05-09 Interior and Audio Mods Enhancing Your Mustang's Interior and Sound System

Couple of Q's for those who installed systems

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Old Dec 22, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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1) Did you find a good place to run the power cable from the battery through the firewall? I took a quick look the other day but didn't see anything obvious.

2) Any tips on how to get the door panels off? Is it fairly straight forward or are there some tricks I should know about.

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Old Dec 22, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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1) Had to drill holes for my power cables. There is a pipe, think its for the AC that runs right under the battery. It bends right at the firewall, and right above that is where I mine was drilled. Out of the way and not to bad to get to once you remove the battery.

2) The panels aren't too bad, pretty standard. Just have to remove the inside mirror cover, the handle cover, the power window switch cover, then the handle itself. Then the panel comes off after that.
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Old Mar 19, 2005 | 07:13 PM
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Originally posted by Mellow Yellow@December 22, 2004, 3:31 PM
1) Had to drill holes for my power cables. There is a pipe, think its for the AC that runs right under the battery. It bends right at the firewall, and right above that is where I mine was drilled. Out of the way and not to bad to get to once you remove the battery.

2) The panels aren't too bad, pretty standard. Just have to remove the inside mirror cover, the handle cover, the power window switch cover, then the handle itself. Then the panel comes off after that.
Can you post pictures of how you removed door handle.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 01:51 AM
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after drilling the hole for the power wire make sure to seal it up so nothing gets in the car
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 06:12 AM
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Door Panel Removal:
(I also have head unit and rear speaker R&I if you need them)
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 07:11 AM
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Well dont know if anyone is interested but I know one of the aftermarket companies is selling a rear battery installation kit for weight etc. But might help for those putting in aftermarket systems as well.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Running the power wire from the battery is a pretty simple an no drilling is requiried.
Remove the plastic cover inside the front right fender well and you will see a rubber boot where some of the factory wires are run through the firewall. Just use a sharp knife and make a slit big enough to run your wire through. From there you can run the wire inside the car, behind the front right kick panel, under the sill plate, and behind the quater panel to the trunk.
While you have the wheel well cover off, there is a Small channel that runs straight back into the engine compartmet, so you can run the wire through and up to connect it to the battery.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 04:09 PM
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bsaffett, thanks for the info! Just want to verify that when you say right that you do mean the passenger side. TIA!
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 09:27 AM
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Passenger side is correct.
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Old Mar 21, 2005 | 09:53 AM
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That's what you get for not using "Port" or "Starboard"!!!
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