Where to run amp power wire?

[2007]

I have 2 runs of 1/0 to run. What route did ya'll take for your big wire? I haven't looked at it yet, but I'll take some tips n tricks before I start.

[CREWZIN]

Where are you trying to run the wires? From where to where?

If you need to go through the firewall, follow the cable that opens the hood. It goes through a black grommet and there's enough room to run a few wires through the same hole. In the picture below, it's the hole that has my blue cable from my AMP from inside the car to the engine compartment.

[2007]

I need to run from the battery to the back hatch area to a couple amps. What size is the blue wire in your pic? The 1/0 is about the diameter of nickel, and I'll need two of them.

[CREWZIN]

The blue wire is nowhere near the size you need. Two size of a nickel holes? Not sure where you'll find a place for that size. The hole that's not through the firewall under where my AMP wire is, is for a clutch pedal. You can probably use that space for one of those wires and maybe another hole right near that area.

[Delicroix]

I drilled a hole through the plastic piece that you see in the fire wall below where Crewzin ran his wire. You could fit one wire through there. The other may have to be ran around a seal, such as the one in the top right area of your engine compartment. Both of those holes will lead straight out under the dash by the steering column.

[partyd]

0 gauge wire is to big to go inside and it will look ugly under the carpet unless you get the flat 0 gauge i use 4 gauge and it was ok 2 and it was a big problem so i pull it all out and run it under the car outside next to the chassis all in the left side all the way to the back then i drill to holes and run the power cable into the trunk and also run a 4 gauge ground from under the vehicle chasis

i will post pictures but i sold that car 3 weeks ago
good luck

[CruiserOhioMike]

Originally Posted by partyd

0 gauge wire is to big to go inside and it will look ugly under the carpet unless you get the flat 0 gauge i use 4 gauge and it was OK 2 and it was a big problem so i pull it all out and run it under the car outside next to the chassis all in the left side all the way to the back then i drill to holes and run the power cable into the trunk and also run a 4 gauge ground from under the vehicle chassis

i will post pictures but i sold that car 3 weeks ago
good luck

Just my two cents here friend (hopefully I don't come off as a jerk, but), never EVER run power wire under the car like that, it's extremely dangerous, if something kicks up and takes off some of the rubber jacket around the wire, you will have bare power wire rubbing up against your chassis and can catch your car on fire. Any wire ran under the car like that is exposed to bumps, rain, snow, trash kicking up, rocks. It can destroy your car, and even kill you. I know that sounds like over reaction, but it's not, I've seen it happen more than once

[quicksilverdon]

Originally Posted by CruiserOhioMike

Just my two cents here friend (hopefully I don't come off as a jerk, but), never EVER run power wire under the car like that, it's extremely dangerous, if something kicks up and takes off some of the rubber jacket around the wire, you will have bare power wire rubbing up against your chassis and can catch your car on fire. Any wire ran under the car like that is exposed to bumps, rain, snow, trash kicking up, rocks. It can destroy your car, and even kill you. I know that sounds like over reaction, but it's not, I've seen it happen more than once

If you put a fuse in, ought not to be a problem.

[thehoghunter]

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[rob342]

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