piggy - 23-06-2013
nah. all good
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Rich306 - 23-06-2013
Just use small cable ties to attach it to the current loom.
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Piggy - 24-06-2013
(23-06-2013, 10:36 PM)Rich306 Wrote: Just use small cable ties to attach it to the current loom.
that will work but it will look pretty poor
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Rich306 - 24-06-2013
Tuck it behind and you won't notice. Especially if you use small cable ties.
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Grant - 24-06-2013
I drilled a hole through an empty terminal in the plug, all the way through the resin sealant at the back, then ran a wire through that, just leave a bit of slack in the trunking so you can pull the plug apart. Just hop you never have to remove the door or you will have to re run the wire for your speakers...
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Ben - 24-06-2013
(23-06-2013, 10:36 PM)Rich306 Wrote: Just use small cable ties to attach it to the current loom.
This would still require holes drilled though would it not?
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Piggy - 24-06-2013
exactly
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - Ben - 24-06-2013
(24-06-2013, 07:45 AM)Grant Wrote: I drilled a hole through an empty terminal in the plug, all the way through the resin sealant at the back, then ran a wire through that, just leave a bit of slack in the trunking so you can pull the plug apart. Just hop you never have to remove the door or you will have to re run the wire for your speakers...
I'll have a look, I usually break those type of plugs though when I try to undo them! What size cable did you manage to fit through it? I have 2 double cables..
RE: Running speaker cable into doors - DeeTurbo - 24-06-2013
What I've done on mine was to go through the big rubber grommet thats part of the door loom, just to one side of the loom and then got it in to the door thought the gap above the door strap.