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I will be running some 0 guage power wire in my 2001 Saturn SC2 in the next week or so, and I am curious the best way to go about this? I'm assuming I will need to drill a new hole in the firewall...and if so, where can I find a new gasket to go over the hole to protect the wire and to seal the hole up around the wire?
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yeah you have the right idea, maby if you can, try and find a boot to run the wire through, this would make things easier and better looking.... if your going to drill a hole, just make sure when your pulling the wire through, you dont skin the plastic coating on the 0 gauge wire, this would make a bare spot for the wire to touch metal and then youll have a even bigger problem... but to seal it, you can get by using silcone.....
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JBL BP600.1 (tomorrow) Posts: 194 | From: IA | Registered: Mar 2002
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First, I've found at a local auto parts store 3/4" grommets. About $2 buys 4. Works fine for me. Second, I've never used Monster Cable power wire, but PG, Stinger, Street Wires, etc that I've used have had a REALLY thick plastic/rubber sheathing that's pretty much impossible to run down to the wire just by running it through even on a sharp edge.
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I've got Aerpro 0 gauge, and it's hard to enough to bare the wire with a sharp blade, i don't think a sharp edge in a firwall hole will do more than scratch the sheath
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go to home depot, electrical section, you will find plastic watertight grommets. $1.17 each. they are grey and have a 3/4 or 1 " opening. some straight or 90 degree bends.
quote:Originally posted by JBONDOx: go to home depot, electrical section, you will find plastic watertight grommets. $1.17 each. they are grey and have a 3/4 or 1 " opening. some straight or 90 degree bends.
Home Depot, or Lowes will also have a plain jane rubber grommet also. You will find that in the electrical section too. There are many sizes available for those also.....
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