Guilty of the door jam run... I didn't want to do that for my wife's car. Thanks for the video. I'm doing it right this time! I'll fix my truck in spring when it's warmer out.
Good video, I'm trying to install power wires for a mobile ham radio through the firewall. Problem is the harness comes with two huge fuse holders and might have to make the hole larger than what I thought was practical.
As much as I love that you are showing how to do things the right way, I feel that if you can use the wire poke jobby you can use a uni bit and make your own hole and use a dedicated grommet, that way if something does melt it's not welding your ecm harness....just easier to stay out of trouble then to get out of trouble 😉✌️....and I do have mad respect for what you do, don't let my opinion stop your viewers from doing what you show, I have seen thousands of " self installed" items as a mechanic for twenty plus years and I've seen what happens when full batt amperage is applied to all of the crkts at the same time going through a bulk head ....💥💨♨️⚡🔥🔥🚒
Very informative .. I am doing a power wire install for my mobile ham radio. Never heard of or seen a Grommet tool. Your video just have me Hope. No lol. Very cool indeed.
Looking to install a space heater into my car and want to run wires from my battery inside.. this video saved me as I didn't have any idea how to get wires in there. Now I do
Me being new to this is it bad to puncture the wire wall but I like that I don't have to drill any holes to run wiring like I have seen in other videos
through a grommet is always the preferred way but starting in about the early 2000's year by year it seems harder and harder to find a grommet that is actually accessible on both sides of the firewall and there are some cars like Audi's that you can't even find a spot on the firewall to access for installing your own grommet....
Having that problem right now and can't find anyone that's solved it yet... There's a total of 2-3 2nd gen Equinoxes on RUclips, the only one that even comes close to showing where they got the power wire through the firewall is a ghetto ass install and you can't make anything out on the video anyway... Been digging in my dash for 8 hours looking for a spot I can get a 0gauge wire through..going to just say F it and borrow a buddy's lift to run it under the car in conduit.
I didn't it in the door jam of my Altima but I put it through this little hole behind the panel and behind the hinge. It was really tight and never got snagged. Also you need fuse at the batter to avoid it catching fire in the case of a short
I also, like HifiVega, had no idea that there was such a tool as the "grommet tool"...I like it, and I like this vid...AND, the guy who made it! Z-BOP!
I used MASSIVE AUDIO BT HEADPHONES and the bass came thrue clean & boomin but i got dog barks all 5.1 from the background sounds....lol but this was very good editorial!
im installing a whole ass 3 sub 4 mids 2 amps sound system TOMORROW and it'll be the first time i do the job on a modern car(2017) and i came here in panic mode because during a quick inspection i couldnt find any single hole in the firewall which my 1992 truck has plenty of to make it super easy. i'll be working without that grommet tool, but man that thing looks handy to be able to put the wire through like that. i need to find space for a run of 4 gauge and 8 gauge, hopefully not too difficult
1:34 is what i needed to know i think. I have the same big wire harness grommet next to the clutch pedal on the inside. But in the engine compartment that part of the firewall is hidden by the fusebox. So i have to unbolt the fusebox, hopefully i can see the other side of this grommet then 😀
Never even knew such a tool existed lol I always used the small slit with a razor blade on each side and some fish tape... And don’t you dare shame me for grounding my amp to the trunk latch in a future video 😂😂
My first car had the wire in the door jam. It worked fine but ever since my second car in 2017, I've always cut a hole in the main boot that feeds the fat wiring harness through the firewall.
Running 0 awg is such a pain getting through stock rubber grommets. Almost always have to find a good safe place in the firewall to drill and install a new grommet.
This video is under-rated AF xD I love this AND I finally realized how to get into the firewall grommet. I was prepared to pull the shit out (installing driving lights)
Love the video. I bought the same tool and got my 4 gauge wire through. Although I'm worried about water getting inside the cabin through the firewall when it rains. Is that something to watch out for? Should I try and tape up the grommet or silicone spray it?
Booii u helped my ass!! Lol i always just ran it through the doors rubber grommet and then up through the fender.. as i was always worried of poking into the grommets i have tryed finding spots to poke through/drill before, but shiet this way easier if i have a big gromet in around the same area
Ford engineers: where should we run the wiring harness through? What if we made it really easy. You know like through the fender and into the door jam. Kyle.. your getting a raise.
What do you mean? How is "in a pinch" applicable to getting a subwoofer playing? It's not a necessity, it's not a dire situation with drastic circumstances. In a pinch applies to if you're stuck on the side of the road, or doing s temporary rigging of something due to not having enough money saved for a mechanical repair. You do something in a pinch, to get you surviving (getting to work, having readily available transportation in case of medical emergency, etc) getting an amp playing is not a "in a pinch" moment. We always have time to go back and fix it later, but never enough time to do it right the first time....
my #1 pet peeve, dudes who are like "I KNOW HOW TO INSTALL STEREOS" and then splice your accessory line with 12power, and are like "yeah check this out you can totally listen to your stereo with the car off, .... " but they actually splice the ENTIRE accessory circuit instead of just the stereo's circuit...
The only way with the tools that I do have that I could run my amp wire in my 2000 dodge grand caravan was behind the window wiper motor which does come through my door jam on the inside and his under the bottom trim.
That tool! This video is worth it just for knowing that tool exists! When I think of all the times I could of used one...
I haven't seen someone run a power wire through the door jamb before...was thinking about doing it too! Thank you for the video.
You're fighting the good fight Ed; keep it up.
You are the man bro 😍 no more wire-through-the-door-jamb for this guy 💪
Thanks a bunch. Needed to run a temp battery wire for my tow hitch wiring and thought my only option was to run undercarriage but now I have options.
I was looking for a way to reroute a vacuum line and this helps me out a lot as well as future reference for some extras I may be looking at next.
Wow..I have learned a lesson....I am cb radio hobbyist and I use to run the wire through the door jam..lol...now I know what to do now
Awesome video! I don’t know how many times I’ve had a car in the shop and seen the same thing.
The door lock as the ground got me😂
This was a very well made and helpful video, thanks!
Haha this video took me back to my teen years ,loved it 👍
Guilty of the door jam run... I didn't want to do that for my wife's car. Thanks for the video. I'm doing it right this time! I'll fix my truck in spring when it's warmer out.
Thank for showing the wire grommet tool!!!
Nice tool !!! Thanks
So informative. Thank you!.
Love the introduction 😂
Lol I laughed damn near the whole video. Good knowledge to share. Thanks.
Subscribed for the ground wire wrapped around the door anchor
Went on Amazon and bought this piercing tool with the quickness!
Thank you for the video!
Love this video very helpful 👍
Thanks for this! Very useful
thank you for this video
You and I have the same pet peeve’s for the “I know it all crew” 😂🤣😂😂😂
Thank you!! This was so useful!
Great video bro!
Great video and the door latch as the ground was to funny 🤣😂
Good video, I'm trying to install power wires for a mobile ham radio through the firewall. Problem is the harness comes with two huge fuse holders and might have to make the hole larger than what I thought was practical.
grommit tool...why haven't I heard of this before? That's awesome!
This is a great video!
Thank you for this video I never knew that gromit tool existed I just purchased one.
As much as I love that you are showing how to do things the right way, I feel that if you can use the wire poke jobby you can use a uni bit and make your own hole and use a dedicated grommet, that way if something does melt it's not welding your ecm harness....just easier to stay out of trouble then to get out of trouble 😉✌️....and I do have mad respect for what you do, don't let my opinion stop your viewers from doing what you show, I have seen thousands of " self installed" items as a mechanic for twenty plus years and I've seen what happens when full batt amperage is applied to all of the crkts at the same time going through a bulk head ....💥💨♨️⚡🔥🔥🚒
Very informative .. I am doing a power wire install for my mobile ham radio. Never heard of or seen a Grommet tool. Your video just have me Hope. No lol. Very cool indeed.
funny + informative video, keep up the nice job.
kool tool.
Very helpful
Amazing! Keep it up!
Ty! Took me an hr to give in and look on youtube for some help 😅🤦🏼♂️
LMAO that ground to the door latch wow.
great video, thank you
Thanks!
Thanks!!!!!!!!! I didn't know that tool existed.
Thank you for the tutorial. I plan on doing this for a La Cucaracha horn lol
What a cool tool. Never seen one,,,its a "must have" now that I seen it !! Lol. TY Bro ! Great video ! 😎✌️
Great! Love your style! loll
That's awesome.. you are so genius and funny 😁. Thank you sir a lot. Wishing all the best to you.!
good video
Really did like the video 🤘🇬🇧from England !
Looking to install a space heater into my car and want to run wires from my battery inside.. this video saved me as I didn't have any idea how to get wires in there. Now I do
Me being new to this is it bad to puncture the wire wall but I like that I don't have to drill any holes to run wiring like I have seen in other videos
through a grommet is always the preferred way but starting in about the early 2000's year by year it seems harder and harder to find a grommet that is actually accessible on both sides of the firewall and there are some cars like Audi's that you can't even find a spot on the firewall to access for installing your own grommet....
Having that problem right now and can't find anyone that's solved it yet... There's a total of 2-3 2nd gen Equinoxes on RUclips, the only one that even comes close to showing where they got the power wire through the firewall is a ghetto ass install and you can't make anything out on the video anyway... Been digging in my dash for 8 hours looking for a spot I can get a 0gauge wire through..going to just say F it and borrow a buddy's lift to run it under the car in conduit.
currently having this problem, 2006 mountaineer. there's a grommet but it's almost completely inaccessible from the inside
Thats how I had my sound system back when I was 18
till one day I almost catch on fire 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Dude thank you so much,
You're welcome!
I remember some kids in HS would "install" a stereo, and they would not hide any wires at all. Car-b-cue anyone?
I didn't it in the door jam of my Altima but I put it through this little hole behind the panel and behind the hinge. It was really tight and never got snagged. Also you need fuse at the batter to avoid it catching fire in the case of a short
Great grommet tool. never thot it out,,I will make one out tubing etc ,
Nice shiv!
LOL!!! Great vid man.
I thought BigD was gonna roll up for a second xD
I also, like HifiVega, had no idea that there was such a tool as the "grommet tool"...I like it, and I like this vid...AND, the guy who made it! Z-BOP!
Thanks for this! This helped a lot! Didn’t know the tool existed.
Man...I forgot all about that tool. Haven't seen one of those in a long time.
I used MASSIVE AUDIO BT HEADPHONES and the bass came thrue clean & boomin but i got dog barks all 5.1 from the background sounds....lol but this was very good editorial!
im installing a whole ass 3 sub 4 mids 2 amps sound system TOMORROW and it'll be the first time i do the job on a modern car(2017) and i came here in panic mode because during a quick inspection i couldnt find any single hole in the firewall which my 1992 truck has plenty of to make it super easy. i'll be working without that grommet tool, but man that thing looks handy to be able to put the wire through like that. i need to find space for a run of 4 gauge and 8 gauge, hopefully not too difficult
#1 pet peeve 🙁😧🙁😧 🔥🔥🔥
1:34 is what i needed to know i think. I have the same big wire harness grommet next to the clutch pedal on the inside. But in the engine compartment that part of the firewall is hidden by the fusebox. So i have to unbolt the fusebox, hopefully i can see the other side of this grommet then 😀
Never even knew such a tool existed lol I always used the small slit with a razor blade on each side and some fish tape... And don’t you dare shame me for grounding my amp to the trunk latch in a future video 😂😂
😂
i just made the tool is a stiff plastic tube, now i can install my rivera horn
HaHaHA. Looking for just this kind of info. Dude, too funny but informative. Thanks
My first car had the wire in the door jam. It worked fine but ever since my second car in 2017, I've always cut a hole in the main boot that feeds the fat wiring harness through the firewall.
Nice video. Knew that was PA!
To YOU it sounds nice. To ME … it sounds like a drive-by approaching 😂😂
That amps ground location is crazy
Pa plates, bro! You get the like! Nicely done! 👍🏻
That's funny, I ran my power wire like that for my first install. But at least it was fused at the battery.
Running 0 awg is such a pain getting through stock rubber grommets. Almost always have to find a good safe place in the firewall to drill and install a new grommet.
The intro though 🤣
Thanks - great idea - looks like that grummet puncher tool is a scredriver (hollow shaft) cut off at angle?
I've never seen a hollow screwdriver. Not have I ever heard of one.
lol,thanks for video
Getting ready to do my first install. I’m so glad I a found this because I sure was going to do the door jamb method! Such a great video!
Glad I could help!
How’d the install go?
Wasn’t ready for the scion 😂😂😂
Excellent!!! Didnt know they made a tool like that! Thanks :-)
This video is under-rated AF xD I love this AND I finally realized how to get into the firewall grommet. I was prepared to pull the shit out (installing driving lights)
I once had a custumer pulled in with the Amp mounted in the Engine Conpartment!, lol.
Hey, how was your Birthday?
Whaaaaat? That's crazy man
How would you go about running wires from the cab back to the trunk? I’m installing a trailer brake controller
Can we attach parallel front camera wire to fog lights so that no extra switch needed ?
Love the video. I bought the same tool and got my 4 gauge wire through. Although I'm worried about water getting inside the cabin through the firewall when it rains. Is that something to watch out for? Should I try and tape up the grommet or silicone spray it?
The rubber grommet usually closes around the wire. Also, most engine bays are setup as to not allow water to flow onto the firewall.
Where did you find the tool? I’ve looked and I’m not able to find it.
Booii u helped my ass!! Lol i always just ran it through the doors rubber grommet and then up through the fender.. as i was always worried of poking into the grommets i have tryed finding spots to poke through/drill before, but shiet this way easier if i have a big gromet in around the same area
Idk the poke thiggy exist🤣 ive been using old hollow spatula handle to poke the rubber gromet..lol
What's the pokey thing call. I need one. Thanks
Ford engineers: where should we run the wiring harness through? What if we made it really easy. You know like through the fender and into the door jam. Kyle.. your getting a raise.
useful and kind of funny
Where would be a good spot to feed the power cable on my 09 civic ?
That's hilarious. But when in a pinch you have to do what you need to do!! Lol
What do you mean?
How is "in a pinch" applicable to getting a subwoofer playing?
It's not a necessity, it's not a dire situation with drastic circumstances.
In a pinch applies to if you're stuck on the side of the road, or doing s temporary rigging of something due to not having enough money saved for a mechanical repair. You do something in a pinch, to get you surviving (getting to work, having readily available transportation in case of medical emergency, etc) getting an amp playing is not a "in a pinch" moment.
We always have time to go back and fix it later, but never enough time to do it right the first time....
What’s the instrumental you was playing in the beginning??🔥
my #1 pet peeve, dudes who are like "I KNOW HOW TO INSTALL STEREOS" and then splice your accessory line with 12power, and are like "yeah check this out you can totally listen to your stereo with the car off, .... " but they actually splice the ENTIRE accessory circuit instead of just the stereo's circuit...
Lol glad my battery is in the car under the floor
Do u know wheres the grommet firewalll for the 2002 kia optima?
The only way with the tools that I do have that I could run my amp wire in my 2000 dodge grand caravan was behind the window wiper motor which does come through my door jam on the inside and his under the bottom trim.
I couldn't figure out how to any other way.b
I just use a step bit when I can.but cool tool.
Classic.
can you help me run the cables in a patriot jeep for a subwoofer please
What's the grommet tool you used?? It looks like the punch that comes with the kits. But can't find just the punch.