Color me retarded, but I've looked everywhere behind the glovebox trying to get to this mythical grommet that's supposedly back there, trying to run wire to the battery... but no matter what, I can't find the damn thing.

Directly behind the glovebox, there's the whole cabin filter assembly... what the hell am I looking for? To the left, to the right, behind that f'ing thing???

I looked at the couple of pictures that people have posted of this thing, but I'll be damned if I can figure out what I'm supposed to be looking at...

Help out... I'd much rather not drill through the firewall if I can help it...

 

Get Mr. BlackandDecker out and he can show you where it is...You will have to drill on the drivers side. PM me for pics. There is a spot where you will see exposed firewall among rubber/plastic. That's where you want to drill.

 

I know exactly where I'd need to drill, I just don't want to if there's a grommet that I can use. Wakkus posted a picture here when he did his.

I was looking at this picture from serpentkilla and he supposedly found a way around drilling by going behind the glovebox... I just don't know where it is...

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...392&mode=guest

 

Are you sure he didn't install the grommet himself? why would there be just a grommet that he coincidentally found in such an obscure area serving no purpose?

 

the first picture is on the driver side which is drilled by the installer or the owner. You have to remove the little diamond cutoff from the firewall(this is where the clutch would be for manual transmissions)

 

Hell if I know...

Either way, I think somebody said they ran wire through the main loom, which apparently is back there somewhere as well. I'll be damned if I can see it though... from the looks of it removing the whole glovebox serves no purpose other than exposing the cabin filter assembly and some other **** I can't identify...

I was really trying to avoid drilling if there's a way into the engine, but I guess it's not meant to be...

 

LOL I knew it. man, he drilled that himself. I never heard of anyone finding a grommet. you seriously just got to laugh at yourself for that one. 2 spots, driver side, or pass. side to get through firewall. you drill the hole and install the grommet. search may have saved you a lot of time and confusion.

 

Actually search is what led me to this point... I was ready to drill into the diamond thing, but I found the other thread saying that there's a way into the engine bay behind the glove box. I figured that'd be easier and cleaner, but it seems that's just a pipe dream...

I can see the wire loom from the engine bay side though... that's what pisses me off. I just know that there's a way in there without having to drill, but from the looks of it drilling seems to be the easier way.

 

I figured you did, but on what you would have found to lead to your conclusion I know you utilized search prob. more than I.

but don't feel too bad. I was a bit "upset" when I about totally dismantled my glove box for the filter. Something just felt really wrong, so I checked the instructions in the box again... Altima WTF?!@#%$ that was humbling. Atleast I realized my door was misaligned aswell. of course dealer "improved" it, but still noticeable to me.

The whole drill thing is pretty much what has kept my sub out. So where are you gonna run the "yellow" wire to sense the radio is on? I hate our mini-fuses. regular ones are so much easier to tap.

 

I'm assuming the wire is just for ACC... there's one of those on each of the power outlets in the car, so I'll probably just tap right into the one in the front by the passenger side and run it to the trunk from there. That's what I did with my other car, so it should work just fine...

Famous last words.

 

The yellow wire is the constant wire, its a wire that provides constant 12V power to your radio, clock...to keep its memory. This wire is normally tapped into a fuse in the fuse box that provides a 12V source when the key is turned to the off position. Its recommened that you put a fuse holder between the fuse box and the constant, so that the fuse in the fuse holder blows before the one in the fuse box. The blue wire is called the remote wire if your installing an amp. Its what turns on the amp when you turn your key to the ACC.

 

blue... yellow, whatever. yeah the ACC for an amp. Not a constant. My first amp came with yellow so that's what I've used... tapping the outlet, interesting. you read about the nextel causing interference right? before finishing your install, I'd test it out first

 

Yeah I tapped the outlet for ACC in the other car, since the amp just needed to know when the car was on. I figured I'll tap there for ACC and go to the battery for 12V constant and call it a day. Hopefully it will work.

In my other car it was soooo much easier... the battery is right there in the trunk next to the spare.

 

i ran my wire for my neon underbody by the holw where the steering colum goes out to...it has a rubber sleeve and is held in place by something that looks like a handcuff...just get the handcuff loose and run the wire in between the rubber sleeve and the whole, then replace the columncuff and tight it but not too tight.

luigi

 

I have a 4th gen so I don't know if this is of any assistance, but there is a grommet up to the left underneath the dash, on the drivers side. I was installing an amp, and didn't want to drill any holes in the firewall either. The only thing is that you have to pull off the drivers sider fender to be able to guide the wire through the grommet.