Schrank17
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- 2011 Explorer XLT
I am curious if anyone in this forum has installed an amplifier/powered sub in a 2011 Ford Explorer. If yes, where did you route the power cable for the amplifier?
I've removed the panel under the steering wheel, the frame behind that, and all of the trim around the drivers side entrance and I cannot find a sutable gromet or spot to drill for a gromet. There is absolutely no provisioning in the firewall for anything to pass through. To make matters worse, the firewall is kind of doubled up. The exposed firewall in the engine bay only leads into the cavity that houses the wipers and then beyond taht is the internal firewall. So, drilling from the engin bay will not work
Ultimately, the only spot I can think of is just left of the light switch in the door jam face where the weather striping/trim is. I am thinking of drilling a hole through the sheet metal and then another through the next wall. After that I would run fishing tape from the engine bay to fish the power cable through the holes and inner fender support and out the top of where the fender meets the support in the engine bay near the battery. The downside to this approach is that it will be very hard to gromet the second hole inside the shell of the vehicle.
This is not ideal but is the only way I can fathom completing this task.
All suggetions are welcome
Thanks!
I've removed the panel under the steering wheel, the frame behind that, and all of the trim around the drivers side entrance and I cannot find a sutable gromet or spot to drill for a gromet. There is absolutely no provisioning in the firewall for anything to pass through. To make matters worse, the firewall is kind of doubled up. The exposed firewall in the engine bay only leads into the cavity that houses the wipers and then beyond taht is the internal firewall. So, drilling from the engin bay will not work
Ultimately, the only spot I can think of is just left of the light switch in the door jam face where the weather striping/trim is. I am thinking of drilling a hole through the sheet metal and then another through the next wall. After that I would run fishing tape from the engine bay to fish the power cable through the holes and inner fender support and out the top of where the fender meets the support in the engine bay near the battery. The downside to this approach is that it will be very hard to gromet the second hole inside the shell of the vehicle.
This is not ideal but is the only way I can fathom completing this task.
All suggetions are welcome
Thanks!