Doing it right...

[Ryan from Ohio]

I thought I would share this with everyone as its very important.

Theres a reason why I stress doing things the "right" way. I know many of us have seen some rigged installs. Some of us may be guilty.

Theres a safety factor involved her people either dont realize or forget about.

Anyone ever tell you that you may burn your car down or have a car fire?

I remember hearing that rhetoric when I installed my first system...

Well on Saturday it actually happened in my small village of 1,400 people. The Cop told me he received report of a car fire. He got behind said car as it was in motion and there was sparks/flames like from underneath it. Once stopped smoke came from the hood and there was an explosion and parts flew from the gille of the car.

Evidently the guy made statement he just installed his new system.

I havent figured out who it is yet, but if I do I want to talk with them about it and see what they did.

Sounds like the person ran the cable under the car or through the hood hinge/door hinge areas. Probably got pinched and shorted out. Probably next to the FUEL lines...

Do it right guys! For your own good!

His car is a total loss. Guess it was like a mid 90;s or so Olds Cutlass.

[99alerogirl]

guilty... i ran my power cord through my door because i was being lazy. been like that for 2 years... should probably change it haha.

[Ryan from Ohio]

Those flames on the side of your car arent fake?

lol

[99alerogirl]

haha there are no flames! yet.........

[AleroChick785]

i agree with doing things right..i did "ghetto" rigging a bunch of electronics in my old mustang it caught my dash on fire. doin things right is very good thing

[Nate's Alero]

meh, i have a power wire running through that hose in the door...

[Raziel]

Never taken that route, have always ran things where less caution is needed, along with solder, then shrink tube, finished with a layer of electrical tape. My father was very picky about anything automotive and I was expected to follow it the way he did it.:drunk:

Raz

[NickAlero2000]

Never taken that route, have always ran things where less caution is needed, along with solder, then shrink tube, finished with a layer of electrical tape. My father was very picky about anything automotive and I was expected to follow it the way he did it.:drunk:

Raz

My dad was the same way when I did my stuff. He was an audio dude "back in the day", so he was sure that I ran all my lines correctly.
Wouldn't let me cheat. . .its best that way I think.

[[ion] C2]

LOL some guy had his STI at Speed Industry and the amplifier/capacitor caught on fire while I was there working on my car.

Jan came up to talk to me like "You makin all that smoke?" I'm like "What smoke?" he turns around and sees the STI and is like "OH SHIT!" and runs to go put it out.

[cherrington17]

my friend melted the shaft of a screwdriver w/ a big cap. (jumpered the terminals on accident)

I always run things properly. Your telling me, you don't have time to do it right, but you have time to do it again?

[Silentalero]

haha there are no flames! yet.........

You are not allowed to touch any wiring in your car ever again !!:lol: not after what we fixed

[Raziel]

Actually I think the funniest car audio mishap I got to fix was at work. The "co-worker" said that her stereo just didn't sound right after her boyfriend had hooked it up for her and her subs weren't working, I said that I would take a look at it for her and find out the problem. Well it turns out that the boyfriend, one, bridged the sub on an unbridgeable amp and blew out quite a few capacitors(BOSS Comp Amp), secondly there was a bad ground for the deck so I fixed that up.

I wish I had picks of this, there was a big messy clump of electricle tape holding the wires together, so unknowingly I start unwrapping the little present and that is when I find that the wires hadn't been soldered but had been together with merets for house hold electrical:eek: . I have never LOL'D so hard in my life:yahoo:

Raz

[99alerogirl]

You are not allowed to touch any wiring in your car ever again !!:lol: not after what we fixed

ha, you're right, but we didn't fix the battery cable running through the door!

[lonnie]

There are allot more people on here with power wires running down the quarter panel.

[[ion] C2]

haha, a lot of mine are run through the fender/door

[Ryan from Ohio]

:badidea:

[Alero_1986]

There are allot more people on here with power wires running down the quarter panel.


:ohmy:

These people amaze me. It wouldn't have taken much more effort to do it the right way.

People just need to take their time and research before they jump into things.

...some people have no place under the hood of a car and need to learn to accept this.

We're all good at something, right? :)

[[ion] C2]

Ya I shouldn't work under the hood anymore since I couldn't find the firewall hole for wires

[jayson_waltz]

well i wouldn't say never under the hood again, just stay away from the electronics if you are too lazy to do it right.
meh, i have a power wire running through that hose in the door...
thats where it should be to go into the door. i have one going into every door for leds.

[cherrington17]

C2;470024']Ya I shouldn't work under the hood anymore since I couldn't find the firewall hole for wires

:banghead: its so freak'n easy!

[Ryan from Ohio]

C2;470024']Ya I shouldn't work under the hood anymore since I couldn't find the firewall hole for wires

http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27334

[bonez1203]

wow i drilled a whole in the firewall and used a grommet from parts express.http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=263-635
my little brother burnt up his olds!

[Silentalero]

ha, you're right, but we didn't fix the battery cable running through the door!

i didnt even know it was there.....agh lol :lol:

[Afugy]

https://www.ductcleanersupply.com/shop/images/1_inch_hole_saw.jpg

Hole saws don't cost that much and it only takes a minute to get through the firewall. My hole is to the outside of the steering wheel. I used some really good epoxy to make sure that the grommet would never move.


You can't even risk running any wires wrong, even with something like an amp remote wire.
I have a buddy of my'n that ran the remote wire wrong, he pinched it, the wire grounded out on his truck and blew the amp.

[greg_gorrell]

guilty... i ran my power cord through my door because i was being lazy. been like that for 2 years... should probably change it haha.


haha same deal here! it worked out alright so no regrets but i never did like the setup, just usually i get sick of working on mechanical failures i never wanted to change it. but actually just drilled a hole through my firewall today for my new wire since im installing my new system. i didnt know how much of a pia it would be, theres like two panels to drill through!

[colonel6632]

i would like to say i'm a total noob at this stuff... but my cable is ran correctly through the grommet...

but i might still be a nood... for my deck connections i twisted all the wires and then used electrical tape over them... i should probably redo this shouldnt i.... i've never soldered before... but i know its easy. my sub power and every thing is is fine... just the deck wires are connected like that

[pimpalero2003]

I know how to run wire but gfs is ran through trunk and fender.
Due to my shoulder and arm coundnt get In to postion to run it through firewall. Been that way for awhile have a very small fuse since I can not do it right. Worst thing is think hers is a 10 or 8 quAge and mine is done correctly with 2 or 0.

[99alerogirl]

http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27334

hmmm i'm replacing my carpet within the next week, maybe i'll take the time to do it right and run it under the new carpet.

[lonnie]

I drilled a hole in the firewall and brought the cables\wires through there and they run under the door sills. RCA's on one side, power down the other.

Short story: My wife years ago had an older model ford tarus, and she would always leave pennies in the ash tray that had a lighter as well. Well the lighter wasn't in there so it was wide open. Well one day a penny happen to slide in there and the circuit wasn't fused properly so it shorted out, causing the wires to get so hot that they turned red and caught the insulation on fire and eventually the car. Now that was just one penny in a lighter hole with fairly small gauge wire. Imagine if you anyone were to get into an accident with a wire running down the quarter panel and the power wire to an amp or multiple amps gets pinched, making contact with the body.....NOT GOOD!