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Best place to fish wires from Engine thru to dash?

Old 02-01-2015, 03:47 PM
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Default Best place to fish wires from Engine thru to dash?

Hello Gents,

I tried search and no good results.

For the electrical installers out there, what is the easiest place to fish wires from the engine compartment into the dash on a C6? I have a rather large connector that is prebuilt, about the thickness of a RCA audio connector to get through. Any tips for places so that I can avoid drilling holes?

Thanks in advance.
Old 02-01-2015, 03:51 PM
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Behind the battery you will see a large grommet where you can fish the wires thru.
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Originally Posted by gp56
Behind the battery you will see a large grommet where you can fish the wires thru.
Is it the same on dry sump cars with the battery in the rear ?
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Since I wanted a wires (RCA connector) to come through the firewall on the driver side, I drilled a hole just above the dead pedal, after I removed the dead pedal.
I drilled it using a 3/4" wood bit that had a stop on it so it wouldn't go deeper than 1/2. It is a fibreglass material, so it's easy to drill through. Once I got the wires through, I used plummer's putty to fill in the hole/wires so it would not leak.
Never had any issues, even driving through bad rain storms.

It's an option, if you don't want to go from the passenger side.
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Originally Posted by Patsgarage
Is it the same on dry sump cars with the battery in the rear ?
Not 100% sure, but since battery is not there it should be easy to see if grommet is there.
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Originally Posted by gp56
Behind the battery you will see a large grommet where you can fish the wires thru.
Perfect, thank you!
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Perfect, thank you!

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