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Old 22 December 2002, 12:11 AM
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Right. Just got my MY99 DBM 4dr with AirCon.

Where the hell do I feed my amp's power from (from the battery - obviously!!)

As I've got Air-Con, there are NO grommets to get the cable into the the bl00dy car [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img].

Any ideas? And NO - I'm not keen on drilling through the bulkhead

There are also no obvious feeds on wither the driver's side or passenger side.....

I'm stuck

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Old 22 December 2002, 10:47 AM
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Use the passenger side, and use the same grommet as used for aircon - that's what I've done
Old 22 December 2002, 02:40 PM
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Nice one Chiark!

Have you got any piccies of the grommet you used?

will let you know how i get on...

Dan

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Old 22 December 2002, 10:02 PM
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Scoobydoo,

You cannot miss it, it's where all the wires go through. The only tricky bit is finding it the other end. You need to be double jointed to get your hand and head up behind the fan unit behind the glove box

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Old 23 December 2002, 10:12 AM
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Yes guys, found it

Have you lot fed into the grommet with the other cables (bit of a tight fit by the looks of it) or have you just fed the cable through a new hole in the grommet?

Obviously, gotta be careful if putting in a new hole!!!

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Old 23 December 2002, 12:53 PM
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Yer, I fed mine through with the rest of the wires. The wire I used is quite stiff so it was easy to push through.
Old 23 December 2002, 03:16 PM
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Did mine thru the same grommet, its tight, if you struggle put a little fairy liquid on the grommet, should then pull thru, tho you will need to be giving it a good old tug ooer
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Dan,

Remove the aircon pipe and just poke the amp wire through. Then simply refit the aircon pipe. There's bags of room.

I've some pics on my website under the Cars -> ICE.

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Old 24 December 2002, 05:34 PM
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Thanks Stefan.

YHM

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Old 29 December 2002, 07:39 PM
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Amp installed (with power too!!!)

Worked for about 5 mins before the Head Unit's 12V died.. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Not the Head Unit either...

Check out my other post

Thanks to all those who helped

Dan
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