Getting wires into the door

[Niall]

Right I've sat here all afternoon with autodata working out the wiring for my next project but now I've hit my final problem (I hope!)
How can you get wires through the door and into the body? All I need to do is run two 10amp wires from the drivers door through to the passenger door. I know there is a sealed plug where the loom goes into the door. What I am planning here is to take the two wires out of the rubber sheath and drill a small hole above the plug, put a grommet in and run them through there. Problem I can see though is how do I get them out the other end seeing as its right up behind the dash? I don't want to have to take the dash out!
Any ideas?

[4WayDiablo]

Could you not get in by taking the fuse board out?

[Niall]

Could you not get in by taking the fuse board out?

I've heard you can take the fuse box out but it's a right PITA.

[Tom]

Just keep pushing wire through til it falls on the floor then you know where it comes out? If thats what you ment... If not i'll get my coat haha

[Niall]

Just keep pushing wire through til it falls on the floor then you know where it comes out? If thats what you ment... If not i'll get my coat haha

Here's your coat. Doors over there. Lol

There is grommets on either side of the body so I need to be able to see it to Pearce through the grommets.

[Tom]

I guess it one of those uncomfortable, cramp filled jobs where you lie upside down with a torch and your arm up the back of the dash

[devils_fuel]

can you attach string to a wire already in the door and then pull the wire/string back in to the car, once the string's in the car then attach it to the required wires and pull back through to the door ???

[TheGateKeeper]

I had to run speaker wires for my comps the other day, and just used some battery cable and wiggled it and go it through. Then tied the speaker wire onto the end...

[Grant]

I told you, the easiest way to get them through is with the dash out. It is possible without doing so, but it might take many hours of faffing about, and perhaps having no bones in your hand to aid flexibility will help.

We tried this with my old car remember? The passenger side was OK, not easy, but do-able, but the drivers is a pain in the arse because there is a support bar for the dashboard right in the way where the wiring comes through... We never got the wires through that side...

[Niall]

We didn't try. We gave up after 10 minutes like we do with everything!

[Grant]

having come to the conclusion that the french designed it stupidly enough that it could not be done, thus meaning we could have done it better.


Plus I spent an evening trying it when you weren't there, and for the life of my i couldnt find the hole, let alone get anything in it, to any satisfaction.
And if you take that out of context you are wrong in the head

[4WayDiablo]

Plus I spent an evening trying it when you weren't there, and for the life of my i couldnt find the hole, let alone get anything in it, to any satisfaction.

LOL Grant, story of your life?

[Grant]

No phil, i never reach the opportunity of being able to. Special occasions and anniversaries only.