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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Good Evening Gentleman ( and Ladies ).

I am new S2k owner ( VERY happy with my car ) and am planning some additional gauge installations. I have it all pretty much sorted out with the exception of where and how the sender wires should be routed into the cabin through the firewall. I have plenty of writeups on the actual sender installations, gauge types, etc, but I really want to see some pics and discussion on how to pass the wiring through from the engine compartment to the cabin. I have two thick sender wire cables that I need to route.

Any ideas? If anyone lives in the Atlanta area, I'd be happy to buy beer and pizza for the assist : )

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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Cut a small slit in the rubber grommet in the firewall where the ECU wires go (above the pedals on the left side). Pass wires through the slit. They come out by the ABS wiring and there's nothing hot on that side.
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 04:08 AM
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thank you much. I will give it a shot today.

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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by lowerlattitudes,Dec 6 2009, 05:08 AM
thank you much. I will give it a shot today.

LL
if you tape them to a stiff piece of metal wire (coat hook type) and lube it a bit you can fish them through the grommet without having to slit it, then just pull them off the metal wire once they are through.
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Old Dec 6, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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i had oil and egt gauge i had to run i ran it though the passenger side. if you take the battery out you can see a big gromet from the engine bay and that feeds right into the passenger foot well. then just run them up under the dash to where ever you put the gauges.
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 05:52 AM
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There are a number of different holes in the firewall that you can use. for my laser jammer I ran the wires through a hole that was plugged on the driver's side.
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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theres an available grommet near the throttle cable as well
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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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thanks for all the replies guys, now all I need to do is figure out how to stuff all of those sender leads underneath the gauge pod that I am installing on the A Pillar : )
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