Getting 12V to an Impreza Wagon boot
 

Hi,

I've had a good read about and found that a lot of USA wagon owners have picked up a spare connector on their wiring harness which feeds a 12V accessory socket in the cargo area.

I've had my trim off and had a rummage but don't appear to have this.

I DO appear to have the relay/fuse for the heated seats and rear acc socket, so I'm wondering if I can pick up the 12V part way back? Possibly at the b pillar.

Obviously, I could add my own fuse and run a new wire all the way down the car, but I'm looking for the method that will result in the least amount of trim removal (and clip snapping ;) )

Has anyone managed to pick up or run 12V to the Wagon boot easily?

Does anyone have any tips on easy routing if I need to add my own connection from scratch?

Need to keep the beer and bacon cold when camping ;)

I would run it from the battery, via an inline fuse and a relay, so it's not live when the ignition is off...this last stops you flattening the battery with it, but isn't vital.

To be honest, the side floor-level trims come off very easily and a wire can be put in there, there's loads of room. The clips don't break, they are soft and can be eased out with a screwdriver, then the trim pulls off.

Coming through the front bulkhead is perhaps the hardest, but there is an oval grommet on the near side, quite low down, I cut a cross in mine and fed the wire through from the engine compartment, with a bit of stiff wire taped to it to make it easier to find.

The whole job can be done in under an hour.

You could even mount a lighter-type socket in the boot, they are available off ebay cheap.

Cheers for the info there. Sounds like it's probably picker to pick up from the battery than try to use the OEM provision then.

There's a recess in the foam behind the trim in the boot that will make mounting a socket (or 2) easy enough. It's easy to wire up to from the loom too. Might even add a split charge system in there whilst I'm at it.