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Old 09-17-2009, 08:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Holes in the firewall (or Possible Grommet Location)

Hi folks. I'm looking to run a few after-market alarm wires from my battery to inside the front hatch (where the coolant and other fluids are checked). I spent about an hour looking for a way to run it through, but was unsuccessful. Any ideas if there are any grommets (or other holes), or am I going to have to drill my own? If I do, where is the best location.

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Old 09-17-2009, 09:19 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi folks. I'm looking to run a few after-market alarm wires from my battery to inside the front hatch (where the coolant and other fluids are checked). I spent about an hour looking for a way to run it through, but was unsuccessful. Any ideas if there are any grommets (or other holes), or am I going to have to drill my own? If I do, where is the best location.
I ran the antenna cable for my GPS unit under the trim and around the front edge of the doorjamb, then forward and up under front fender panel & under the front cover. Five minutes, no drilling.

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Old 09-17-2009, 09:25 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I would suggest to run it thru the factory grommet (Big one under on the driver side firewall). I did not did it on the Smart, but it worked fine on few of the other cars I worked on. Just use metal coathanger wire with the wire taped to it and carefully push thru. As an alternative you can try to drill the hole somewhere near the factory crommet, just make sure you know what behind and do not forget to install rubber grommet. :-)

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Old 09-17-2009, 04:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Smartpans ran some through the grommet in the battery compartment for a second horn. Here's his description: Once you gain access to the battery you will see a large rubber grommet on the right side of the battery well. It is marked by yellow arrows in the photo below. That grommet has one large wire loom going out the center of the grommet. But around the large loom the grommet has 3 indentations – actually reverse “nipples.” If you take a sharp object, like an ice pick, you can easily punch a hole through the nipple. Don’t make the hole too large. Don’t just go chopping a large hole. If you keep the hole small enough, you can push the wire through and the rubber will “self-seal” around your wire, thus maintaining your waterproofing. I pushed about two feet of wire through, then got underneath the car and peered through the openings in the plastic belly pan to find the wire. You will need a light and a small mirror to do this. Once you find the wire you can start routing it towards the front. Keep the wire inside the belly pan and away from any suspension parts. I finally got my wire through to the front by routing it through the same holes that had been cut at the factory for the air conditioning tubes. The best way to find those holes is to locate the silver colored tubes up front near the location where you will be putting the air compressor. Follow the tubes back and down towards the bulkhead and you will see the cut-outs in the plastic belly pan. In my particular case I ran four separate wires from the battery area to the front of the car. Then I encased all of them in some of that black convoluted wire loom.

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Old 09-17-2009, 07:11 PM   #5 (permalink)
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There is a grommet under the steering column that Leeds to the front compartment. I used this one ,routing the wire under the dash and then straight out to the front hatch.

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...I drilled on the pass side way up high next to the hold down bolt of the blower housing..come out right behind the brace support (can't see it from the front), installed a 1/8 ID rubber grommet for some crazy project I did a couple of weeks ago...

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