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Originally Posted by Drifter X
Hey TRD SE GANG!
Omg... Please tell me how you got the wires through the door boots.... I tried and tried and just ended up making holes in the boots and running the wires along the outside of the boot.
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Here's how I did it:
1. Disconnect both ends of the rubber boot.
2. Disconnect the three electrical connections behind the kick panel (one goes to the SRS, the others are for the electronics and speaker in the door).
3. Thread the three connections through the firewall. At this point, the rubber boot will be dangling between the door and the car body.
4. Take your wire puller (I'm old school, so it was a coat hanger for me) and, starting from the dangling end of the boot, find a spot in the inner rubber "sheath" as close as you can to the door end of the boot to poke a small hole in the sheath for the wire to pass through. You may have to use a utility knife to widen the hole a little bit, like I did.
5. Once you've got your wire threaded through, reconnect the electrical connectors, then reconnect the boot on both ends.
I could not find a way to route the wire without making a small hole in the inner sheath that's in the boot; the sheath is just too tight and "grippy" for that. But considering there's no holes in the outside part of the boot, I'll count that as a win.
If anything I've written is still unclear, please ask a question and I'll do my best to explain it better.
One final comment: If anyone else has a better idea how to do this and help out the next 86 owner who wants to try this, please chime in. We're all in this together!