jim_r1
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How has anyone got the live wire from the battery in the engine bay into the actual car?
I had a tigra and put it through the wireing loom through the fire block but in my corsa it doesnt seem to come out and I dont really want to drill through it, incase of a fire lol Any ideas because its really anoying me?
[Edited on 07-06-2007 by jim_r1]
[Edited on 12-06-2007 by jim_r1]
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jim_r1
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Any help, advice or ideas would be nice... 2 amps just sittin in me boot waiting to be hooked up!!!
my m8 says drill through it!! is that wise?
How have all u lot done yours?
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AJ890
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i put mine through a hole in the top left of the engine bay near the scuttles then passed down through the drivers foot well. the other option is to find a gromet where the wires from the interior pass through to the engine bay
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jim_r1
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Gonna go av a look 4 this hole.......brb
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AJ890
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some corsasrs have a resovoir there mine was a 12v so it didnt hence the circle hole
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jim_r1
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There is a lil hole on the left which i fink u mean with awire runnin thru but that lead to the drivers door, if i fed the wire thru there wud i have to lift the rubber up and slide it underneath? Wud the door shud properly?
Wish i hadnt crashed my tigra, this is more hassel than its worth lol, o well ill keep goin
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AJ890
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the wire should come down to where the fuse box is i lifted the carpet then fed it through to the plastic trim which runs parrellel with the door.
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jim_r1
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sorry about the spelling on my last post!!!
Goin footy so wont be able to look agen till late but am doing all my ICE 2morro, so any more info would be great.
Just bought this corsa, not a bad little car!
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AJ890
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b or a c
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jim_r1
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Corsa b 1.2litre 16 value
Completely standard at the mo
Give it 6 months 
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AJ890
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this is from the tutorial section posted by adam. Open the bonnet and look just to the left of the battery behind the coolant reservoir and you should see the other side of the rubber grommet. Go back inside the car and using a thin sharp implement about 5inches long poke through the rubber as far as you can e.g. a file or a bodger. With a bit of patience you should be able to make the whole quite large, then repeat this process with increasing size screwdrivers. Once you think the hole is large enough for the wire to go through, selotape the end of the power cable to a screwdriver and poke through the grommet into the car. Then pull the cable from inside. Feed this cable through the passenger side door sill next to the remote wire and into your boot.
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jim_r1
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Yeah seen where u mean, ill probs do that 2morro morning then, bit late now. Hope it works. Fink ill use a metal coat hanger tho pulled apart. Bit easyer to grap when its gone thru. Cheers for that
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Richie
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quote:
Originally posted by AJ890
this is from the tutorial section posted by adam. Open the bonnet and look just to the left of the battery behind the coolant reservoir and you should see the other side of the rubber grommet. Go back inside the car and using a thin sharp implement about 5inches long poke through the rubber as far as you can e.g. a file or a bodger. With a bit of patience you should be able to make the whole quite large, then repeat this process with increasing size screwdrivers. Once you think the hole is large enough for the wire to go through, selotape the end of the power cable to a screwdriver and poke through the grommet into the car. Then pull the cable from inside. Feed this cable through the passenger side door sill next to the remote wire and into your boot.
I did this..... but I heated a large screwdriver with a blowtorch, and did the hole that way.
Worked wonders  4awg went through it fine...
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chr15barn3s
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I found that I could get 4awg through by just taping the end all over so it was hard and it would just push through. Ok you had to use a lot of force but I never once used screwdrivers in either of my corsas.
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jim_r1
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Right, i have done that now with no problems, but, every wire is connected to the amp but the power light doesnt come on and no sound comes out of the speekers. I checked the power terminal with one of them pen type things connected to the earth, and there is power going into the amp, and the earth is deffinatly a good one. The RCA cables are connected and the remote is connected so i cant see how it doesnt work.
Amp broke? Remote broke?
Help needed!!!
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