Plug BLOCKING wires? No problem! How to run speaker wire through door plugs!

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Plug BLOCKING wires? No problem! How to run speaker wire through door plugs!

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So you need to run larger speaker wire into your doors for your aftermarket speakers, but there is a problem, there is a plug in the way! How do we bypass the plug and get our large wire ran through the boot and connected to the speaker? Here is how! THIS MODIFICATION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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@JM-nd3ps 4 жыл бұрын

Having installed/fabricated for over 20 years...I've done this exact technique that Mark shows quite a few times. One tip I have...is for pulling the new wires through the rubber door boot as sometimes they are especially tight and you have to fight with them in that tight space between the body and the door shell. When you have large hands...this becomes increasingly difficult and frustrating. Make sure to tape the new wires to the fish/ziptie as tight and as flush to the ziptie as possible to keep the lowest/thinnest profile!!! Also be aware of the orientation/direction of how you're taping the new wires to the ziptie! I have found that using cheap/no-name Harbor Freight electrical tape tends to NOT have the stick that is sometimes needed in tight door boots...and you'll have to make multiple attempts at pulling through....so just go with a high quality electrical tape...I prefer 3M. Now to the tip...The wire insulation likes to grab and drag on the inside of the rubber boot sometimes...so to rectify that issue I use a little spritz of dry silicone spray over the area where you've taped the new wires to the ziptie BEFORE attempting to pull them through the stock rubber boot. The last thing you want to is to damage the factory wiring/pins while pulling the new wires through...or just as bad...pull the pins out of the factory molex plug! It lubricates the ziptie, tape, AND the inside of the rubber boot along with the stock wiring inside so that everything slides through quickly and smoothly! You CAN use something like WD40...however it's more of a liquid than a spray so it tends to drip/run and it doesn't dry nearly as fast as dry silicone spray dries.

@woodywood5339 4 жыл бұрын

Silicone spray.... They don't teach that at installer school 👏👏👏

@THEJAXEL 4 жыл бұрын

Also, the tabs that are on both side you can on some car use your hands to pull them out!

@JaredElliott1 4 жыл бұрын

@@woodywood5339 Poor man's wire pulling lube!

@bbfoto7248 4 жыл бұрын

@J M I wouldn't suggest to use WD-40. It is a lubricant but also has SOLVENTS. You don't want to use any type of chemicals that could react with and degrade the wire insulation, plastic Molex connectors, or rubber boot, etc! Dry talcum powder or baby powder works equally as well and is inert and safe! It might be a bit messy, but it cleans up easily with a vacuum or damp cleaning rag. And you can purchase relatively inexpensive bottles of professional wire-pulling lubricant at your local home center's electrical department or on Amazon. The purpose-made wire-pulling lubricant is inert and much safer than using even the dry silicone spray lubricant (which I would not advise using, as silicon can also react with and degrade certain other materials). After a short amount of time the professional wire-pulling lubricant evaporates and leaves no detrimental residue. It's a small price to pay to ensure that no short or long term damage is done to any of the connectors, wiring, or rubber boots. An old handyman's trick was to sparingly use mild liquid dish soap, such as Palmolive. But this will leave some permanent sticky residue that may also degrade plastics, wire insulation, and rubber parts over time. It would be much safer to use the dry talcum or baby powder.

@willbowen6235 3 жыл бұрын

I use baby shampoo, slides right thru!

@speedee7508 8 сағат бұрын

I've only watched a few videos on this topic but yours was, by far, the most professional and helpful. Your videos tend to be great and this one was not exception. thanks

@UdiIsReal 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark, i wanted to leave this here for others to see what i do as an option - which i consider decent in most applications. What i usually do to rout thicker wire for door speakers is to actually cut the existing speaker wire realy close to the molex plug (leaving space to solder) and then solder the thicker wire to both ends (interior of the car and interior of the door). The total added resistance of 10cm tops of thin wire is neglijable - thus performance loss is neglinjable as well, and no speaker wire is actualy even close to fusible (or max current thermal handling either) to the power we put into them (60-100 maybe even 150w/speaker). I find this very elegant solution as you get the benefit of thick wire over most of the run, and you totally retain the factory plug. Thanks alot for all the content, i really like your elegant style and was greatly inspired by it. Keep it up my man!

@UdiIsReal 4 жыл бұрын

It adds a soldering job but you don't usually have to remove the doorside harness (removal of the interior one is usually necessary for access to the wire).

@edwardsoares3838 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to finally see someone doing it right and avoiding water leaks. Took me close to 8 hours doing four doors my first.

@mupory 3 жыл бұрын

What's considered a "substantial amount of power"? At what wattage would you NOT use the stock wiring and upgrade to 14g or bigger if applicable?

@pacotesan 7 күн бұрын

Not using the stock wires is just insane is its not absolutely NEEDED

@RS-fc3cq 4 жыл бұрын

I’m going to apply this to my friends ‘17 chevy cruze. You always have the cleanest, most professional “car audio fabrication” how-to’s, Do’s n Dont’s and DIY info. Awesome content Mark! I always look forward to your videos! ~if I can’t use it now, I know I will at some point!~

@FU-Utube 4 жыл бұрын

I came across this issue when I was 16, 10 years ago. I thought it would be so simple to just pop off the boot and run the wires. Same damn connector. I used the drill method, although I had a better angle and left the plug in the door. Seeing this video now all this time later, makes me realize that it was a clever idea and not completely stupid lol.

@herculesbrofister265 3 жыл бұрын

You were installing car stereos when you were 6? Come on what kind of idiots do you take us for

@airzillarocks 3 жыл бұрын

@@herculesbrofister265 He stated 16, not 6... :)

@itsjustjonnoh 3 жыл бұрын

Man.. you literally cover everything that I am questioning.. crazy.. I have a 2017 Patriot and I have this kind of plug so thank you a bunch! Watching literally all of your videos before all my stuff arrives by Friday.

@gwill322 4 жыл бұрын

This made my rewiring very simple on my 2011 Cadillac Cts! I found that if I compressed the boot, it was easier to pull the wire through. GREAT VIDEO 👍🏾👍🏾

@angelcantero7320 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this way of routing the cables to the doors. I'm gonna go back to my car and do it properly now (dont ask how I did it before LOL). Loving the series on this car

@lordsagat2503 4 жыл бұрын

Wires hanging out and exposed?! 🤣

@angelcantero7320 4 жыл бұрын

@@lordsagat2503 yea basically. It was temporary till I came up with a better idea on how to do it. My car also has that stupid door plugs, wish I had this video before 😂

@michaelrodriguez350 4 жыл бұрын

Crutchfield sponsorship? Very nice. Thanks for sharing invaluable information that you had to work to learn.

@dehnger 4 жыл бұрын

Great point, the fact is missed by some. Brands dont give out their support when their brand is valuable. This guy is absolutely incredible in his thorough methods and is well worth backing.

@smack9x 3 жыл бұрын

Crutchfield has great customer support which is extremely rare nowadays. I've been using them for almost 20 years now.

@loudelvis610 3 жыл бұрын

Cruthfield sponsored cool...they are on the hook when people mess this up lol

@DGGuaglianone 18 күн бұрын

I love those CarAudioFabrication amplifier mounting racks 😍

@rollingtones1 4 жыл бұрын

8:51 I use forceps w/rounded jaws, and by using silicone spray I can slide the forceps gently through the grommet and grab speaker wires without hurting anything. These surgical forceps are designed to not hurt surrounding tissue due to being rounded off.

@chadalcock7275 4 жыл бұрын

I use a coat hanger that I made an eye on one end. Tape the wire to that end and pull them through.

@aantonio06 3 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but very educational nonetheless. What I have found to help fish wire through the rubber boot for either speaker or power wire. Is to put some oil on them or wd40. It will make it slide right through.

@RS8XB 4 жыл бұрын

I typically add a additional connector in the door to disconnect if necessary. I have 8 speakers in each of my doors. 4 horns and 4 8" midbass

@ixionn563 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a badass setup, been wanting to do 8s in my doors for awhile.

@bbfoto7248 4 жыл бұрын

@CarAudioFabrication Quick tip for others watching. ALWAYS check the driver's side door Molex connector first! It will typically have the most amount of wires, and the connector may be fully loaded with no available space for your aftermarket wires. If you start with the passenger door, you may get an unpleasant surprise once you try to complete the same installation on the driver's side. And even for high powered midbass door speakers, 14 gauge is the largest speaker wire you would ever need to run. And in 90% of installs, 16 gauge will be more than adequate. So in a lot of instances, this process is completely unnecessary, unless you need extra wires in the door for actively crossed-over component set tweeters, or a 3-way set, for example, One caveat is that some of the late model Toyotas are now using aluminum speaker wiring, so it's the same issue as CCA power wiring compared to good OFC.

@rolfbach2721 3 жыл бұрын

You are the man mark. Im sitting there staring at the harnes like hmmm how maby caf has a answer and as always you come through. THANK YOU MARK !!!!

@eodvet485 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. You can also research the appropriate sockets and pins that the oem uses in the plug and crimp onto the wire. Hard to find, but looking up oem door harness repair kits gives a good place start.

@juan2049 9 ай бұрын

I was thinking that too. However would cutting the wire to put in a pin have a negative effect to the power handling of the wire? EDIT: Nevermind he covered it at the 10min mark of the video

@JT-yl3no Жыл бұрын

I actually did it on my own thanks to your tutorial. It came out flawless on my 2012 Mustang. Thank you for being such an inspiration to us newbies. I would love to one day reach out to you so you could build me a custom system in my 67 Mustang.

@MRDJR-ro6hj 2 жыл бұрын

I have been blown away by crutchfields service, products and support. By far the best in Canada

@raabsand 4 жыл бұрын

You could also buy the molex crimp pins and make it like factory. I get that takes way more work and time

@micaarzur 4 жыл бұрын

It would most likely be a bottleneck for the thicker wires, and wouldn't be designed to allow that much current through.

@gwill322 4 жыл бұрын

@@micaarzur you are 100% correct

@johndoe2022 3 жыл бұрын

@robert sand What is the size of crimp connectors, male and female for that molex connector?

@andrethib 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video as usual, very clear and informative. with regards to crutchfield - i am no installation expert by any means, but i've installed a few stereos for myself and for friends and i've always enjoyed the process. the first installation i ever did was around 1978 or 1979, i helped my older brother's best friend install a pioneer cassette deck and jensen 6x9 speakers into his 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. we ordered everything from crutchfield, they were great to work with even back then.

@sadakotube 4 жыл бұрын

I ran mine by getting pins from a junk harness and pinning the holes. I think its a good option if you can get the pins

@chadalcock7275 4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why he didn't just use pins.

@petergplus6667 4 жыл бұрын

@@chadalcock7275 10:00

@chadalcock7275 4 жыл бұрын

@@petergplus6667 Yeah, I saw that after I posted.

@edwardsoares3838 4 жыл бұрын

Using pins can potentially undermine using larger wire anyway? Asking for a friend...

@expert20valvehlx 4 жыл бұрын

Same thing, and i used pins for power windows nice and thick

@sethshelton3113 2 жыл бұрын

Doing a "hobby" restoration on my '05 Mustang and could only find GT door panels with the Shaker 500 door subs ... and of course my car doesn't have the wiring to make it a "simple" plug & play. This video not only confirmed what I figured I'd have to do but most likely saved me a ton of money had I taken it to a shop to have done. The only hurdle (and not in any way CAF's fault) is even fully open Mustang doors leave little space to maneuver: like getting your hand in there to disconnect/connect the tabs. no worries: challenges make hobbies even more satisfying

@Hoppysjunkyardrally 4 жыл бұрын

Or just buy the pins and pin your speaker wires into the plug... but i always drill.. lol

@Jenuin 4 жыл бұрын

Hoppy's junkyard rally that’s what I was thinking.

@Issac_G 4 жыл бұрын

Defiantly would be clean

@davidsten780616 4 жыл бұрын

I use orginal pin. Then its easy if you going to pull door off.. Real easy and cheap.

@CarAudioFabrication 4 жыл бұрын

I address this in the video

@Hoppysjunkyardrally 4 жыл бұрын

@@CarAudioFabrication I know I was just teasing ya. I always drill them. And assume more people have a drill and bit then a Deutsch pin crimper.. lol Great video Mark!!

@stephenlee2894 4 жыл бұрын

This is some advanced level installation right here, nicely done!

@rtmpgt 4 жыл бұрын

I came here looking for a way to thread wires through the door boots, and I think your tutorial sums it up real nicely. Time to add RGB Halos to my doors, yo!

@joeherrera5172 Жыл бұрын

2012 Traverse, just did the passenger side due to amp burning the speaker wires. The video was a a great help! Thanks

@joeyperalta1748 4 жыл бұрын

Hey mark I’ve been a automotive acoustic wave enhancement specialist for 20yrs and we do it the same way though every car is different that’s where the fun is

@aaronag7876 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant, I know this was for the USA market and Im in the UK but chances are its the same set up, so this is exactly what I needed to know, as needed to run a power cable for USB to go in the door, but when I pulled out the inner door cable it had a wrapped loam cable, so gave up on the idea. I can revisit this now with this new knowledge and hope I can copy your idea and get that dual USB port in the door. Thank you so much.

@aidenlim2488 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!! I opened it to work on audio in my new car and gave up, but I will try it with courage through this video

@aaronberryessa4908 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad I subscribed. I have to do this on my mk5 gti. In the past I have searched relentlessly for a video on drilled out Molex connectors and only found 1 other that was no where as detailed and coherent as this one. Keep up the great work!

@nakulah 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I wasn’t expected my 2003 Suzuki to have the harness in the way. This video came out at the perfect time. Just successfully got the wires through 😀😀

@mtyl27 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video! You mention that the stock wires are adequate for most applications except for those requiring “substantial” power. How many watts is considered substantial? I’m looking to install a set of components with 100w to each door. Thanks!

@call_me_lou34 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to know this as well.

@bdc211 3 жыл бұрын

Considering factory units are probably around 10 watts... thats a ten fold increase...

@JM-kn9dh 4 жыл бұрын

This video would have been have been helpful a few months ago when I ran the wire for my 4 channel amp lol. It took me all day to figure it out. Great video non the less

@aurelsimon2634 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark! I was thinking about something like that, but never gone for it. You not just gave advice to people... you give courage! You make it look so simple, that ppl want to try it. Thanks on the disclaimer, lucky for me all of my cars are 15+ yrs, so no warranty issues. :)

@lordsagat2503 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! I've been wanting to do this for a year now! First warm day I'm going to be doing this and adding MORE sound deadening

@youngsun6617 2 жыл бұрын

You didn't show how you got the rubber boot back on. That is the hardest part and actually why I clicked on this video. Thanks for all the videos btw. You are a wealth of knowledge that I have used to make sure I did the right thing in my own cars in the past, also for what I'm hoping to do in my future installs and upgrades which includes a dsp. I have definitely learned a lot and have much more confidence because of you sharing your knowledge. Always great videos!

@swnurmo1343 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Mark for a great video install of wires. Unfortunately I do not like this method. I do understand your that it is difficult to find the correct pins the manufactory uses, but when you do can find it, I recommand it to buy them and use them. It makes it absolutely easier when needed to unplug the door wires. For older verhicles this can be fine easily. For newer vehicles it might be a tuff one to find. If someone has a site where to order these pins for these connector, please do share them. Keep up the amazing install videos posting Mark. Cheers mate.

@apolinarponce4506 4 жыл бұрын

I actually put male and female pins so if door was ever removed no problem

@johndoe2022 3 жыл бұрын

What is the size/dimensions of the female and male crimp connectors??

@massholemitch6699 3 жыл бұрын

@@rvds0804 he explains exactly why he doesn’t do this....

@thedjrush 3 жыл бұрын

@@massholemitch6699 lol yeah hater didn’t watch the full video 😂

@alexvanboekel7730 3 жыл бұрын

Every dealership can get them for modern cars, look on the internet long enough and youll find some Chinese factory making them for whatever size wire you want.

@todddrawhorn744 4 жыл бұрын

WOW...I was just underneath my dash and saw this. I thought how the heck am I gonna get speaker wires through there! I said well lets try KZfaq but i doubt ill find any info on that! I couldn't believe it after watching your video. I never comment on videos and never Subscribe. But after seeing this video, and many others of yours, I officially Subscribed for the first time. THANK YOU for helping me solve the many problems of installing a high end stereo in a new car! BTW...bought everything from Crutchfield ;-)

@bluestreaktundra 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was quick getting this video together. Thanks!

@JaredElliott1 4 жыл бұрын

I just purchased a pair of XTR69.3 speakers for my doors and this video helped me out. Thanks! I got lucky though and my doors don't have the electric window option so I have AMPLE room in the connection port as there is an entire plug missing.

@ryanmccausland6497 Жыл бұрын

im actually looking at doing this to my 2001 Tahoe. the sound system is total shit, due to the crossover amp thats behind the glove box. i did the bypass, but it didnt really help at all, the bass is still very very weak, even at the highest setting. what i found out from local sound shops, is the only way to fix it, is to rewire the door speakers completly, from the back of the head unit, to the speakers which will fully bypass the crossover amp and make things sound good. thanks for the video! ill be using it when the weather warms up and i can get out there and work on it!

@Punchmememe Жыл бұрын

Thank you man you are a legend. My peugeot 206 5 doors did not have speakers in the back but there was space for it and factory build speaker place but not wires. i found them there was connection in the suddle but nothing in the rear doors. I made some custom wires to connect to the wires and now i have blasting music in the back!

@fastpitchnet7353 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I used this modification to add wires to my rear doors. I only have a single OEM wire feeding a woofer and a tweeter with a passive crossover. I’m changing my system to a full active, and needed an additional wire for the woofers (using the original OEM wire for the tweeter). So... this modification is not only useful to increase the wire size, but to be able to get add the capability to go full active if you only have one wire going to that door.

@Jes204 4 жыл бұрын

What I love about you away from your personality is that you are educating us not like other all they care is them self keep it up we love you all the best to you and your family

@roberthopkins8089 11 ай бұрын

Excellent you have obviously done this many many times as you make it look easy... Plastic pry tools are a must to avoid scratches... Gloves to save hands and be careful drilling and holding the plug... Easy to drill straight through your hand... its very soft... Dont wear a glove when drilling you can get wrapped up in the drill bit... Just saying as ive got it wrong a few times now... Owch

@zonvanzon Жыл бұрын

I just opened my door panel and found this part. I must install my new cables through this Thanks man because now I know what to do ...Nightmare !!

@ChazzCoombes 4 жыл бұрын

Cool tips there Mark, i done this when i installed aftermarket speakers on my mk3 mondeo. So some really good advice, keep up the work.

@ericvernon1182 4 жыл бұрын

What a great video...gonna run a bunch of new speaker wire soon and i bet I've got a connector like that in my doors...thanks for solving a future problem for me...what an elegant solution.

@octoberentertainment 3 ай бұрын

I don't like to admit it but I've just ran the wires not through the harness and it works, the wires don't get pinched or anything, you can even tape the speaker wire to the harness and pop it into on the door side.

@DracolegacyOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

quick, simple and functional. i've never had to do this but i'll definitely just pin new wires if it ever comes up. "but in the video he said..." yeah, i know, i watched it too. its just a matter of preference and patience.

@STV-H4H Жыл бұрын

An excellent guide to pull wires thru that boot. I did a variation of your technique, but it wasn’t simple or efficient. 😢 IF I ever try that task again, at least I have seen that another simpler option exists. Thx. ❤

@jamesmanson2152 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t want to say the removal of the gasket is the hardest part, the fishing of the wire through. Atleast on a f150 😂

@AzraelIgnis Жыл бұрын

I did this to my 2015 Charger. IT WAS A PAIN! But necessary for the speakers I was using at the time. Now I have a 2020 RAM 1500 I'm about to do. It's going to be much easier and straight forward compared to my charger. I'll be using 12ga for my C7 6.5 and 14ga for my C7 3'' midrange and tweeters. I'll be running active with VXi amps from JL.

@seanperdue232 4 жыл бұрын

Well I ran into this video about 6 months too late, but it was an excellent tutorial and know I know for next time. By the way I like how you gave your disclaimer several times about making this modification. There are way too many folks who would love to not take the blame on messing up their own vehicle. So you covered yourself well my friend. :^)

@pengasus Жыл бұрын

Man, this is bloody brilliant! I wish i watched this earlier today when I was struggling to figure out which one of the cables on the molex socket were speaker wires. I might still go with your route as It seems much simpler and I don't know if I got the right ones yet. Car is in pieces and will find out tomorrow =D

@perf8032 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job. I got an extra harness and pulled the pins out, made it so if anybody removes the harness, it will be plug and play. No one will need to re-do anything, soon as they plug in the harness all speakers will be restored.

@rthatchet 6 ай бұрын

Gonna give it a go. Lovely video. Im use to drilling sheet metal and it catches. I just pray i dont catch and spin that plug. I think i get the idea though, if not ill use a 1/64 bit and wallow it out 💀

@ixionn563 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet, I'll have to try this. My 14 gauge wires have been sitting there exposed and ugly for awhile, time to make it look factory.

@midbass.maestro 4 жыл бұрын

Ur quality of work is so perfect for your viewers to strive for but never quite achieve lol. I'm always in to car audio but I'm actually wiring a multi amp setup with a active crossover and your videos are perfectly timed for me...

@WordLogos 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, great video and nice detail about the wiring in the boot there. But why didn't you remove the stock speaker wire in the connector since you are running new wire from the amp to the speaker? Also, once you plug finished plugging in the speaker from your amp to the actual speaker on the door, what do you do with the stock speaker wire that you won't use anymore? do you remove it from the door completely or leave it in there taped up? Thanks, sorry for the newbie questions but I seen just about all your videos and others in KZfaq and no one shows this detail about the speaker wire connections at the actual speaker in terms of being neat and removing extra cables or not.

@gioarteaga3984 4 жыл бұрын

Captured it no your head is doing a good job

@modernvisionscc 4 жыл бұрын

I’m sure the pins are probably available and you could pin it out on both sides and that would make it look stock and be able to be disconnected.

@dclean-_-1653 Жыл бұрын

He said it’s just hard to find

@itzbossman Жыл бұрын

@@dclean-_-1653if only he knew about the internet.. I’ve never seen it mind you.. but rumor is.. 99% of anything that can be for sale.. is for sale there… but brute force is free and hack jobs are full to the brim on it

@thegoldensnitch6312 11 ай бұрын

Molex pins aren’t hard to find but you would also need to buy the crimpers. Problem is the crimps are only rated at 5A DC which at 14.4V gives a max speaker rating of 72W. Most aftermarket speakers are up around 100W so your at risk of burning out the loom

@eddieruby2893 4 жыл бұрын

Pending wattage, could you not get some plug pin connectors and add them to both sides accordingly? Then you can just plug N play... LOL AND YOU MENTIONED IT while I was typing..

@armandolios4561 3 жыл бұрын

Sooo many thanks, I did this on my Vitz rear doors. it worked!!!

@mrjolly8680 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks for that. Nice simple solution with impeccably high standards of workmanship. I’ll use this to wire my new jl c5’s tomorrow........thanks.

@JoseHernandez-tc1kl 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks I broke my brain trying to get my speakers wires through. Now I have an idea how to do it.

@johng5417 4 жыл бұрын

I do this all the time although I always use a weathertight 2 pin connector on the vehicle side so that any body shop or dealer can simply unplug my speaker connections.

@flspeid 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I never considered that option. That's very clever.

@MrNoodlyone 4 жыл бұрын

You are a genius!!! I couldn't bring myself to drill, but ethernet cable is 'free'. Six 22 gauge = 14 AWG. Not clean enough for you, as you are an artist. I just used some heat shrink. I never woulda thought of this!!!

@Brian1. 4 жыл бұрын

Never would've thought of that. Thanks for sharing.

@grantprice1932 Жыл бұрын

Absolute genius idea. Just what I needed! Thanks!!!!

@billyfranco1374 4 жыл бұрын

I found that sometimes routing the wire through the rubber boot, makes it really challenging because of too many wires already in the boot or its too tight I use some light grease or oil where you connect the wire and the tool to channel the wire. It makes it a lot easy to pull the wires through.

@d2dap636 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please tell what wattage stock wire can handle? I want to run 100w RMS to my doors on an 05 excursion. Would stock wire be sufficient?

@TheBrokenLife 4 жыл бұрын

Why not just add pins to the connectors and then just plug them back in? I haven't done a car like this, but I have one on my agenda, and that was my plan. I expect to have so many unused positions (I have fully manual doors in a car that was optional with power everything) that I was planning on doubling up just for additional conductivity, so 2 positive pins and 2 grounds. Just a pain to find the right pins for all of the various connectors? edit: commented too soon! Rookie mistake. Thanks for the pro-active answer, which is pretty much what I was thinking.

@zaga416 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much now I can run wires through it and it will look like a pro clean job

@tapiotukiainen2500 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I could have used this two years ago when I fought with my wires. It took me about 2 hours/side. I added a new wires just in case for active use I thought I'd do later. Well two years later I still run my front stage passive (because it sounds great to me) with factory wiring and the added wires are just sitting there 🙂. Well many some day I'll do some upgrades..

@zepp3lin 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know it's an old video but Thank you for the video installation tips.

@michaelthomas2113 4 жыл бұрын

I do the same way....but I use silicon spray to feed the wires through the boot easier

@icanfartloud 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid....yep this Is more complicated than back in the day.

@jeffreywolf5235 3 жыл бұрын

Crutchfield told me I could not get six and a half inch speakers inside my front car doors. When I went to put them in they fit just perfectly I don't know what they were talking about I have some clothes to twenty-year-old Old Boston Acoustics Pro 6.5 speakers with crossovers.. They still sound amazing too..

@nathanmillard 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you! This issue had me foxed, until today! I was on the verge of drilling new holes - most likely a terrible idea without very high quality grommets.

@blk99xtreme 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I was just looking at my 17 Traverse wondering how I was going to do this! Thank you so much!

@Jlinwoodjackson 3 жыл бұрын

I was JUST about to search how to do this

@tomstorino70 4 жыл бұрын

I work at a junkyard and some of these door plugs can be a royal pain in the you-know-what

@PacmannProductionsTv 4 жыл бұрын

Nice tips. Now I need to rerun my wire and get a new rubber boot since I sliced it up to run my wire through lol

@DiyAllaroundguy 4 жыл бұрын

Did this on a king ranch f-150 what a pain but it work 👍

@valiik 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect! That is just what I needed. Thank you!!!

@stateboy80892 3 жыл бұрын

My 2014 Forte LX has that type of harness between the door and door frame too 😪 lol this helped a lot!

@Electronzap 7 ай бұрын

Good info.

@askorczewski 2 ай бұрын

Done. Thank you. Now: how to combine this new wire, new speaker and the dash speaker at Rav4? Dash is somehow together-connected with the door speaker - when I plug out the dash stock speaker, the door stock speaker doesn't work... after wiring new door speaker, I need to wire it with the dash-one as well... any video about it? (the dash goes with some filer to cover only tweets, but anyway - I dont know how to connect it now with the door's midbass....)

@jadz684z 4 жыл бұрын

I thought you were genna pin it and make it like a factory set up this is exactly what I would have done

@pokealex388 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah not a fan of what he did with the drill.

@nowind4kite 4 жыл бұрын

I've done this before absolutely works amazing in my opinion.

@jus1taj 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@TheWonkax 4 жыл бұрын

Thx for the video! You gave me a few tips that will make my install easier now... I really enjoy your channel and all the info you supply!

@connorpennington2469 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Just had to do this for door locks on a remote start today!

@alexandergarcia2782 Жыл бұрын

Great suggestions!

@xfire54x 4 жыл бұрын

So when adding a component set around 65-85w to woofer is stock ok?

@mattdenison658 4 жыл бұрын

I had a similar question. How much power is considered substantial power?

@shoebsaleheen9091 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I've been going nuts thinking about how to run some power wires through the door plugs on my '11 Axela... This gives me new ideas! Thanks again and a happy new year!