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MCO-Ryan
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Wires through firewall

Post by MCO-Ryan »

Hi all,

I'm hard-wiring some 12V accessories (HAM radio, inverter, map light) on my 93 turbo, 5MT. On my old 92 auto, I ran the wires through the firewall where the clutch master is. Any suggestions on where I should run them through on this car? Can I squeeze through somewhere?

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Ryan
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Post by entirelyturbo »

Lemme guess, you're scared of drilling holes...

I'm not :wink:
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Post by Legacy777 »

Run it through where the throttle cable goes through.....i've run more wires through there....it's ridiculous.

You may need to put a small slit in the rubber grommet.
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Post by eastbaysubaru »

Yup, there's a few different rubber grommet thingys to go through. I've got a 4 gauge stereo cable and my vacuum hose for the boost gauge running through there.

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Post by MCO-Ryan »

OK, throttle cable grommet it is. I had a look and couldn't find any grommets that didn't have anything through them (that's why I used the clutch master one on my old auto), though that one looked like it had room to spare.

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Post by ScottyS »

Ryan,

I've used the throttle cable area with success with 12v power wires. As a side note --- at one point I did an install of a Icom IC-706 (mk1). I made a bracket to replace the passenger-side visor and put the faceplate there. I actually put the xcvr in the little storage compartment that my MY90 wagon has just behind the right-rear wheel-well (opposite the jack compartment). It worked quite nicely as it was a perfect fit with the whole installation being very clean.

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