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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 10:47 PM
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power wire...

Hey, where are you guys running your power wire for your subs from the engine compartment to your cabin? Also, where do you guys ground your amps?


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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 10:58 PM
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Why not ground it to any part of the metal frame? Scrape the paint off before you tack it down though to get a good connection
Old Jun 22, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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on the passenger side, behind the PCM. There are two 10mm bolts, take the PCM out and there's a hole there with a grommet.
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 12:25 AM
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on the passenger side, behind the PCM. There are two 10mm bolts, take the PCM out and there's a hole there with a grommet.

anyone have pics of the power wire? Also what does PCM mean?
Old Jun 23, 2003 | 12:44 AM
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anyone have pics of the power wire? Also what does PCM mean?
look on the back passenger side of the engine bay. You'll see a little box with lots of wires. Below that, there are two 10mm bolts. Take those out and carefully pull the PCM out. Then you'll see behind it is a grommet to run the wire through
Old Jun 24, 2003 | 10:26 AM
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Here is where the PCM is in your engine bay:



And here is the grommet behind the PCM. You dont need to actually remove the PCM, just take out the two 10mm bolts as Paul said and move it out of the way.



The other side of this gromment comes out on the other side behind the black plastic panel in the passenger side foot well.

You should run your power cable down this side of the car to the hatch area, and make sure you run all your speaker wires and RCA cables down the OTHER side. Do not run the power wire along the same side of the car as any other wire or else you may introduce noise or feedback into your audio.
Old Jun 26, 2003 | 03:32 AM
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i had my ex gf stick her little hands down there and feed the wire for me....lol

but yes its bout 8 inches down right under the pcm

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Old Jun 26, 2003 | 07:40 AM
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The link in my sig has a couple of good shots of the power wire run behind the factory PCM. MAybe that will help.
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