[Dave57]

The 30 minute upgrade your amp wire mod with pics.

Well you know the same old story upgrade the amp upgrade the power wires. The amp I’m (playing with this time) upgrading to has an un regulated power supply so the more you give it the more you get. So this time the run distance was made shorter using the right side grommet along with thicker wire. I had seen it before (the right grommet) and thought naa it’s too much work, but did it out of necessity this time.

I’ve done a lot of fishing in the past. “using a smaller wire, pipe, string, or even ribbon tape in tight quarters with the goal of pulling back what you want in place. The ribbon tape and pipe were used for Natural Gas and Electric or Communication installs. Usually for something bigger or not ridged enough to push forward.

Mitsu has a great pic with both grommet locations in it. See pic 1. When you finally see the right side grommet many use the left side because it’s in the open, and using the right side could require removing the battery. I was damned if I was going to pull the battery and loose all the memory (ECU with a piggyback, DCCC, Radio…)

I have a fishing apparatus which is nothing more than two coat hangers with an overhand wrap joining them in the middle. In the 3k it has been used to install gauges, tweeters, digital climate control, a homelink compass, temperature, auto dim mirror with maplights, amp and speaker wiring and even wiring for the aa spoiler. Oh did I mention unlock the car?

Step one was remove the battery hold down and move the battery over.
Step two to bend the fish wire to the area where it was going so it would puncture the grommet straight on and follow that path to where you could get some tape on it and pull the wire back.
Step three push the fish wire and locate it inside then get it in position to tape the bigger amp wire on to pull it back.
Step four was to tape the amp wire to the fish wire and another wire to be in place for the next time I wanted to pull something thru the grommet.


Picture 2 the grommet
Picture 3 the path of the fish wire